World / Middle East

Women boxers punch through social taboos in Sudan 13 May 2016 - 04:02 pm

Arrafat Abkar, 22, waits in the ring during boxing practice at Nile Club in Khartoum May 9, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah By Khalid...

Europe needs ‘new formula’ to solve visa-free deal with Turkey: Turkey’s EU minister 13 May 2016 - 02:47 pm

Turkey's Minister of EU Affairs Volkan Bozkir speaks during a joint press conference with President of the European Parliament after a meeting, on...

Eight wounded by car bomb near Istanbul military barracks 13 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Members of the police special forces stand guard following a vehicle explosion near a military facility in Istanbul, Turkey, May 12, 2016. REUTERS/Yagiz...

Residents hold protest blaming leaders for Baghdad carnage 13 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Iraqi Shiite men carry the coffin of a victim of the bomb attack a day earlier in Baghdad's Sadr city, during a funeral...

Sudan’s Bashir defies arrest warrant with trip to Uganda 13 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir attends the swearing-in ceremony of Uganda's president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at the Kololo independence grounds in Kampala, Uganda,...

Red Cross says aid convoy denied entry to besieged Syrian town 13 May 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of Red Cross delivering life-saving medical supplies at Taiz, Yemen, February 13, 2016. Reuters BEIRUT: The Red Cross said an aid...

Clemency call for Iranian filmmaker facing 223 lashes 13 May 2016 - 12:00 am

In this undated photo made available Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, shows, from left, film director Keywan Karimi, cameraman Arasto Givi and assistant director...

Explosion hits military post in Hadhramaut, Yemen 12 May 2016 - 05:37 pm

Aden: An unidentified number of Yemeni army soldiers was killed or injured in an explosion that targeted a military checkpoint in the Yemeni...

Explosion close to military barracks in Istanbul 12 May 2016 - 04:56 pm

ISTANBUL: A vehicle exploded near a military barracks in Turkey's biggest city of Istanbul on Thursday, CNN Turk reported, the latest in a...

Wife of Palestine resistance icon eyes Nobel Peace Prize 12 May 2016 - 03:26 pm

By Qais Abu Samra RAMALLAH, Palestine: The wife of Palestinian resistance icon Marwan Barghouti is rallying efforts to have her husband -- who...

18,000 militiamen fight for Syria's Assad 12 May 2016 - 02:52 pm

By Selen Temizer, Levent Tok, Halit Süleyman, Mohamad Misto ALEPPO/ANKARA: Around 18,000 Shia militiamen are believed to be fighting alongside the Bashar al-Assad...

Truce ends in Syria's Aleppo as aid heads for besieged town 12 May 2016 - 02:47 pm

Aleppo, Syria: The truce in Syria's battleground city Aleppo expired Thursday with no new last-minute extension, as a besieged town near the capital...

Islamic State attack in western Iraq kills five 12 May 2016 - 02:08 pm

By Suleiman al-Qubaisi ANBAR, Iraq: Five Iraqi soldiers and pro-government tribesmen were killed on Thursday in a deadly attack by Islamic State militants...

647 Palestinians held in administrative detention since October 2015 12 May 2016 - 12:50 pm

Ramallah: Israeli forces placed 647 Palestinians in administrative detention without trial or charge since October 2015, said Palestine Prisoner's Society (PPS) on Thursday. ...

No visa-free travel for Turks if EU conditions not met: Juncker 12 May 2016 - 12:50 pm

File picture of European Comission chief Jean Claude Juncker Berlin: Europe will not grant visa-free travel to Turks if Ankara fails to fulfil...

Islamic State bombs kill two near Baghdad one day after major attacks 12 May 2016 - 12:30 pm

BAGHDAD: Two suicide bombings claimed by Islamic State in a town near Baghdad killed two policemen and wounded eight others on Thursday, police...

Turkey recalls Bangladesh ambassador after Islamist leader hanged 12 May 2016 - 12:25 pm

File photo of Moulana Motiur Rahman Nizami, chief of the Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh's biggest Islamic Political Party and an alliance of the ruling Bangladesh...