World / Middle East

Gaza resistance factions show solidarity with prisoners 25 Sep 2018 - 12:00 am

GAZA CITY: Palestinian resistance factions yesterday staged a demonstration in Gaza City to show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners languishing in Israeli jails. The...

Ireland may 'recognise' Palestine if talks keep failing 24 Sep 2018 - 07:53 pm

LONDON: Ireland may recognise Palestine as a state if talks over a two-state solution with Israel keep failing, the Irish foreign minister said...

US warns Russia over missile defense for Syria 24 Sep 2018 - 06:38 pm

NEW YORK: The Trump administration is warning Russia that supplying Syria with an advanced missile defense system would be a "major mistake" and...

25,000 displaced by fighting in Libya’s Tripoli: UNICEF 24 Sep 2018 - 05:29 pm

TRIPOLI: The number of Libyans to have been displaced by on-again, off-again clashes in Tripoli -- which first erupted late last month --...

Russia to send newer, S-300 missile defense systems to Syria 24 Sep 2018 - 03:20 pm

MOSCOW: Russia announced Monday it will supply Syria's government with more modern, S-300 missile defense systems after last week's downing of a Russian...

Thousands attend funeral for Iran attack dead 24 Sep 2018 - 02:58 pm

Ahvaz, Iran: Tens of thousands of mourners attended a funeral on Monday in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz for soldiers and civilians...

Russia to supply Syria with S-300 anti-missile system: minister 24 Sep 2018 - 12:37 pm

MOSCOW: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Monday that Moscow will supply an S-300 anti-missile system to Syria within two weeks. The...

Five killed in torrential Tunisia rains 23 Sep 2018 - 08:44 pm

Nabeul, Tunisia: Flash floods in Tunisia's Cap Bon peninsula have killed at least five people, authorities said Sunday, as surging waters caused by...

Russia says 'misled' by Israel in plane downing over Syria 23 Sep 2018 - 04:20 pm

Moscow: The Russian military on Sunday said "misleading" information from the Israeli airforce caused the downing of a Russian plane in Syria, and...

Tehran warns UAE over 'offensive remarks' on Ahvaz attack 23 Sep 2018 - 02:53 pm

Tehran: Iran on Sunday warned the United Arab Emirates over "offensive remarks" attributed to a UAE "political advisor" on the weekend's deadly attack...

Iran summons UAE envoy over parade attack comments-state TV 23 Sep 2018 - 11:55 am

DUBAI, Iran's foreign ministry on Sunday summoned the United Arab Emirates' charge d'affaires over comments made about a military parade attack that killed...

Four killed in torrential Tunisia rains: ministry 23 Sep 2018 - 11:52 am

Tunis, Torrential rains and flooding in northeastern Tunisia have left at least four dead, including two sisters, the interior ministry said Sunday. A...

Israel gives Bedouin villagers until end of month to leave 23 Sep 2018 - 11:32 am

Jerusalem, Israeli authorities issued a notice to residents of a Bedouin village in a strategic spot in the occupied West Bank on Sunday...

Boat carrying Syrian refugees sinks off Lebanon, boy dies 22 Sep 2018 - 05:08 pm

BEIRUT: A boat with 39 Syrian refugees aboard sank off the coast of Lebanon as it sailed illegally for Cyprus on Saturday and...

Iran to respond "swiftly and decisively" to military parade attack - foreign minister 22 Sep 2018 - 12:00 am

DUBAI: Iran will respond "swiftly and decisively" to an attack on a military parade in southwestern Iran, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said,...

Hezbollah leader boasts group has 'highly accurate' missiles 20 Sep 2018 - 02:35 pm

BEIRUT: The leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah boasted Thursday the group now possesses "highly accurate" missiles despite Israeli attempts to prevent it from...

UK warns British-Iranian dual nationals over travel to Iran 19 Sep 2018 - 08:39 pm

LONDON: Britain on Wednesday advised British-Iranian dual nationals against all but essential travel to Iran, tightening up its existing travel advice and warning...

Yom Kippur: Settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque protected by Israeli army 19 Sep 2018 - 06:50 pm

JERUSALEM: Scores of Jewish settlers on Wednesday forced their way into Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa compound to mark the second day of the Jewish...