Middle East

Jordanian professor Ahmad Nofal: We have to say 'Zionists' instead of 'Jews' or they cancel us.

Israeli cabinet member: Leaks hurt Israel's interests, the policy should be ambiguity.

Prince Hamza joins the rest of the royal family at ceremony for the centenary of the establishment of the Emirate of Transjordan.  

IMF report warns that while outlook for some parts of Middle East and North Africa might be better than expected, effects of pandemic will be felt in places like Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Lebanon "for years to come."  

Cairo also halts bilateral security cooperation as it accuses Ankara of slow-walking efforts to rein in Muslim Brotherhood in Turkey, remove Turkish fighters from Egypt's conflict-ridden neighbor, Libya.

UAE mission to Mars set to become fifth to reach planet and enter its orbit. UAE Vice President Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum: Even if the mission fails, "We've already made history." "Our goal is to give hope to all Arabs that we are capable of competing with the rest of the world," he says.

Natanz, one of Iran's most-secured nuclear sites, has "issues" involving its electrical distribution grid, state media reports. As the Islamic republic marks Nuclear Technology Day President Hassan Rouhani insists, "All our nuclear activities are peaceful and for non-military purposes."

The Revolutionary Guards have been testing nuclear ballistic missiles for months, violating UN Resolution 2231, which endorsed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action back in 2015.

Cairo court finds Mahmoud Ezzat, the acting supreme guide of the country's oldest Islamist organization, guilty of terrorist acts that followed the 2013 military overthrow of Egypt's first democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi.

Some Republican lawmakers plan to challenge the aid, maintaining it violates the Taylor Force and Anti-Terrorism Clarification Acts, both of which passed with strong bipartisan support.