World / Middle East

Moscow proposes joint Syria air strikes with US, Pentagon rejects proposal 21 May 2016 - 12:00 am

People protest against rising bread prices by the gate of Maaret al-Numan bakery in the rebel-controlled area of Maaret al-Numan town in Idlib...

Hezbollah to bolster military presence in Syria: Nasrallah 21 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters from a screen in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon May 20, 2016. REUTERS/Aziz Taher Beirut: ...

Iraq's Sadr warns against blocking 'peaceful protests' 21 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr cross a bridge as they leave Baghdad's fortified "Green Zone" on May 20, 2016. Several people were...

As 1st debris found from Egypt plane crash, no clue on cause 20 May 2016 - 06:51 pm

Relatives of the victims of the missing EgyptAir flight MS804 hold an absentee funeral prayer in a mosque nearby Cairo airport, in Cairo ...

Security forces fire on protesters in Baghdad’s Green Zone 20 May 2016 - 06:41 pm

Anti-government protesters storm Baghdad's Green Zone in Iraq May 20, 2016. REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily BAGHDAD: Security forces fired tear gas and live bullets...

Turkish parliament strips MPs of immunity in blow to Kurdish opposition 20 May 2016 - 06:15 pm

Pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) MPs pose for a group picture during the voting of an article of constitutional change that could...

Israel defence chief quits, warns of “extremist” rise under Netanyahu 20 May 2016 - 01:18 pm

Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon announces his resignation during a press conference on May 20, 2016, in Tel Aviv, after the Israeli Prime...

Sudan will not seek to renew peacekeeping mandate in Darfur 20 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir addresses top officials during a meeting on August 21, 2015 in Khartoum. AFP / Ashraf Shazly KHARTOUM: Sudan will...

EgyptAir flight missing after mid-air plunge, search finds nothing so far 19 May 2016 - 03:29 pm

A picture made available 19 May 2016 shows an EgyptAir Airbus A320 with SU-GCC registration at Istanbul Airport, Turkey, 21 April 2012. EPA...

Turkey to get new PM as Erdogan tightens grip 19 May 2016 - 12:50 pm

Istanbul: Turkey's ruling party was expected to name on Thursday a close ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as prime minister, as...

Egypt, France exchange condolences over vanished EgyptAir plane 19 May 2016 - 11:54 am

Passengers walk at Cairo airport on May 19, 2016. An EgyptAir flight from Paris with 66 people on board vanished from radar screens...

EgyptAir plane crashed off Greek island of Karpathos in Egyptian airspace: Greek civil aviation source 19 May 2016 - 11:19 am

Unidentified relatives and friends of passengers who were flying in an EgyptAir plane that vanished from radar en route from Paris to Cairo...

Egypt prime minister says cannot rule out terrorism behind vanished plane 19 May 2016 - 10:55 am

A French officer of the Police aux Frontieres (PAF - Borders Police) stands guard at Roissy Charles de Gaule airport near Paris, France,...

Egypt’s aviation ministry says too early to confirm plane crashed 19 May 2016 - 10:38 am

Families of passengers who were flying in an EgyptAir plane that vanished from radar en route from Paris to Cairo react as they...

Media freedom still distant goal in Sudan: top editor 19 May 2016 - 09:59 am

AFP/ File photo Khartoum: The message is clear for Sudanese editor Osman Mirgani whose newspaper resumed printing last week after a five-month ban:...

Egyptian armed forces received distress signal from missing EgyptAir plane 19 May 2016 - 09:44 am

An EgyptAir aircraft prepares to land at Cairo Airport, Egypt May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh CAIRO: Rescue services from the Egyptian armed...

Syrian regime, allies seize town near Damascus from rebels 19 May 2016 - 09:35 am

BEIRUT: Syrian government forces and allies including Lebanese Hezbollah fighters seized a strategic town southeast of Damascus from insurgents on Thursday, a monitoring...