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A farmer collects wheat kernels into a bucket before being poured into sacks during the harvest season, in a field in the countryside of al-Kaswa, south of Syrias capital Damascus. (AFP)

A good year of harvest brings hope to war-torn Syria after a long time

Before the war erupted in 2011, Syria produced enough wheat to feed its entire population but harvests then plunged to...

3 July 2020 1:23 PM IST

People visit the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, one of Istanbuls main tourist attractions in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul. (AP)

Museum or mosque? The debates around Byzantium's iconic Hagia Sofia

Once a cathedral of Byzantium Empire, then a mosque under Ottoman Empire, the iconic Hagia Sophia awaits decision to be...

1 July 2020 3:58 PM IST

A Saudi cinema viewer has his temperature taken as he wears a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. (AP)

Qatar to further ease coronavirus curbs as infections pass peak

The nation of about 2.8 million people has the second highest tally of infections among the six Gulf Arab states after...

29 Jun 2020 2:57 PM IST

Representatiional Image. (PTI)

Chartered ship with 673 Indian fishermen leaves Iran for Tamil Nadu

Due to the cancellation of International flights, it was difficult to immediately bring back all the Tamil Nadu...

26 Jun 2020 1:32 PM IST

Images and videos shared on social media suggested a large explosion. (viaTwitter)

Gas tank blast rocks Iran's capital, no casualties: ministry

A number of social media users reported seeing an orange light in the east of Tehran as the tank blew up around midnight

26 Jun 2020 12:19 PM IST

Palestinians demonstrate in front of the EU offices in east Jerusalem during a demonstration demanding from the EU to intervene in Israels plans to annex West Bank settlements and the Jordan Valley Jerusalem. (AFP)

Israel doesn't want anybody to call West Bank's Area C as 'occupied'

Currently more than 450,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank, alongside more than 2.8 million Palestinians

25 Jun 2020 9:02 AM IST

Palestinians cross a bridge at Qalandia checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem. (AP)

Israel, Palestinians tighten restrictions as coronavirus reemerges

The Palestinian Authority put the West Bank city of Hebron on lockdown as well

24 Jun 2020 3:37 PM IST

A section of Israels separation barrier blocks a road near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit Horon. (AP)

Israeli annexation plan draws apartheid comparisons

For years, Israel's harshest detractors have labeled it an apartheid state to describe its rule over Palestinians

24 Jun 2020 3:28 PM IST

Representational Image. (AFP)

Indian couple murdered by Pakistani man in Dubai

The middle aged couple was killed inside their villa at the Arabian Ranches during a break-in and robbery bid, according...

24 Jun 2020 1:57 PM IST

Zeev Sternhell. (AFP)

Israeli historian, activist Zeev Sternhell dies at 85

A publicly engaged academic, Sternhell headed the Hebrew University's political science department and was a professor...

21 Jun 2020 4:11 PM IST

A Palestinian demonstrator holds national flag in front of Israeli forces as they protest against President Donald Trumps Mideast initiative, in Jordan Valley in the West Bank. (AP)

Palestinians fear displacement from an annexed Jordan Valley

Israel's Netanyahu has vowed to annex the valley and all of Israel's far-flung West Bank settlements

19 Jun 2020 3:47 PM IST

Security personnel wearing facemasks stop motorists at a checkpoint during a government-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Kabul. (AFP)

Seven killed in police checkpoint attack in Afghan, Government...

The latest bloodshed comes as the Taliban and the Afghan government appear to move closer towards potential peace...

13 Jun 2020 7:20 PM IST