As thousands of Lebanese stood solemnly facing Beirut port yesterday to honour lost relatives and friends, their minute of silence was soon followed by wailing sirens and revolutionary slogans.

Dubai's state airport operator expects a "surge" in passenger traffic over the coming weeks and months, its chief executive said on Wednesday, after the United Arab Emirates announced an easing of travel restrictions from African and Asian countries.

Ebrahim Raisi was yesterday inaugurated as president of Iran. “Following the people’s choice, I task the wise, indefatigable, experienced and popular Hojatoleslam Ebrahim Raisi as president of the Islamic Republic of Iran,”

Palestinians facing eviction from Jerusalem’s flashpoint Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood will have to wait for a ruling that will determine their fate after a discussion in Israel’s Supreme Court yesterday ended without a final decision.

The Lebanese army detained two men over an attack on mourners at a funeral where three people were killed, a security source said, after the Hezbollah demanded the perpetrators be arrested to avoid civil strife.

The United Arab Emirates will start providing China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine to children aged 3-17, the UAE government said on Twitter on Monday.

At least five people including three Hezbollah members were killed south of Beirut yesterday when a funeral procession for a party member was ambushed, a Lebanese security source said.

Two humanitarian rescue ships pulled 394 migrants from a dangerously overcrowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean overnight on Sunday in an operation lasting about six hours, a Reuters witness said.

Wildfires in southern Turkey forced more people to flee their homes on Sunday as pressure on the government grew over its response to the deadly forest fires.

A team of doctors in Saudi Arabia has separated a Yemeni baby from her parasitic twin, authorities said, marking their 50th successful operation on conjoined twins.

Kuwaiti artist, Intisar al-Sharrah, died at the age of 59 after a struggle with illness in London Saturday

A team of doctors in Saudi Arabia has separated a Yemeni baby from her parasitic twin, authorities said, marking their 50th successful operation on conjoined twins.