World / Middle East

Protests over Netanyahu’s London visit 10 Sep 2015 - 09:04 am

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...

Iraq PM removes 123 officials amid reform drive 09 Sep 2015 - 09:15 pm

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...

UAE rejects criticism over Syrian refugee intake 09 Sep 2015 - 08:20 pm

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

Egypt sends up to 800 ground troops to Yemen's war 09 Sep 2015 - 07:45 pm

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

Syrian air base falls to rebels, troops exit: state TV 09 Sep 2015 - 01:50 pm

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

Khamenei says Iran will not negotiate with U.S. beyond nuclear talks 09 Sep 2015 - 01:22 pm

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,...

About 100,000 children starving in Yemen's al-Hodeidah 09 Sep 2015 - 10:10 am

UN children's agency says it is alarmed by the levels of child hunger in Yemen after six months of heavy fighting. The UN...

Australia to take 12,000 Syrian Refugees 09 Sep 2015 - 09:28 am

Migrants and refugees arrive on a dinghy after crossing from Turkey to Lesbos Island, Greece. AP SYDNEY: Australia will accept 12,000 refugees from...

20 Indians killed in Yemen 09 Sep 2015 - 01:27 am

DUBAI: A Saudi-led alliance killed at least 20 Indian nationals in air strikes at a Yemeni port yesterday, fishermen said, and more foreign...

8 killed in Mideast sandstorm 09 Sep 2015 - 01:24 am

A Lebanese woman covers her face with a veil as she walks amid the dust as a sandstorm blows over the city of...

Cheney blasts Iran N-deal as ‘madness’ 09 Sep 2015 - 01:19 am

Washington: Former US vice-president Dick Cheney yesterday blasted the Iran nuclear deal as “madness” and said it marked a “capitulation” by world powers....

Nato chief voices concern over Russian ‘build-up’ in Syria 09 Sep 2015 - 01:15 am

A Rafale fighter jet taking off from a base in the Gulf. France carried out its first Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) flight...

Iraq's deputy justice minister kidnapped in Baghdad 08 Sep 2015 - 04:26 pm

Iraqi defense minister, deliver a speech during a press conference in Baghdad on September 6, 2015 (AFP) BAGHDAD: Gunmen kidnapped Iraq's acting deputy...

Hundreds treated, two dead as sandstorm engulfs Middle East 08 Sep 2015 - 03:20 pm

BEIRUT: A dense sandstorm engulfing parts of the Middle East left at least two people dead in Lebanon and hundreds suffering from respiratory...

Bomb kills 13 Turkish police officers as jets strike PKK in Iraq 08 Sep 2015 - 02:01 pm

A Turkish F-16 fighter jet takes off from Incirlik airbase in the southern city of Adana, Turkey, in this July 27, 2015 file...

Number of Saudi-led coalition troops in Yemen rises to 10,000: Al Jazeera 08 Sep 2015 - 01:52 pm

DUBAI: A Saudi-led alliance has deployed 10,000 troops to Yemen, Qatari news channel Al Jazeera said on Tuesday, in an apparent sign of...

Egypt in 'major operation' in Sinai, 29 militants killed 08 Sep 2015 - 11:24 am

CAIRO: Egypt's army said Tuesday it had launched a "major military operation" against the Islamic State group in the Sinai Peninsula, killing 29...

10 dead in Kurdish rebel attack on Turkey police minibus 08 Sep 2015 - 11:21 am

Demonstrators protest against recent attacks on Turkish security forces on September 7, 2015 in Kizilay Square in Ankara ANKARA: At least 10 Turkish...