World / Middle East

Lebanon says arrests Syrian IS suspect planning attacks 17 Jun 2019 - 02:34 pm

Beirut, Lebanon: Lebanon said Monday it had arrested a Syrian suspected of links to the Islamic State group who was plotting attacks on...

Iran to surpass uranium stockpile deal limit from June 27: nuclear official 17 Jun 2019 - 11:53 am

Tehran: Iran will surpass the uranium stockpile limit set under the nuclear deal agreed with world powers from June 27, a top official...

Israel launches 'Trump Heights' on Golan, but construction may lag 16 Jun 2019 - 10:43 pm

BERUCHIM, Golan Heights: Israel approved in principle on Sunday a new community named after U.S. President Donald Trump on a contested frontier zone...

Sudan's Bashir appears in public for first time since ouster 16 Jun 2019 - 04:18 pm

KHARTOUM, Sudan: Sudan's former President Omar al-Bashir has appeared in public for the first time since his ouster, as he was led away...

Israel PM's wife convicted of misusing public funds 16 Jun 2019 - 03:06 pm

Jerusalem: An Israeli court Sunday convicted the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of fraudulently using state funds for meals, under a plea...

Turkey's Erdogan sees Russian S-400s coming from July - NTV 16 Jun 2019 - 09:52 am

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he expected Russian S-400 missile defence systems to start arriving in Turkey in the first half of...

Syria flare-up kills 35 fighters, 10 civillians: monitor 15 Jun 2019 - 03:23 pm

Beirut: At least 10 civilians and 35 combatants, mostly pro-regime forces, were killed Saturday in clashes and air strikes that erupted at dawn...

Iran renews nuclear pact ultimatum amid tensions with U.S. 15 Jun 2019 - 12:23 pm

DUSHANBE: Iran will continue scaling back compliance with a nuclear deal unless other signatories to the pact show "positive signals", the Iranian president...

China, Russia reject calls for freeze on UN pullout from Sudan 14 Jun 2019 - 11:32 pm

United Nations, United States: China and Russia on Friday rejected calls from European and African countries to freeze the planned shutdown of a...

UN suspends handover of camps in Sudan's Darfur 14 Jun 2019 - 11:32 pm

WASHINGTON: The UN announced on Friday it would be suspending the handover of sites in Darfur to the control of Sudan’s Transitional Military...

Sudan opposition chief, US demand probe on protest crackdown 14 Jun 2019 - 11:32 pm

Omdourman, Sudan: Sudan's veteran opposition leader Sadiq al-Mahdi called on Friday for an "objective" international investigation into last week's deadly crackdown on protesters,...

UN chief urges probe into Gulf of Oman attacks 14 Jun 2019 - 09:16 pm

WASHINGTON: UN Chief Antonio Guterres urged Friday an independent probe to investigate recent attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman....

Britain blames Iran for attacks on tankers in Gulf of Oman 14 Jun 2019 - 09:16 pm

LONDON: Britain blamed Iran and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Friday for attacks on tankers in the Gulf of Oman, saying no...

UN seeks to verify reports of gang-rape by Sudan militias 13 Jun 2019 - 10:49 pm

United Nations, United States: The United Nations raised concerns on Thursday over reports that Sudan's militias and Rapid Support Forces gang-raped women protesters...

Syria Kurds hand over 5 Belgian orphans from IS families 13 Jun 2019 - 08:40 pm

Beirut: Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria on Thursday handed over five orphans born to families belonging to the Islamic State group to the...

Iran's Rouhani says security in the Gulf is highly important to Iran 13 Jun 2019 - 03:36 pm

LONDON: Security in the Gulf is of high importance to Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday, hours after two tankers in the...

Sudan protesters end strike, set to resume talks with army 12 Jun 2019 - 06:11 pm

KHARTOUM, Sudan: Activists called off a general strike and civil disobedience campaign as more businesses reopened and traffic returned to its normal bustle...