World / Middle East

Riyadh: A massive construction crane crashed into Makkah’s Grand Mosque in stormy weather yesterday, killing at least 107 people and injuring 238, Saudi...

Sana’a: Yemen’s government said yesterday that it will join UN-mediated peace talks next week, as rocket fire from Iran-backed rebels reportedly killed 20...

RIYADH:  At least 65 people were killed when a crane crashed in Mecca’s Grand Mosque on Friday, Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defence authority said,...

      CAIRO: The Arab League hailed the success of the Palestinian and Arab diplomacy in issuing a decision from the U.N. General Assembly to...

Beirut: Organisers of mass protests in Lebanon over trash festering in the streets said yesterday the government’s long-awaited plan to deal with the...

Berlin: Chancellor Angela Merkel won a hero’s welcome as she visited a Berlin migrant centre yesterday, with Syrians cheering and taking selfies as...

Moscow: A defiant Russia yesterday said it was ready to increase military support to Syria’s Bashar Al Assad if needed, dismissing suggestions it...

  KRYNICA ZDROJ (Poland): Poland cannot afford to accept economic migrants, but it is the biggest central European economy's duty to accept refugees fleeing...

  BEIRUT: Syrian insurgents killed 56 government soldiers during an assault that led to their capture of an air base in the northwest of...

  BEIRUT: Dozens of Syrian government troops and Islamic State fighters have been killed in fighting around a government-held air base in eastern Syria...

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM:  Israel has opened its new Cairo embassy inside its ambassador's residence, saying on Thursday that holdups in finding separate...

The United Nations is expected on Thursday to allow the Palestinians to raise their flag at its headquarters in New York in a...

Protesters demonstrate against the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, outside Downing Street in London, yesterday. London: Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli demonstrators clashed...

    Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi    BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi removed 123 deputy ministers and director generals amid a reform drive aimed...

  DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday defended its record on helping refugees after criticism of rich Arab countries, saying it has welcomed...

     Army trucks carry Egyptian tanks in a military convoy in El Arish, on August. 9, 2012  (AP)   SANAA: As many as 800 Egyptian...

  AMMAN: Syrian troops have pulled out of a major air base in northwestern Syria, state television said on Wednesday, after a two-year siege...

Iraqi women walk past a poster depicting images of Shi'ite Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at al-Firdous Square in Baghdad February 12,...