World / Middle East

Iranian parliamentary panel gives conditional nod to nuke deal 04 Oct 2015 - 03:41 pm

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, with President Hassan Rouhani, left, and former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, center, at a meeting the...

Israeli authorities impose fresh restrictions on entry into Al-aqsa mosque 04 Oct 2015 - 12:03 pm

Jerusalem: Israeli authorities have imposed fresh restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Israeli-occupied Old City of...

Two Egyptian policemen shot dead in Sinai 04 Oct 2015 - 11:28 am

Cairo: Gunmen have shot dead two Egyptian policemen in the bastion of the Islamic State jihadist group in the Sinai Peninsula, the interior...

Emiratis vote in advisory body poll 04 Oct 2015 - 01:45 am

Emirati citizens cast their votes at a polling station at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre yesterday. Dubai: Emiratis went to polls yesterday...

Iran expels Bahrain envoy: State media 03 Oct 2015 - 05:20 pm

Iranian riot policemen standing guard outside theBahraini embassy in Tehran. (file picture) TEHRAN: Iran has expelled a senior official from Bahrain's embassy in...

Arab League calls for commitment to ceasefire in Libya 03 Oct 2015 - 04:25 pm

Cairo: The Arab League called Saturday on different parties in Libya to commit to a comprehensive ceasefire and all military operations, in order...

Filipina held in Saudi over suicide vests 03 Oct 2015 - 03:25 pm

Riyadh: A Filipina has been arrested in Saudi Arabia on suspicion of helping a Syrian to make explosive belts for suicide attacks in...

10 Palestinians Wounded in Nablus 03 Oct 2015 - 03:05 pm

Nablus: Ten Palestinians were wounded by Israeli fire in the West Bank on Saturday during a raid by troops hunting the murderers of...

Israeli settler shoots, injures 6-year-old Palestinian 03 Oct 2015 - 03:02 pm

Qalqilya: An Israeli settler shot and critically injured a 6-year-old Palestinian near the occupied West Bank city of Qalqilya, witnesses said. Yousef Bayan...

More than 500 children dead since start of Yemen conflict 03 Oct 2015 - 02:06 pm

New York: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) underscored the devastating toll six months of violence has taken on the children of Yemen,...

Russian strikes destroy IS command post, other targets in Syria 03 Oct 2015 - 01:54 pm

Moscow: Russian air strikes destroyed an Islamic State command post near Raqa among other targets, the defence ministry said on Saturday, as Moscow...

Russia hits IS Syria stronghold after West slams raids 03 Oct 2015 - 01:38 pm

Beirut: Russian bombing raids on Syria entered their fourth day on Saturday, striking the Islamic State group's main stronghold after the Kremlin came...

Russian action in Syria a recipe for disaster: Obama 03 Oct 2015 - 01:30 am

Washington: US President Barack Obama warned yesterday that Russia’s military engagement in Syria in support of strongman Bashar Al Assad is a “recipe...

Russia urged to stop strikes outside IS areas 03 Oct 2015 - 12:10 am

Syrians carry a wounded man following reported air strikes by Syrian government forces on the rebel-held town of Douma, east of Damascus, yesterday....

Loyalists control all of key strait 03 Oct 2015 - 12:08 am

Men stand along a crater caused by what activists said was a Russian air strike in Latamneh city, in the northern countryside of...

Thousands of Iraqis demonstrate for reforms 03 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

BAGHDAD: Thousands of Iraqis demonstrated in Baghdad and several other cities Friday, urging the government to deliver on its promised reform package aimed...