World / Middle East

UN criticizes repression in Bahrain, urges dialogue 23 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Bahraini Shiite clerics attend a protest against the revocation of the citizenship of Sheikh Isa Qassim (portrait) on June 20, 2016, near Qassim's...

Bahrain national reconciliation efforts stalled: US State Dept 23 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

FILE PHOTO: Anti-government protesters shout slogans holding Bahraini flags during a protest outside leading opposition party Al Wefaq headquarters in Manama, May 9,...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet US Secretary of State John Kerry in coming days in Rome to discuss stalled peace efforts with the Palestinians 23 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet US Secretary of State John Kerry in coming days in Rome to discuss stalled peace...

Syria's Assad names new prime minister 22 Jun 2016 - 04:06 pm

Imad Khamis Damascus: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday named electricity minister Imad Khamis as the new prime minister of the war-ravaged country....

Russian warplanes attack Aleppo areas with chemicals 22 Jun 2016 - 02:40 pm

Syrian rescuers search the rubble of a destroyed building following a reported Syrian government forces attack at the Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood in the...

In Cairo, heat and long days test Ramadan faithful 22 Jun 2016 - 02:19 pm

Egyptian cook Fathi grills chicken outside a restaurant in the Egyptian capital Cairo on June 21, 2016. AFP / KHALED DESOUKI / TO...

36 Libyan troops killed in Sirte clashes with Islamic State 22 Jun 2016 - 01:02 pm

file photo: Reuters TRIPOLI: At least 36 unity government troops were killed in clashes with Islamic State militants in Libya’s northern city of...

25 civilians killed in raids on Syria IS bastion Raqa: monitor 22 Jun 2016 - 08:54 am

Beirut: Air strikes on the Islamic State group's de facto Syrian capital Raqa killed 25 civilians, six of them children, a monitoring group...

Turkish jets strike PKK targets in northern Iraq, southeast Turkey 22 Jun 2016 - 08:34 am

File photo of Turkish fighter jet. Reuters DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: Turkish warplanes struck Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey overnight on...

Gains against Islamic State not yet enough, could backfire: U.S. officials 22 Jun 2016 - 08:22 am

Smoke rises from clashes with Islamic State militants in Falluja, Iraq, June 10, 2016. REUTERS/ALAA AL-MARJANI By John Walcott WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama...

No US 'grand strategy' in Libya: general 22 Jun 2016 - 12:20 am

Washington: A US general said Tuesday that he did not know if the United States had a particular "grand strategy" in war-torn Libya,...

German held in Yemen evacuated to Oman 22 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Oman Parliament, Al Bustan, Muscat. Photo courtesy: Times of Oman DOHA: A German national held hostage in Yemen was airlifted to Muscat on...

34 Libya unity forces killed in Sirte clashes with IS: new toll 22 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

A handout picture released on June 19, 2016 by the official Facebook page of the media centre of the forces of Libya's Government...

Suicide attacker kills six Jordanian troops at Syria border 21 Jun 2016 - 06:51 pm

A handout picture released by the Jordanian Royal Palace on June 20, 2016 shows Jordan's King Abdullah II (R) breaking the fast with...

Turkey's arrest of prominent activists stirs protest 21 Jun 2016 - 06:46 pm

Protesters hold pictures of jailed RSF representative Erol Onderoglu, journalist Ahmet Nesin and rights activist and academic Sebnem Korur Fincanci as they shout...

Five militiamen killed in N. Iraq: Police source 21 Jun 2016 - 04:17 pm

By Osman Shalash BAGHDAD (AA) - At least five Shia militiamen were killed and dozens injured Tuesday by a suicide bombing in northern...

Sudan frees six student activists: lawyer 21 Jun 2016 - 02:21 pm

Khartoum: Sudan's powerful security service has released six student activists detained without charge since a wave of campus protests in the capital in...

Palestinian teen 'mistakenly' shot dead in West Bank 21 Jun 2016 - 01:57 pm

Mahmoud Badran,15-year-old. By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM: A Palestinian teen was shot dead and four others were injured, the Palestinian health ministry confirmed in...