World / Middle East

Two killed as strong earthquake hits Greece and Turkey 22 Jul 2017 - 02:02 am

At least two people were killed on the Greek island of Kos on Friday when a magnitude 6.7 earthquake shook the popular summer...

Abbas announces halt of all contacts with Israel 22 Jul 2017 - 01:45 am

RAMALLAH, Palestine: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced on Friday that all contacts with Israel have been suspended until it commits to lift the...

Three Palestinians shot dead in clashes 22 Jul 2017 - 01:45 am

Jerusalem: Three Palestinian men were shot dead in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem yesterday, health officials said. The killings came as Palestinians and Israeli security...

Lebanon's Hezbollah launches Syria border operation 22 Jul 2017 - 01:45 am

Beirut: Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah group said on Friday its fighters had begun an operation against militants on both sides of the country's border...

Erdogan condemns German minister’s remarks 22 Jul 2017 - 01:45 am

Istanbul: Turkey’s president yesterday condemned what he called “baseless” remarks by Germany’s economy minister scaremongering investors away from Turkey. “I strongly condemn the...

Moroccan police fire tear gas to disperse protests in north 20 Jul 2017 - 09:40 pm

AL-HOCEIMA, Morocco: Police fired tear gas and used truncheons to scatter hundreds of protesters in northern Morocco, a Reuters witness said on Thursday,...

Remove Jerusalem metal detectors, Erdogan tells Israeli counterpart 20 Jul 2017 - 08:03 pm

Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday urged his Israeli counterpart Reuven Rivlin to swiftly remove metal detectors that have outraged Muslim...

Turkish Foreign Minister accuses Berlin of harbouring terrorists, as disagreement heats up 20 Jul 2017 - 07:54 pm

ANKARA: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday accused Germany of harbouring terrorists, comments likely to ratchet up the disagreement between Berlin and...

After Mosul, Islamic State digs in for guerrilla warfare 20 Jul 2017 - 10:23 am

MOSUL: Islamic State militants began reinventing themselves months before U.S.-backed Iraqi forces ended their three-year reign of terror in Mosul, putting aside the...

Iran’s Rouhani says new US sanctions violate nuclear accord 19 Jul 2017 - 12:48 pm

DUBAI: President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday new U.S. economic sanctions imposed against Iran contravened the country’s nuclear accord with world powers and...

Opposition infighting in Syria's Idlib kills 14: monitor 19 Jul 2017 - 12:29 pm

Beirut: Infighting between two of the most powerful factions in Syria's opposition-held Idlib province has killed at least 14 people in the past...

Macron chides Netanyahu on settlements, urges new Mideast talks 16 Jul 2017 - 09:13 pm

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron told Israel's visiting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday that Paris opposes Israel's expansion of settlements in occupied...

Berlin "dismayed and furious" over murder of German women in Egypt 15 Jul 2017 - 12:43 pm

BERLIN: German officials said on Saturday they had been left "dismayed and furious" by the stabbing of two German women at an Egyptian...

Fresh Israeli breach of Lebanese airspace 15 Jul 2017 - 08:14 am

Beirut: An Israeli reconnaissance drone violated the Lebanese airspace over the town of Naqoura, and effectuated u-turn maneuvers over the Southern localities, Baabda,...

Egypt beach resort attack kills two Ukrainian female tourists 14 Jul 2017 - 07:03 pm

Cairo: Two Ukrainian women were killed on Friday at an Egyptian beach resort when an assailant swam ashore and stabbed them and also...

Israel, Palestinian Authority reach water-sharing deal 14 Jul 2017 - 10:07 am

Israel and the Palestinian Authority have reached a water-sharing deal to bring relief to parched Palestinian communities, a breakthrough announced during the latest...

Iraq collectively punishing Islamic State families: rights group 14 Jul 2017 - 09:58 am

ERBIL: Human Rights Watch accused Iraqi security forces on Thursday of forcibly relocating at least 170 families of alleged Islamic State members to...