World / Middle East

Hungary suspends issuing visas to Iranians over coronavirus fears 06 Mar 2020 - 11:55 pm

Budapest: Hungary said Friday it would suspend the issuing of visas to Iranian citizens, after confirming that three out of the four cases...

Adviser to Iran's foreign minister dies of coronavirus 06 Mar 2020 - 12:31 pm

Tehran - An adviser to Iran's foreign minister who took part in the 1979 US embassy hostage crisis has died from coronavirus, the...

Palestine confirms 7 coronavirus cases in Bethlehem 05 Mar 2020 - 10:22 pm

RAMALLAH, Palestine: The Palestinian authorities confirmed on Thursday seven coronavirus cases in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian Health Minister Mai Al-Kaileh said in...

Unions criticise Norwegian fund over UN settlement blacklist 05 Mar 2020 - 10:22 pm

Jerusalem: Two international trade unions have used a UN list of companies working in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories to attempt...

Syrian girl who laughed off shelling starts new life in Turkey 04 Mar 2020 - 06:37 pm

Beirut: A three-year-old girl taught to laugh off the sound of shelling in war-torn Syria has left with her family and started a...

Iranian trade minister tests positive for coronavirus 04 Mar 2020 - 11:42 am

Iran's Industry, Mining and Trade Minister Reza Rahmani has tested positive for the coronavirus, known as COVID-19, an online Iranian news site said...

Netanyahu leads in Israeli election, but still lacks majority 03 Mar 2020 - 08:49 pm

JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu led on Tuesday in Israel's third national election in less than a year but was short of a...

Israel has voted three times in a year. What happens now? 03 Mar 2020 - 07:32 pm

Israelis turned out to vote in large numbers to try to break the political deadlock that has seen three closely fought elections since...

Kremlin 'strongly rejects' U.N. allegations that Russia committed war crimes in Syria in 2019 03 Mar 2020 - 06:35 pm

MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Tuesday rejected allegations by the United Nations that Russia may have committed war crimes in Syria last year, saying...

Iran orders troops to fight coronavirus outbreak as 77 dead 03 Mar 2020 - 06:35 pm

TEHRAN: Iran's supreme leader put the Islamic Republic's armed forces on alert Tuesday to assist health officials in combating the outbreak of the...

Camels imported to Libya were not stolen, says owner 02 Mar 2020 - 08:44 pm

TUNIS: A herd of 3,000 camels imported to Libya last month arrived in the town of Zawiya safely and in full, their owner...

‘All our dreams are gone:’ Desperation deepens for Syrians as conflict intensifies 02 Mar 2020 - 08:44 pm

IDLIB, Syria: At a maternity hospital in northwest Syria, an alarm flashes at the main entrance to alert staff. It’s not patients en...

Iraq power vacuum deepens after PM-designate quits 02 Mar 2020 - 05:32 pm

BAGHDAD: A power vacuum has deepened in Iraq after plans for a new prime minister collapsed, further complicating the country's faltering efforts to...

Iran: Council member close to supreme leader dies from coronavirus 02 Mar 2020 - 10:27 am

TEHRAN, Iran: Iranian state radio says a member of a council that advises Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died after falling ill...

Fear, distrust and disinfectant in the air amid Iran's coronavirus outbreak 01 Mar 2020 - 05:29 pm

DUBAI: As the new coronavirus spreads across Iran, the epicentre of the outbreak in the Middle East, so a feeling of anxiety grows...

Turkey raises migrant pressure on EU over Syria conflict 29 Feb 2020 - 07:31 pm

Pazarkule, Turkey: Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday threatened to let thousands of refugees cross into Europe and warned Damascus would "pay...