World / Middle East

Israeli army says fires into Lebanon after military targets hit by missiles 01 Sep 2019 - 04:42 pm

JERUSALEM: Israel's military said on Sunday it fired into southern Lebanon after a number of anti-tank missiles targeted an Israeli military base and...

Israeli military says anti-tank missile fired from Lebanon 01 Sep 2019 - 04:36 pm

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military says an anti-tank missile has been launched from Lebanon toward Israel. In a brief statement Sunday, the military gave...

Iranian oil tanker pursued by US off the coast of Syria 01 Sep 2019 - 11:08 am

An Iranian oil tanker pursued by the U.S. is off the coast of Syria. The ship-tracking website MarineTraffic.com shows the Adrian Darya 1,...

Iran's Rouhani warns Macron of looming nuclear step 01 Sep 2019 - 09:30 am

Tehran: President Hassan Rouhani spoke with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Saturday, warning him Iran would take the next step in reducing its...

First Qatari plane arrives in Khartoum to help flood victims 31 Aug 2019 - 04:32 pm

Khartoum: Qatar's first plane carrying 60 tonnes of relief aid to flood-affected people arrived in Khartoum on Saturday as part of an airlift...

Erdogan: Turkey not satisfied with Idlib process 30 Aug 2019 - 11:32 pm

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stressed that Turkey is not satisfied with the current state of developments in the Idlib province...

US will not release Middle East peace plan before Israeli election 30 Aug 2019 - 09:45 pm

WASHINGTON: The United States will not release the long-delayed political portion of its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan before Israel's elections next month, White House...

Gaza: Palestinian territory ravaged by war and poverty 30 Aug 2019 - 09:45 pm

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: The Gaza Strip, under a state of alert Wednesday after deadly bomb attacks, is a poverty-stricken, overcrowded Palestinian coastal...

UN Security Councils mulls calling for Idlib truce, Russia likely to oppose 30 Aug 2019 - 01:19 am

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council is considering a draft resolution that would call for a truce in northwestern Syria "to avoid...

Israel: Iran, Hezbollah intensifying missile efforts 29 Aug 2019 - 10:28 pm

JERUSALEM: Israel's prime minister on Thursday accused Iran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah of racing to build a missile-production program in Lebanon, vowing...

7 soccer fans die in flash flood at Morocco match 29 Aug 2019 - 07:50 pm

RABAT, Morocco: A flash flood swept across a soccer field in a southern Moroccan village, killing at least seven people watching a local...

Sudan awaits new cabinet as premier mulls line-up 29 Aug 2019 - 05:24 pm

Khartoum: Sudan's new prime minister was Thursday locked in talks to form the first cabinet since the ouster of veteran leader Omar al-Bashir,...

Syrian army presses on in Idlib province as death toll rises 29 Aug 2019 - 01:44 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian state-run media and a war monitor say government forces are pressing ahead with their military offensive in Idlib province, seizing a...

Airstrikes in Syria's Idlib hit near Turkish military post 28 Aug 2019 - 03:30 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian opposition activists say government warplanes have struck towns and villages in the northwestern province of Idlib, including one near a Turkish...

Tehran ex-mayor who killed wife free on bail: lawyer 28 Aug 2019 - 02:56 pm

Tehran: A former mayor of Tehran who murdered his wife has been released on bail, his lawyer said Wednesday, two weeks after her...

Over 200 migrants rescued in Med this week 28 Aug 2019 - 02:50 pm

Rome: An Italian charity ship rescued around 100 migrants in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, bringing the total number of migrants saved to over...

Hundreds of displaced Iraqis transferred from camp 28 Aug 2019 - 02:21 pm

Baghdad: Hundreds of displaced Iraqis, mostly women and children, were transferred from a northern camp to their home areas Wednesday despite humanitarian concerns...