By David WILLIAMS The Pacific Island nation of Tonga was virtually cut off from the rest of the world Monday, after a massive volcanic blast that crippled communications and stalled emergency relief efforts...

ALBAWABA - Breaking news: Three tankers in Abu Dhabi have exploded according to reports.  عاجل | وكالة أنباء الإمارات: انفجار في 3 صهاريج نقل محروقات بترولية بمنطقة المصفح في ...

Israeli forces have arrested more than 100 Palestinians during recent clashes in the Negev desert, a report says, as the Palestinian residents of the region, including children, face a forced eviction drive by the occupying entity...

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi warned Sunday against disrupting the elections for “personal and suspicious” goals...

ALBAWABA - Three Iranian diplomats arrive in Saudi Arabia according to the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Tehran...

Former Ambassador to the US Serdar Kilic was named Turkish special envoy on Dec. 15, 2021 to discuss steps toward normalization with neighboring Armenia...

The Lebanese government on Sunday denied media reports about an agreement to be supplied with gas from Israel...

Sudan’s information ministry ordered Qatar-based satellite channel Al-Jazeera on Saturday to shut down one of its channels specialized in live broadcasting...

Millions of Yemenis are experiencing rising hunger amid shortages in food assistance, the United Nations said on Sunday...

In January 2016, six months after a landmark nuclear deal was signed between Iran and six world powers in Vienna, the sanctions-battered country heaved a sigh of relief as an international embargo was lifted...

In a report, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights cited reliable sources monitoring a demonstration near Al- Salihiya crossing north of Deir Ezzor, calling for the removal of Iranian proxies from areas under their control in the countryside of De...

Lawyers acting for Harry, who stepped down from Royal duties two years ago, have written a 'pre-action protocol' letter to the Home Office, indicating that they will seek a judicial review if the Sussexes are not provided with continued security whil...

Four hostages were taken by the man who stormed the building 'armed with backpacks of explosives' have been released after the man was shot dead...

Novak Djokovic on Sunday lost his appeal against deportation, the Chief Justice James Allsop of the Federal Court of Australia announced...

Japan's Meteorological Agency issued tsunami warnings at 12:15 am on Sunday for the Amami Islands and the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, reported NHK World...

For decades, Palestinian prisoners have used hunger strikes as a means of reclaiming power and control, turning the body into a weapon...

ALBAWABA - A Jordanian soldier was killed in an armed clash with smugglers, early Sunday, morning on the northern-eastern borders of Jordan...

A plane belonging to Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar landed at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv for the second time in less than three months, Israeli media reported on Saturday...

Six years after snapping their diplomatic ties, arch-foes Iran and Saudi Arabia are slowly moving toward rapprochement and preparing to reopen embassies, according to a senior Iranian lawmaker...

In October 2019, a government decision to impose a tax on WhatsApp users unleashed unprecedented mass popular protests in Lebanon that grew into demands for the ouster of corrupt and inept political leaders...