Gulf

Naftali Bennett: Hard-right tech millionaire and Israel’s new PM

JERUSALEM: Naftali Bennett, a multi-millionaire former tech entrepreneur who made his political name with hardline religious-nationalist rhetoric, will be Israel's…

5 years ago

Before the fall: Benjamin Netanyahu’s final days

JERUSALEM: It was Sunday, May 30, and Benjamin Netanyahu appeared on television looking flushed, grasping for words and losing his…

5 years ago

Israel’s Lapid: From TV anchor to coalition architect

JERUSALEM: Yair Lapid, the architect of an improbable coalition that unseated Israel's longest-ruling prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, is…

5 years ago

Ex-Mossad chief signals Israel behind Iran nuclear attacks

DUBAI: The outgoing chief of Israel's Mossad intelligence service has offered the closest acknowledgment yet his country was behind recent…

5 years ago

What will change under Israel’s new government?

JERUSALEM: If all goes according to plan, Israel will swear in a new government on Sunday, ending Prime Minister Benjamin…

5 years ago

India, Kuwait sign MoU for cooperation on recruitment of domestic workers

KUWAIT: India and Kuwait have signed an MoU that brings Indian domestic workers in the Gulf nation within the ambit…

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Iran nuclear deal talks to resume on Saturday

DUBAI: Talks between Iran and world powers on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal will resume in Vienna on Saturday,…

5 years ago

Mossad ex-chief signals Israel behind attacks on Iran N-facility, scientist

DUBAI: The outgoing chief of Israel’s Mossad intelligence service has offered the closest acknowledgment yet his country was behind recent…

5 years ago

Timeline: Iran since the Islamic revolution

PARIS: Iran goes to the polls next week to choose a new president, as the second term of moderate Hassan…

5 years ago

Israel appeals to Britain’s Prince Charles over terminally-ill Israeli girl

JERUSALEM: Israel's president appealed to Prince Charles on Wednesday to help bring to Israel a 2-year-old Israeli girl with a…

5 years ago