World / Middle East

Israel-held Palestinian journalist ends 94-day hunger strike 26 Feb 2016 - 06:17 pm

Taken on January 22, 2016 this photo shows a Palestinian carrying a placard bearing a portrait of Palestinian journalist Mohammed Al Qiq during...

Nusra Front rejects Syria truce, urges stronger attacks: Audio statement 26 Feb 2016 - 05:59 pm

File photo of the fighters from Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front patrol the northern city of Aleppo, Syria. AFP /Fadi al-Halabi BEIRUT: The...

Iran extends election voting by two hours 26 Feb 2016 - 05:53 pm

An Iranian woman presses her inked-finger on a registering paper during the parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections at a polling station at...

Imprisoned Turkish journalists released from jail in Istanbul 26 Feb 2016 - 02:31 pm

Turkish journalists shout slogans in support of jailed colleagues Can Dundar and Erdem Gul during a rally in Ankara, on January 10, 2016....

Big turnout as Iran votes to shape post-sanctions era 26 Feb 2016 - 01:10 pm

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his vote during elections for the parliament and Assembly of Experts, which has the power to...

Rafsanjani says a reformist failure in Iran vote would be major loss 26 Feb 2016 - 01:02 pm

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, then head of Iran's Assembly of Experts, speaks during the assembly's biannual meeting in Tehran September 14, 2010. REUTERS, Caren...

Intense Russian air strikes on rebel bastions ahead of ceasefire: monitor 26 Feb 2016 - 12:41 pm

Beirut: Russian warplanes carried out intense air strikes on rebel strongholds in Syria on Friday hours before a ceasefire was due to come...

Italian killing highlights assault on academic freedom in Egypt 26 Feb 2016 - 10:54 am

The killing of Italian graduate student Giulio Regeni, who disappeared on Jan. 25, the anniversary of the 2011 uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak’s...

Iranians vote in contest likely to shape post-sanctions era 26 Feb 2016 - 10:28 am

By Samia Nakhoul TEHRAN: Iranians voted in two crucial elections on Friday, with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urging a big turnout in...

Twin suicide bombing kills 12 at Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad-police, medics 26 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

BAGHDAD: At least 12 people were killed in a twin suicide bombing on a Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad on Thursday, police and medical...

Russia says Syria ceasefire process underway despite U.S. sabotage attempts 25 Feb 2016 - 06:42 pm

File photo of the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova during a news briefing in Moscow, Russia. REUTERS MOSCOW: Russia said...

Egypt's Sisi under attack on social media after television speech 25 Feb 2016 - 06:04 pm

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening ceremony of the 26th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) at...

Local IS chief captured in western Libya: ministry 25 Feb 2016 - 05:31 pm

File photo/ AFP Tripoli: A local chief of the Islamic State jihadist group and two aides have been captured in a city near...

Syria Kurds says they will respect ceasefire 25 Feb 2016 - 05:27 pm

Kurdish members of the Self-Defense Forces stand near the Syrian-Turkish border in the Syrian city of al-Derbasiyah during a protest against the operations...

Egypt hands Christian teens 5 years for contempt of Islam 25 Feb 2016 - 04:51 pm

Cairo: An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced three Coptic Christian teenagers to five years in jail for contempt of Islam after they appeared...

Bahrain jails four men on terrorism charges: Prosecutor 25 Feb 2016 - 04:46 pm

DUBAI: A Bahraini court sentenced four people to five years in prison for plotting to receive explosives and weapons training to carry out...

Mortar attack kills four in Somali capital - Police 25 Feb 2016 - 02:11 pm

MOGADISHU: A mortar attack near Somalia's parliament building in the capital Mogadishu killed four people and injured eight others, police said on Thursday,...