World / Middle East

S. Sudan government formation delayed as rebels reject new states 23 Jan 2016 - 10:01 am

File picture of South Sudan President Salva Kiir Nairobi: Warring rivals in South Sudan missed a key deadline Saturday to forge a unity...

US Military: 'Decisive action needed against ISIS group in Libya' 23 Jan 2016 - 09:04 am

File picture of Marine General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Washington: The top US military officer said urgent and...

Oman foreign minister meets Kerry 23 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Davos: Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah met Friday with US Secretary of State...

China president starts Iran visit 23 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Yemen strikes kill MSF ambulance driver, five others 23 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image Sanaa: Air strikes by Saudi-led warplanes on northern Yemen have killed six people, including an ambulance driver working for Doctors Without...

US ‘hopes’ Saudi Arabia may reopen Tehran embassy 23 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

DAVOS, Switzerland: The United States hopes that Saudi Arabia may restore diplomatic ties with Iran, a senior State Department official said by phone...

Tunisia imposes curfew after worst post-revolt unrest 23 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Tunis: Tunisia on Friday declared a nighttime curfew across the country after a wave of protests and clashes that constitute the most serious...

Turkey to keep door open to Syrian refugees while curbing illegal migration 22 Jan 2016 - 06:41 pm

BERLIN:Turkey is doing its best to stem illegal migration to Europe but will keep its “open-door” policy for refugees fleeing the civil war...

Tunisia imposes curfew after worst post-revolt unrest 22 Jan 2016 - 06:35 pm

Tunis: Tunisia on Friday declared a nighttime curfew across the country after a wave of protests and clashes that constitute the most serious...

5 children hurt in school attack in southeast Turkey blamed on PKK 22 Jan 2016 - 06:30 pm

DIYARBAKIR: Five children were hurt on Friday when an explosive ripped through a schoolyard in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast, a region gripped by...

UN refugee chief urges safe routes to Europe 22 Jan 2016 - 06:19 pm

Beirut: European and other nations must provide more safe, legal opportunities for refugees to be resettled, the head of the United Nations refugee...

Germany urges Kurdistan to keep better tabs on arms 22 Jan 2016 - 06:12 pm

Berlin: Germany on Friday called on the government of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region to ensure that arms provided by Berlin were only used...

Yemen loyalists accuse rebels of kidnapping journalists 22 Jan 2016 - 06:08 pm

Aden: Yemen's loyalist militia on Friday accused rebels of responsibility for the kidnapping of two Al-Jazeera journalists and their driver who went missing...

Five years on, unrest tests ‘Arab Spring’ model Tunisia 22 Jan 2016 - 04:38 pm

Protests are worst unrest since the 2011 revolt Gov’t says has “no magic wand” for youth problems Riots hit towns west, south and...

Jordan under pressure over stranded Syrian refugees 22 Jan 2016 - 04:15 pm

UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi met King Abdullah (pictured) on Monday and told a news conference afterward refugees should be admitted as soon as...

Iran-linked groups focus of Baghdad kidnapping probe: U.S. sources 22 Jan 2016 - 02:28 pm

Asaib Ahl al-Haq Shi'ite militia fighters from the south of Iraq run during a mission to take control of Sulaiman Pek village from...

With days to go, rival camps bicker over teams for Syria peace talks 22 Jan 2016 - 02:14 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry takes his seat across the table from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, for their meeting about Syria,...

China's Xi visits Egypt, offers financial, political support 21 Jan 2016 - 06:58 pm

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) greets Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) in Abdeen palace during the Chinese president's first day of his...