World / Middle East

Gazan dies of wounds from Israel border clash: Ministry 23 Dec 2017 - 12:08 pm

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories, A Palestinian died on Saturday after being wounded by Israeli fire during a protest on the Gaza border against...

UN General Assembly rejects Trump's Jerusalem move 22 Dec 2017 - 10:27 am

A resounding majority of United Nations member states has defied unprecedented threats by the US to declare President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem...

Turkey summons UAE diplomat over tweet on Erdogan 21 Dec 2017 - 07:21 pm

Istanbul: Turkey summoned a senior United Arab Emirates diplomat on Thursday to complain about a tweet by an Emirati minister that offended Turkish...

Lebanon conducts first-ever census of Palestinian refugees 21 Dec 2017 - 06:15 pm

Beirut: More than 174,000 Palestinian refugees live in Lebanon, authorities announced Thursday, in the first-ever census of its kind for a country where...

Russian parliament ratifies naval base agreement with Syria 21 Dec 2017 - 05:36 pm

MOSCOW: The Russian parliament voted on Thursday to extend Russia's lease of a naval base in Syria for 49 years, following Vladimir Putin's...

29 Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli army 21 Dec 2017 - 03:20 pm

JERUSALEM: At least 29 Palestinians were injured Wednesday in renewed clashes with the Israeli army in Jerusalem while protesting against Washington’s recognition of...

Lebanon's interior minister accuses Uber of not checking records 21 Dec 2017 - 02:59 pm

BEIRUT: Lebanon's interior minister said on Thursday that Uber driver suspected of murdering a British embassy worker last week had served time in...

Egypt struggles against population 'catastrophe' 21 Dec 2017 - 02:22 pm

Cairo: Ali Abdelaziz sees children as a "gift from God", so much so that he has 10 of his own, even as Egypt's...

Suspected cholera cases reach one million in Yemen 21 Dec 2017 - 02:00 pm

Sanaa: The number of suspected cholera cases in war-torn Yemen has reached one million, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on...

Erdogan slams UAE over FM's anti-Turkish retweet 21 Dec 2017 - 01:41 pm

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has attacked the United Arab Emirates' foreign minister after he retweeted a post attacking a historical Ottoman leader....

UN votes on Jerusalem after Trump warns 'we're watching' 21 Dec 2017 - 01:37 pm

United Nations, United States: UN member-states will vote on Thursday on a motion rejecting US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, under strong...

Sesame Street to bring laughter to war-hit children in Middle East 21 Dec 2017 - 12:07 pm

NEW YORK: Muppets to the rescue! The "Sesame Street" television show and a leading charity received a $100 million grant on Wednesday to...

Ally of Iran's Ahmadinejad says sentenced to 63 years' jail 20 Dec 2017 - 06:33 pm

Tehran: A former deputy of Iran's hardline ex-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that he had been sentenced to 63 years in prison on...

Blinded in one eye, Syrian baby becomes symbol of siege 20 Dec 2017 - 02:46 pm

Kafr Batna, Syria: The heartrending photograph of a Syrian baby who lost his eye in an air strike has set off a viral...

Air strikes kill 19 civilians in northwest Syria: monitor 20 Dec 2017 - 12:22 pm

Maarshurin, Syria: Overnight air strikes killed 19 civilians, seven of them children, in a residential district of a town in northwestern Syria, a...

Iraqi Kurdistan protests turn deadly 19 Dec 2017 - 08:26 pm

Sulaimaniyah, Iraq: Five people were killed and dozens wounded in Iraqi Kurdistan on Tuesday as security forces opened fire during clashes with protesters...

Five dead as protests rock Iraqi Kurdistan: medical official 19 Dec 2017 - 07:53 pm

Sulaimaniyah, Iraq: Five people were killed and dozens wounded in Iraqi Kurdistan Tuesday as security forces opened fire during clashes with protesters, an...