World / Middle East

Investigators probe deadly Russian airliner crash in Egypt 01 Nov 2015 - 08:45 am

Egyptian paramedics load the corpses of Russian victims of a Russian passenger plane crash in the Sinai Peninsula, into a military plane at...

US announces $100 mln in new aid to Syria opposition 01 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Washington: The United States on Saturday announced it is providing nearly $100 million more in aid to the Syrian opposition for tasks like...

Egyptian PM says no "irregular" activities believed behind crash 01 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Police open the way for ambulances carrying the bodies of passengers of a Russian airliner which crashed in Sinai, into a morgue in...

Turkish jets Islamic State targets in Syria - govt official 01 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

ANKARA: Turkish jets on Saturday launched bombing raids against Islamic State targets in Syria, the day before Turks are due to vote in...

Egypt recovers black box of crashed Russian plane: govt 01 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Cairo: Egypt has recovered the black box of a Russian airliner that crashed Saturday in the restive Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people...

Syrian, Russian air raids kill 64 people in Aleppo province - monitor 01 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Representative image BEIRUT: At least 64 people, including 28 children, have been killed by Syrian army and Russian air raids in the northern...

UN chief 'encouraged' by Syria talks in Vienna 01 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Geneva: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Saturday he was "encouraged" by talks in Vienna bringing together the main outside players in the...

UN and ICRC chide states for "paralysis" in face of conflict 01 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (R) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Peter Maurer speak to the media about the world’s...

Lebanon army kills three militants near Syria border - security source 01 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

BEIRUT: Lebanon's army on Saturday fired at a vehicle carrying Islamist militants, killing three of them and wounding two others in the north...

'Kurdish capital' holds its breath ahead of Turkey vote 01 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

A woman sits at the entrance of her house in the district of Sur in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, on October 31, 2015 on...

Israel denies link to tear gas death of Palestinian baby 01 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Jerusalem: Israel's military rejected Saturday any link between its use of tear gas during West Bank clashes and the death of an eight-month-old...

Roundup: Russian airliner crash that killed 224 in Egypt's Sinai 01 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Egypt's prime minister Sherif Ismail looks at the remains of a plane crash at the desert in central Sinai near El Arish city,...

Russia sceptical of IS claim that it shot down airliner over Egypt: Minister 31 Oct 2015 - 06:47 pm

Moscow: Moscow said Saturday that it was sceptical of claims by the Islamic State group's Egyptian affiliate to have downed a Russian passenger...

Islamic State claims responsibility for Russian plane crash in Egypt 31 Oct 2015 - 06:12 pm

A woman reacts at Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg, Russia, October 31, 2015. REUTERS CAIRO: A militant group affiliated to Islamic State in...

Oman, Yemen warn coastal areas as severe cyclone approaches 31 Oct 2015 - 04:51 pm

A picture made available by NASA on 01 November 2015 shows a satellite image acquired by MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite of...

Russian airliner crashes in Egypt's Sinai, all 224 aboard 'killed' 31 Oct 2015 - 04:46 pm

Relatives of passengers of MetroJet Airbus A321 stand at an informstion desk at Pulkovo II international airport in St. Petersburg, Russia, 31 October...

Saudi FM: Assad's future among sticking points on Syria deal 31 Oct 2015 - 04:11 pm

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir speaks at the International Institute of Strategic Studies conference "Manama-Dialogue 2015 at Manama, Bahrain October 31, 2015. REUTERS ...