World / Middle East

Hadi: Coup militias recruit elements to provoke unrest in liberated areas 24 Jan 2016 - 09:10 am

Aden: Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi said that the militias of Houthi and the deposed Ali Abdullah Saleh are recruiting elements to...

India, Bahrain sign agreement for swapping prisoners 24 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

New Delhi: India and Bahrain on Saturday signed an agreement to exchange their citizens lodged in the prisons of each other's country. The...

Iran’s leader says never trusted the West, seeks closer ties with China 24 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Chinese president visits Tehran two months after Putin. China and Russia kept ties with Iran during sanctions. Iran’s leader asked China for regional...

Prime Minister of Bahrain meets Sudanese Foreign Minister 24 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Manama: Prime Minister of Bahrain Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa met Saturday with Foreign Minister of Sudan Ibrahim Ghandour, who is visiting...

Turkish PM Davutoglu says Turkey respects Iraq’s territorial integrity 24 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

ISTANBUL: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Saturday the Turkish military was in Iraq to ward off Islamic State, reiterating that Ankara...

King of Saudi Arabia meets US Secretary of State 23 Jan 2016 - 06:38 pm

Riyadh: King Salman bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia Custodian of the Two Holly Mosques met Saturday with US Secretary of State John...

Tunisia PM urges patience after social unrest 23 Jan 2016 - 06:34 pm

Tunis: Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid pleaded Saturday for people to be "patient" after a wave of protests against poverty and unemployment in...

Suspected Russian raids kill 29 civilians in east Syria: monitor 23 Jan 2016 - 06:30 pm

Beirut: At least 29 civilians were killed in air strikes suspected to have been carried by Russian warplanes on a village in eastern...

Rouhani visits Italy, France on first post-sanctions tour 23 Jan 2016 - 06:27 pm

Tehran: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani is to visit Italy and France next week to boost economic ties, in his first European tour since...

Palestinian girl, 13, shot dead after trying to stab Israeli guard - police 23 Jan 2016 - 05:29 pm

Representative image JERUSALEM: A 13-year-old Palestinian girl was shot dead by an Israeli security guard she tried to stab at a settlement in...

UN urges regular aid access to Yemen's Taez 23 Jan 2016 - 05:15 pm

Yemenis accompany their donkeys carrying food parcels as they walk through the mountains along the only path accessible between the southern cities of...

US forces setting up airbase in northeast Syria: sources 23 Jan 2016 - 04:45 pm

? Beirut: US special forces and experts are setting up an airbase in northeast Syria as part of the battle against the Islamic...

US Vice President Biden says prepared for military solution in Syria 23 Jan 2016 - 04:07 pm

US Vice-President Joe Biden attends a press conference with the Turkish prime minister after their round table meeting on January 23, 2016 in...

Rocket fire from Syria 'wounds two' in Turkey: reports 23 Jan 2016 - 03:15 pm

Istanbul: A rocket fired from Syria on Saturday slammed into the town of Kilis on the Turkish side of the border, wounding two...

Lavrov and Kerry discuss Syria talks as wrangling goes on 23 Jan 2016 - 02:57 pm

Moscow: US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Saturday discussed who should represent the Syrian opposition at...

GCC condemn kidnapping of Al Jazeera reporters in Yemen 23 Jan 2016 - 01:45 pm

Al Jazeera reporter, Hamdi El-Bukari Riyadh: Secretary-General of the GCC Dr. Abdul Latif Al Zayani condemned Saturday the kidnapping of news media team...

Tunisia PM holds emergency meeting over unrest 23 Jan 2016 - 01:44 pm

Tunis: Tunisia's Prime Minister Habib Essid held an emergency cabinet meeting Saturday, after authorities declared a nighttime curfew nationwide following the worst outbreak...

Iranian, Chinese presidents agree to expand strategic ties 23 Jan 2016 - 12:43 pm

A picture provided by the Iranian Presidency on January 23, 2016, shows Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R) meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping (L)...