World / Middle East

Tunisia pushing “economic emergency” bill to spur investment: official 24 Mar 2017 - 01:43 pm

TUNIS: Tunisia is drafting an “economic emergency” bill that will allow the government to bypass bureaucratic hurdles and speed up large-scale projects as...

Iraq's Sadr threatens boycott if election law unchanged 24 Mar 2017 - 01:20 pm

Baghdad: Populist Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr told a demonstration in Baghdad on Friday that he would order a boycott of upcoming Iraqi parliamentary...

Ousted Egypt president Mubarak freed from detention: lawyer 24 Mar 2017 - 01:11 pm

Cairo: Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak left a military hospital on Friday where he had spent much of his six-year detention, his lawyer...

Mosul’s east begins to bustle but healing a long way off 24 Mar 2017 - 01:02 pm

MOSUL, Iraq: Eastern Mosul is coming back to life. In the few weeks since Iraqi forces drove Islamic State from this side of...

Dozens killed, buried in rubble after Mosul air raid: Iraqi officials, residents 24 Mar 2017 - 09:32 am

BAGHDAD: Dozens of residents were buried in collapsed buildings in the Iraqi city of Mosul after an air strike against Islamic State triggered...

Arabian Oryx at the sanctuary in Um al-Zamool 24 Mar 2017 - 08:03 am

Airlift of forces in Syria shows growing US involvement 24 Mar 2017 - 08:03 am

WASHINGTON: The deepening U.S. military involvement against Islamic State militants in northern Syria indicates the Pentagon will likely send even more troops in...

Shi’ite aid convoys enter Mosul, bringing relief and suspicion 23 Mar 2017 - 03:22 pm

MOSUL: Aid convoys linked to paramilitary groups have begun making regular deliveries to Mosul districts recaptured from Islamic State, bringing much-needed relief but...

Child victims of Mosul battle fill emergency hospital 23 Mar 2017 - 03:10 pm

BARTELLA, Iraq: The 9-year-old Iraqi boy was playing football on a patch of wasteground during a lull in the battle for Mosul when...

Saudi executes two drug dealers 23 Mar 2017 - 03:10 pm

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia executed two convicted drug traffickers on Thursday, bringing the number of prisoners killed in the kingdom to 20 so far...

400,000 'trapped' in west Mosul's Old City: UN 23 Mar 2017 - 02:47 pm

Geneva: About 600,000 people remain in the areas of west Mosul held by the Islamic State group, including 400,000 who are "trapped" in...

10 Egyptian soldiers killed in Sinai roadside bombings 23 Mar 2017 - 02:29 pm

Cairo: Ten Egyptian soldiers were killed in two roadside bombings as they clashed with Islamic State group jihadists in the Sinai Peninsula, the...

44 defense industry workers remanded in FETO probe 23 Mar 2017 - 12:48 pm

ANKARA: A court on Thursday remanded 44 suspects who worked at a leading Turkish defense manufacturer for allegedly being members of the Fetullah...

Iraqi forces take two more villages in W. Mosul: Army 23 Mar 2017 - 12:38 pm

BAGHDAD: The Iraqi army Wednesday announced the recapture of two more villages of western Mosul from the IS terrorist group. “The army’s 9th...

US airstrikes kill hundreds near Syria's Raqqah 23 Mar 2017 - 12:31 pm

ALEPPO, Syria: Hundreds of Syrian civilians were reportedly killed in two U.S.-led coalition airstrikes in northern Raqqah province, according to local sources who...

150 historic Palestinian coins seized at Cairo airport 23 Mar 2017 - 12:23 pm

CAIRO: Egyptian authorities Wednesday confiscated around 150 historical Palestinian coins in a parcel coming from Israel, according to a shipping source at Cairo...

UN envoy voices ‘deep concern’ over Libya violence 23 Mar 2017 - 12:18 pm

SIRTE, Libya: UN envoy to Libya Martin Kobler on Wednesday voiced his “deep concern” over continued reports of “serious” rights violations being committed...