COIVD-19 is delivering nations a one-two punch of highly contagious variants, Delta and Omicron, which was reported in South Africa less than one month ago, as Britain has been hit especially hard with a 45% weekly increase in all types of cases...

Two Katyusha rockets were fired near the US Embassy in the Green Zone in Baghdad, according to the Iraq Security Media Cell on Sunday...

Sudanese security forces launched tear gas and stun grenades on Sunday against hundreds of thousands of Sudanese protesters who held a rally in Khartoum to demand a civilian-led transition to democracy...

Bangladesh on Monday announced humanitarian aid for the Afghan people while expressing deep concern over the economic and humanitarian crisis looming in Afghanistan...

Thousands of Sudanese protesters have taken the streets across the country to mark the revolution's third anniversary and to denounce the latest deal between the Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok and the military...

ALBAWABA - Donald Trump is a colorful man even when he is not in power. A character with a difference, he doesn't seem to care with what he says even if it irks many...

Delays in the US Senate in approving envoys nominated to many African countries will cause strategic voids that will be filled by other regional players at Washington’s expense, experts are warning...

Israeli forces have arrested six Palestinians over a recent shooting attack that killed a settler and injured two others in northern West Bank...

The number of confirmed Omicron variant cases in the US has nearly doubled in 24 hours, and six Northeastern states saw a record number of daily COVID cases this week as the variant is now confirmed in 44 states, with New York hit the hardest...

ALBAWABA - Jordan's Prime Minister Bisher Al Khasawneh goes into home quarantine after one of his sons tested positive for COVID-19, the Health Ministry announced on Saturday according to the Jordan Times...

Saudi air defenses destroyed two Houthi drones that were launched towards Abha International Airport, the Saudi-led Arab coalition said on Sunday...

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan has reaffirmed Sunday the need to ensure that Afghanistan does not turn into a shelter for terrorist and extremist groups, stressing that the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the ...

The White House has said that Washington does not want Lebanon to become a “failed state,” while noting that it has used “a combination of carrots and sticks” in its approach towards the country...

There is still no final candidate list ahead of elections which is bringing the whole exercise into question...

Lebanese security services have imposed a three-week curfew for unvaccinated residents, with fines for those who break it, from 5 p...

A total of 248 people died in tribal clashes in western Darfur state in Sudan since October, according to local medics on Saturday...

At least 16 people were killed and nearly a dozen injured in a suspected gas leak explosion that shook the southern port city of Karachi, police and health officials said...

Holland has announced a full lockdown across the country amid the spread of Covid-19, Dutch PM Mark Rutte revealed during a press conference...

It will be a disaster for this region if the Vienna talks fail to rescue the 2015 agreement curbing Iran’s nuclear programme in exchange for lifting crushing sanctions imposed after the US aborted the accord in 2018...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to Lebanon on Sunday for an official visit to the country...