World / Middle East

Pilgrims move to Mina today 22 Sep 2015 - 01:33 am

Muslims pray at the Masjid Al Haram Mosque, Islam’s holiest site in Makkah, a day before the beginning of the Haj. Thousands from...

Russia deploys 28 fighter planes in Syria 22 Sep 2015 - 01:31 am

Washington: Russia has deployed 28 combat planes in Syria, US officials said yesterday, confirming the latest move in Moscow’s increasing military presence in...

Explosion near Somalia presidential palace 21 Sep 2015 - 07:55 pm

MOGADISHU: A powerful explosion, likely a car bomb, was heard late Monday near the heavily guarded Villa Somalia which houses the presidential palace...

Fire forces 1,500 pilgrims from Mecca hotel 21 Sep 2015 - 06:39 pm

MAKKAH, Saudi Arabia: A fire forced some 1,500 people from their hotel in the Saudi city of Makkah on Monday as hundreds of...

Russia sends drone aircraft on surveillance missions in Syria: US officials 21 Sep 2015 - 04:52 pm

Residents inspect produce at a site damaged by what activists said was an airstrike by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al Assad,...

Erekat raises issue of illegal Israeli settlements with Norway's FM 21 Sep 2015 - 02:03 pm

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat (left) waits for a foreign visitor at the Palestinian presidential offices in Ramallah last year. GAZA: The chief...

Iran hands IAEA samples from suspect Parchin site 21 Sep 2015 - 01:38 pm

Iran hands IAEA samples from suspect Parchin site. TEHRAN: Iran has given samples taken by its own experts from the suspect Parchin military...

Haj begins tomorrow 21 Sep 2015 - 02:43 am

Pilgrims arrive for the Maghrib prayer at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah yesterday. The annual Haj pilgrimage begins tomorrow,...

Saudi's United Cooperative Assurance says gets Mecca crane claim 20 Sep 2015 - 09:35 pm

AL RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's United Cooperative Assurance said on Sunday it had received a claim from Saudi Binladin Group over the collapse of...

More than 100,000 gather at Erdogan rally against "terrorism" 20 Sep 2015 - 09:10 pm

People wave the Turkish national flag at an "antiterorrism" rally in Istanbul on September 20, 2015 (AFP ) ISTANBUL: More than 100,000 people...

Ceasefire returns to 3 Syria battlegrounds 20 Sep 2015 - 08:45 pm

Reuters BEIRUT: A new ceasefire went into effect on Sunday between Syrian pro-government forces and Islamist rebels in three battleground districts, a local...

Migrants brave deadly dinghies, Turkish coastguard for new life 20 Sep 2015 - 04:09 pm

Migrants wait on a dinghy with a broken motor following an attempt to reach the Greek Island of Kos after leaving Bodrum, Turkey,...

Some Iraqis ditch fight against Islamic State for life in Europe 20 Sep 2015 - 03:50 pm

A member of the Iraqi security forces shows his passport as he prepares to travel, at the international airport in Najaf, south of...

Saudi-led coalition denies attacking home of Oman envoy to Yemen 20 Sep 2015 - 02:28 pm

Smoke rises from the site of a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen's capital Sanaa September 18, 2015. DUBAI: A Saudi-led coalition has denied...

Egypt police general gunned down in Sinai street 20 Sep 2015 - 10:34 am

An Egyptian miltary convoy in the North Sinai provincial capital El-Arish (AFP) CAIRO: Unidentified assailants gunned down an Egyptian police general on the...

4,500 migrants rescued off Libya in a day 20 Sep 2015 - 10:03 am

Libyan Red Crescent workers in Tripoli port help migrants who were rescued after their boat sank off Libya. Rome: Twenty rescue operations yesterday...

Hollande in Morocco after torture row 20 Sep 2015 - 10:01 am

French President Francois Hollande speaks to journalists upon his arrival at Ibn Battouta airport in Boukhalef, 10km south of Tangiers, Morocco, yesterday. Tangiers,...