World / Middle East

Iran reports record high COVID death toll as travel bans go into force 02 Nov 2020 - 02:34 pm

DUBAI: Iran on Monday reported a record 440 COVID deaths in the past 24 hours, pushing the death toll in the Middle East's...

Three-year-old rescued from rubble, Turkey quake death toll hits 81 02 Nov 2020 - 10:52 am

ISTANBUL: A three-year-old girl was rescued from a collapsed building in the western Turkish city of Izmir on Monday, officials said, nearly three...

Lebanon extends nighttime curfew to fight virus 02 Nov 2020 - 12:01 am

BEIRUT- Facing a relentless surge in cases of coronavirus infections, Lebanese authorities are lengthening a nationwide nighttime curfew and placing a number of...

Quake death toll rises to 69 in Turkey 01 Nov 2020 - 08:57 pm

Bayrakli, Turkey - Rescue workers were searching eight wrecked buildings on Sunday amid dwindling hope for survivors as the death toll from a...

Iran's daily COVID-19 deaths hit record; health official says true toll worse 01 Nov 2020 - 07:40 pm

Iran's daily tally of coronavirus deaths hit a record high of 434 on Sunday, the health ministry announced, and the head of a...

Man rescued from rubble as Turkey quake death toll hits 51 01 Nov 2020 - 12:23 pm

IZMIR: A 70-year-old man was pulled from the rubble of a flattened building in western Turkey early on Sunday after being buried under...

Gas pipeline blast in southern Iraq kills 3, injures 51, police say 31 Oct 2020 - 04:49 pm

BASRA, Iraq: At least three people were killed and more than 50 injured in a gas pipeline explosion in southern Iraq, police sources...

Mother, children rescued from Turkey quake rubble; death toll at 28 31 Oct 2020 - 03:58 pm

IZMIR: A mother and three of her children were pulled to safety on Saturday after being trapped for almost 18 hours under a...

Iraq clears sit-in square, a year after mass protests began 31 Oct 2020 - 02:16 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces on Saturday cleared out sit-in tents from the capital's central square that has been the epicenter of the anti-government...

Desert locust is killing agricultural crops in Yemen, inflicting heavy losses on farmers: FAO 31 Oct 2020 - 02:00 pm

Rome: The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has reported that the livelihoods of farmers in Yemen have been severely affected by the...

Death toll reaches 28 in quake that hit Turkey, Greek island 31 Oct 2020 - 01:56 pm

IZMIR, Turkey: Rescue teams on Saturday plowed through concrete blocks and the debris of eight collapsed buildings in search of survivors of a...

Turkish rescue workers search for survivors in quake; death toll rises to 27 31 Oct 2020 - 11:24 am

Ankara: Rescue workers in western Turkish city of Izmir searched through rubble for survivors on Saturday after a powerful earthquake hit the Aegean...

Quake between Turkey, Greece topples buildings in Turkey 30 Oct 2020 - 05:00 pm

ISTANBUL: A strong earthquake struck Friday between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, collapsing several buildings in Turkey's western Izmir...

Lebanon, Israel end second round of maritime border talks 29 Oct 2020 - 05:01 pm

Naqura, Lebanon: Lebanon and Israel, still technically at war, wrapped up a second round of maritime border talks Thursday under UN and US...

Erdogan urges Turks to boycott French goods 26 Oct 2020 - 06:13 pm

ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called on Monday for Turks to boycott French goods and urged European Union leaders to halt French leader...

Russia strikes kill 78 in Syria: monitor 26 Oct 2020 - 04:07 pm

Beirut: Airstrikes by Damascus regime ally Russia killed 78 Turkey-backed rebels in northwestern Syria on Monday, a monitor said, in the bloodiest surge...

Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to ceasefire, US State Department says 26 Oct 2020 - 09:11 am

Washington: US State Department announced on Sunday that a new humanitarian ceasefire will take effect on Monday in the conflict between Azerbaijan and...

Thousands rally in Iraq to mark one year of protests 25 Oct 2020 - 03:15 pm

BAGHDAD: Thousands of protesters took to the streets on Sunday to mark one year since mass anti-government demonstrations swept Baghdad and Iraq's south,...