World / Middle East

Jordan sentences five to death for 'terror' 28 Dec 2016 - 03:27 pm

Amman: A court in Amman on Wednesday sentenced to death five Jordanian members of a dismantled cell linked to the Islamic State jihadist...

Dozens of Jewish settlers storm Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa 28 Dec 2016 - 02:46 pm

JERUSALEM: Dozens of Jewish settlers on Wednesday forced their way into East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound where they tried to perform Talmudic...

Photos: Bright sunny day after snowfall in Turkey 28 Dec 2016 - 02:39 pm

Cold weather causes ice dams and icicles hang from gutter eaves of roofs. Weather affects the everyday lives of people where temperature dropped...

Lebanon’s parliament green-lights new cabinet lineup 28 Dec 2016 - 01:30 pm

ISTANBUL: Lebanon’s parliament on Wednesday approved a new cabinet lineup headed by Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, according to Lebanon’s official National News Agency....

273 Aleppans get treatment in Turkey 28 Dec 2016 - 12:59 pm

Turkey: The number of injured Aleppans treated in Turkey reached 273 after evacuation from the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo, the Turkish government...

Five dead, many injured as train slams into bus near Tunis 28 Dec 2016 - 12:30 pm

Tunis: At least five people were killed and more than 30 injured on Wednesday when a train slammed into a public bus near...

Turkey, Russia agree on nationwide Syria cease-fire bid 28 Dec 2016 - 11:28 am

ANKARA: Turkey and Russia have agreed on a plan for the warring parties in Syria to declare a nationwide cease-fire, a confidential Turkish...

Turkey, Russia agree on Syria ceasefire plan 28 Dec 2016 - 11:16 am

ANKARA, Turkey: Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkey and Russia have reached an agreement on a plan for a cease-fire comprising the whole...

US urges PKK to leave Iraq’s Sinjar region 28 Dec 2016 - 11:09 am

WASHINGTON: The presence of the PKK in the Sinjar region of Iraq is a “major obstacle to reconciliation” and the return of displaced...

Iraq to link railway network with Iranian counterpart 28 Dec 2016 - 11:04 am

BAGHDAD: Iraq plans to link its railway network to that of neighboring Iran, the state-run Iraqi Republic Railways (IRR) company announced Tuesday, noting...

Hamas declines to take part in planned PNC meeting 28 Dec 2016 - 11:01 am

GAZA CITY, Palestine: Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has no plan to take part in a preparatory meeting to be held in advance of...

Three months needed to rid country from Islamic State: Iraqi PM 28 Dec 2016 - 10:56 am

BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said on Tuesday that they needed three months to completely eliminate Islamic State from Iraq. “Iraqi forces...

Syria: 44 IS members killed in Al-Bab 28 Dec 2016 - 10:53 am

ANKARA: A total of 44 Daesh terrorists were killed and 117 wounded in the northern Syrian city of Al-Bab during the ongoing Operation...

Air strikes kill 22 civilians in eastern Syria 28 Dec 2016 - 10:20 am

Beirut: Air strikes carried out by unidentified aircraft killed at least 22 civilians, including 10 children, in a village held by the Islamic...

Aleppo: the massive task of rebuilding a shattered city 28 Dec 2016 - 09:56 am

Aleppo, Syria: Midnight means lights out in Syria's Aleppo: as the clock strikes 12, overworked power generators shut off across the city, plunging...

Explosion on bus in northern Lebanon kills one person - NNA 28 Dec 2016 - 09:44 am

BEIRUT: An explosion hit a bus in Lebanon's northern Bekaa Valley region, killing one person and wounding another on Wednesday morning, the National...