World / Middle East

U.N. to move 10,000 migrants from Libya in 2018 19 Dec 2017 - 04:52 pm

TRIPOLI: The United Nations plans to move up to 10,000 illegal migrants from Libya next year, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday,...

Assad says France sponsors terrorism, cannot talk about peace 19 Dec 2017 - 02:12 pm

AMMAN: Syrian President Bashar al Assad attacked France on Tuesday, accusing it of supporting bloodshed in his country making it unfit to talk...

Assad says France sponsors terrorism, cannot talk about peace 19 Dec 2017 - 12:02 pm

AMMAN, Syrian President Bashar al Assadattacked France on Tuesday, accusing it of supporting bloodshed in his country making it unfit to talk about...

Iran says Trump cannot cause collapse of nuclear deal - TV 19 Dec 2017 - 11:55 am

ANKARA, Iran said on Tuesday US President Donald Trump cannot cause its nuclear deal with six major powers to collapse. "The nuclear deal...

Lebanon arrests taxi driver over murder of British woman 18 Dec 2017 - 02:30 pm

Beirut: Lebanese police on Monday arrested a taxi driver suspected of killing British embassy worker Rebecca Dykes after attempting to rape her, according...

Erdogan says Turkey will open embassy in East Jerusalem 17 Dec 2017 - 04:03 pm

ISTANBUL: Turkey will open an embassy in East Jerusalem, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, days after leading calls at a summit of...

Heavy air pollution shuts schools in Iran 17 Dec 2017 - 03:57 pm

Tehran: Iran shut primary schools in Tehran and other parts of the country on Sunday as thick smog blanketed the capital despite curbs...

France 'has no plan' to move embassy to Jerusalem 16 Dec 2017 - 01:01 pm

PARIS: French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Friday that his country had no plans to move its embassy to Jerusalem. "France does...

Russia to resume flights to Egypt in February 16 Dec 2017 - 10:24 am

MOSCOW: Flights between Moscow and Cairo will resume from February next year following a more than two-year break, according to a statement from...

Jordanians march through Amman for Jerusalem, Palestine 16 Dec 2017 - 09:51 am

AMMAN, Jordan: Thousands of Jordanians took to the streets after Friday prayers, marching through capital Amman to protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent...

Lebanon-Syria border crossing to reopen 14 Dec 2017 - 05:04 pm

Beirut: Lebanon and Syria said Thursday they will reopen a border crossing closed five years ago, in another sign of the Syrian government's...

EU says 15,000 migrants to exit Libya in two months 14 Dec 2017 - 04:25 pm

Brussels: Around 15,000 African migrants will be repatriated from Libya in the next two months under an emergency plan to stop abuses there,...

2 IS militants killed in Iraq’s Kirkuk 14 Dec 2017 - 01:26 pm

KIRKUK, Iraq: Two IS militants were killed and one was arrested in the south of Iraq’s Kirkuk as part of joint police and...

Four Palestinians injured amid E. Jerusalem protests 14 Dec 2017 - 01:12 pm

JERUSALEM: Four Palestinian residents of Jerusalem were injured Wednesday when Israeli police dispersed a protest in the city’s Bab Al-Amoud area against last...

Somalia's Shabaab kill 13 police in academy bombing 14 Dec 2017 - 12:59 pm

Mogadishu: A suicide bomber from Somalia's Shabaab insurgents killed 13 policemen and wounded 15 others on Thursday when he blew himself up inside...

US-led air strikes kill 23 civilians in Syria: monitor 14 Dec 2017 - 12:45 pm

Beirut: Air strikes by a US-led coalition killed 23 civilians Wednesday in a village held by the Islamic State group in Syria's eastern...

Casualties as bomber attacks Somalia police academy: officer 14 Dec 2017 - 12:10 pm

Mogadishu: A suicide bomber blew himself up inside the main police academy in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Thursday with several people feared dead,...

Egypt minister set to sign deal to resume Russian flights: Sources 14 Dec 2017 - 10:07 am

CAIRO, Egypt's aviation minister will travel to Russia on Thursday to sign protocol agreements to allow the resumption of Russian civilian flights that...