World / Middle East

At least 30 killed in Turkey wedding attack near Syria border 21 Aug 2016 - 04:57 am

First aid officers carry an injured man to hospital August 20, 2016 in Gaziantep following a late night militant attack on a wedding...

Tunisian premier names government, appoints new finance minister 21 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Tunisia's Prime Minister-designate Youssef Chahed speaks during a news conference after his meeting with Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi (not pictured) in Tunis,...

Israel extends Palestinian journalist's detention: NGO 21 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Omar Nazzal Ramallah, Palestinian Territories: Israeli authorities have extended by three months the detention without trial of a Palestinian journalist who had been...

U.S. to send delegation to Turkey for Gulen probe: official 20 Aug 2016 - 05:32 pm

FILE PHOTO: U.S. based cleric Fethullah Gulen at his home in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 29, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Mostoller/File photo U.S. Justice and...

Assad has no role in Syria's long-term future: Yildirim 20 Aug 2016 - 05:18 pm

This handout photo taken and released on August 20, 2016 by the Turkish Prime Minister Press Office shows Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim...

Turkey vows 'more active' Syria role in coming months 20 Aug 2016 - 03:43 pm

Syrian civil defence volunteers, known as the White Helmets, dig through the debris following an airstrike earlier in the day on August 20,...

Iraq speaker’s Iran visit not linked to graft allegations: MP 20 Aug 2016 - 02:57 pm

BAGHDAD: An Iraqi lawmaker has denied any link between a visit by parliament speaker Salim al-Jabouri to Iran and questioning the country’s defense...

Peshmerga forces don’t get orders from Iraq army: KRG 20 Aug 2016 - 02:18 pm

ERBIL, Iraq: The Kurdish peshmerga forces don’t receive orders from the Iraqi army, the Kurdistan Region Government (KRG) has said. In a statement...

Turkish PM says US is 'strategic partner, not our enemy' 20 Aug 2016 - 01:50 pm

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim addresses to the chiefs of the diplomatic mission at Cankaya in Ankara, Turkey on August 18, 2016. (...

Libyan tribes sign deal to halt fighting in eastern Libya 20 Aug 2016 - 01:47 pm

TUNIS: Libyan tribal leaders have signed a reconciliation deal in Tunisia with a view to halting fighting in eastern Libya and the city...

Turkey PM says Syria regime starting to see Kurds as threat 20 Aug 2016 - 01:23 pm

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim addresses to the chiefs of the diplomatic mission at Cankaya in Ankara, Turkey on August 18, 2016. Turkish...

Syrian warplanes fly over flashpoint city despite US warning 20 Aug 2016 - 12:49 pm

Syrian Kurdish civilians flee reported shelling in the northeastern governorate of Hasakah, toward the city of Qameshli, on August 19, 2016. (AFP /...

Turkish parliament approves Israel deal 20 Aug 2016 - 11:39 am

People attend a rally in Elazig, Turkey on August 19, 2016. ( ?smail ?en - Anadolu Agency ) Ankara: The Turkish parliament approved...

In Egypt, IMF deal brings austerity few can afford 20 Aug 2016 - 11:03 am

People and vehicles are seen caught in a traffic jam in front of the Central Bank of Egypt's headquarters in downtown Cairo, Egypt,...

Turkey airport ad accuses Sweden of 'highest rape rate' 20 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

A passenger walks past a billboard advertisement reading 'Travel warning - Do you know that Sweden has the highest rape rate worldwide?' with...

Abandoned in Saudi desert camps, migrant workers won’t leave without pay 19 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

An Indian worker smiles as he poses for a picture at a shop in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah on August...

Syria photographer captures image of dazed, bloodied boy 19 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Five-year-old Omran Daqneesh, with bloodied face, sits inside an ambulance after he was rescued following an airstrike in the rebel-held al-Qaterji neighbourhood of...