World / Middle East

Turkey PM in defiant visit to Diyarbakir after attack 01 Apr 2016 - 05:57 pm

Diyarbakir, Turkey: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Friday made a rare visit to the Kurdish-dominated city of Diyarbakir, declaring he was "not...

Rival of Libyan unity govt says won’t cling to power in Tripoli 01 Apr 2016 - 02:43 pm

Abdulrahman Taweel, head of security arrangements for Libya’s Government of National Accord, speaks during an interview with Reuters Tripoli, Libya, March 31, 2016....

Egypt blocked Facebook Internet service over surveillance: sources 01 Apr 2016 - 01:15 pm

By Yasmeen Abutaleb and Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO: Egypt blocked Facebook Inc’s Free Basics Internet service at the end of last year after...

Obama meets Erdogan amid talk of 'snub' 01 Apr 2016 - 11:03 am

WASHINGTON, USA - MARCH 31: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) meets with President of the United States Barack Obama, at Nuclear Security...

Libya unity government looks to assert authority in Tripoli 01 Apr 2016 - 10:55 am

Libya's unity government's Prime Minister-designate Fayez al-Sarraj chairs a meeting of the presidential council with Tripoli municipal council in Tripoli, Libya, 31 March...

US 'appalled' by Syria regime strikes that killed more than 30 01 Apr 2016 - 09:55 am

Residents bury victims of airstrikes by Asad regime forces targeting a school and an hospital in Deir al Asafir town of Eastern Ghouta...

10 key Libya cities lend support to UN-backed unity govt 01 Apr 2016 - 09:05 am

Supporters of Libya's new prime minister-designate Fayez al-Sarraj protest holding banners and their national flag in support of the new government in Tripoli's...

Amnesty says Turkey illegally sending Syrians back to war zone 01 Apr 2016 - 08:55 am

A Kurdish refugee boy from the Syrian town of Kobani holds onto a fence that surrounds a refugee camp in the border town...

Libya sanctions shift possible when unity gov’t controls fund: UN 01 Apr 2016 - 07:50 am

Ibrahim Dabbashi gestures as he delivers a seminar titled ''Transitional Justice'', in Benghazi January 24, 2012. Reuters/Esam Al-Fetori By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS:...

More analysis needed on King Tut 'hidden chamber': Egypt minister 01 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

British Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves enters King Tutankhamun's tomb at the Valley of the Kings. A radar surveys is scheduled Thursday by to confirm...

EU imposes sanctions on three Libyans for obstructing peace process: sources 01 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said earlier this month the 28-nation bloc was readying sanctions amid increasing frustration that Libya's UN-backed unity...

Libya unity government looks to assert authority in Tripoli 31 Mar 2016 - 06:34 pm

Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister-designate, Fayez al-Sarraj (2ndR) meets with members of the presidential council on March 31, 2016 in the capital Tripoli. Libya's...

Renowned Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, 65, dies 31 Mar 2016 - 06:29 pm

A file photo taken on September 25, 2013, shows Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid posing for pictures outside her recently completed design for an...

Palmyra’s dynamited temple can be restored, de-miners use robots 31 Mar 2016 - 06:04 pm

Syrian soldiers inside the historical city of Palmyra, Syria, 29 March 2016 after the Syrian army regained control from IS. The Syrian directorate...

Iraq’s Sadr calls for an end to sit-in near Baghdad’s Green Zone 31 Mar 2016 - 05:57 pm

Prominent Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr speaks during news conference in Najaf, south of Baghdad, March 22, 2016. REUTERS, Alaa Al-Marjani BAGHDAD: Iraq’s powerful...

Ten wounded after blast hits police vehicle in Turkey's Diyarbakir 31 Mar 2016 - 05:41 pm

ANKARA: Ten people were wounded when an explosion hit a passing police vehicle in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir on Thursday, a...

Iraqi PM names Numan for Oil Ministry, Allawi for finance 31 Mar 2016 - 05:39 pm

Haider al-Abadi, Iraqi Prime Minister BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi named Nizar Salem al-Numan as a candidate for oil minister as part...

Syria's Assad says willing to hold early presidential vote 31 Mar 2016 - 05:35 pm

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad attends an interview with Russia's RIA news agency, in Damascus, Syria in this handout picture provided by SANA on...