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Qatari premier Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani. (Photo: AFP)

Qatar emir ready for Gulf crisis talks as long as sovereignty...

Kuwait has been trying to mediate the crisis and several top Western diplomats have toured the region to try to defuse...

22 July 2017 11:58 AM IST

Palestinians run away from tear gas fired by Israeli forces in Jerusalem. An escalating dispute over metal detectors at a contested Jerusalem shrine turned violent on Friday, setting off widespread clashes between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli troops. (Photo: AP)

Violence over Jerusalem holy site leads to 6 deaths

Three Palestinians died in street clashes in Jerusalem and three Israelis in a stabbing attack at a West Bank settlement...

22 July 2017 11:20 AM IST

Two people were hacked to death by their elder brother at Alharwad. In the second incident a man was stabbed to death at Goa Ves. (Representational image)

Jerusalem clash kills three Palestinians

The ministry did not elaborate on the identity of the latest fatality or the circumstances of the death.

22 July 2017 2:48 AM IST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AFP)

Netanyahu's blistering attack against EU caught on microphone

The details of the meeting accidentally got broadcast to journalists in a nearby room because of the open microphone.

21 July 2017 9:38 AM IST

Police have arrested the two accused and produced them in the court.

Saudi Arabia prince arrested over abusive videos'

King Salman issued a warrant for the immediate arrest ... and imprisonment of Prince Saud.

21 July 2017 4:05 AM IST

Kuwaiti state minister Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Sabah (Photo: AFP)

Kuwait expels Iranian envoys

The action was taken after a SC ruling last month said Iranian sides helped and supported the cell members.

21 July 2017 3:47 AM IST

Kuwaiti state minister Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Sabah (Photo: AFP)

Kuwait expels Iranian diplomats over 'terror' cell: official

The Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Seyassah reported on Monday that 14 of the cell's 26 members had fled to Iran by sea.

20 July 2017 4:36 PM IST

The four accuse Qatar of supporting terror groups and also of maintaining close relations with Shiite power Iran Saudi Arabias nemesis. (Photo: AP)

Qatar says Arab nations acting in disorganized manner' amid crisis

Sheikh Saif Al Thani, director of Qatar's govt communications office, said four countries have 'regularly issued...

20 July 2017 3:18 PM IST

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. (Photo: AP)

Will 'respond appropriately' to new US sanctions on nuke deal: Iran...

Rouhani accused his American counterpart Donald Trump of breaking international deals on Cuba, North Korea and climate...

19 July 2017 6:37 PM IST

Pockets of Mosul remain insecure and the city has been heavily damaged by nearly nine months of gruelling urban combat. (Photo: AP)

After the battle: Mosul looks to rise from the ashes

In the east of the city a semblance of normal life has resumed, with crowded streets and shops and restaurants again...

19 July 2017 1:07 PM IST

Qatari premier Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani. (Photo: AFP)

Alleged UAE hacking 'unfortunate,' violation of law: Qatar

The UAE has denied involvement, calling the Post report 'false' and insisting that the UAE 'had no role whatsoever' in...

18 July 2017 10:50 AM IST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AFP)

Israel: Islamic leaders boycott Jerusalem site over metal detectors

For the first time in decades, Israel closed the site - sacred to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the...

17 July 2017 6:15 PM IST