World / Middle East

Iraq forces retake village, TV station on edge of Mosul 01 Nov 2016 - 04:20 pm

Baghdad: Elite Iraqi forces recaptured a village and a television station on the edge of Mosul Tuesday, commanders said, as they pressed forward...

Iraqi in wheelchair makes risky escape from Islamic State 01 Nov 2016 - 03:52 pm

BASHIQA, Iraq: Abbas Ali wept as his wife slowly pushed him in his wheelchair out of their village in northern Iraq, a risky...

Italian prosecutor in Egypt to discuss probe into student's killing 01 Nov 2016 - 03:24 pm

CAIRO: Italy's deputy chief prosecutor arrived in Cairo on Tuesday to discuss developments in the investigation into the killing of Italian student Giulio...

Iraqi commander says 'true liberation' of Mosul has begun 01 Nov 2016 - 03:14 pm

Baghdad: The commander of Iraq's elite Counter-Terrorism Service said Tuesday that, with his forces at the edge of jihadist-held Mosul, the "true liberation"...

Google Doodle commemorates late iconic Lebanese singer Wadih El Safi 01 Nov 2016 - 02:50 pm

Google marked the 95th birthday of Wadih El Safi, Lebanon’s most prominent cultural icon, with a doodle featuring the musician sitting with his...

Russia says chance of Syria settlement remote 01 Nov 2016 - 02:28 pm

Moscow: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday accused the US-led coalition in Syria of failing to rein in hardline rebels, and said...

Morocco arrests 11 over fish seller's death 01 Nov 2016 - 02:10 pm

Rabat: Morocco has arrested 11 people over the death of a fish seller whose crushing in a rubbish truck sparked widespread demonstrations, prosecutors...

IS kills 40 near Mosul, tries to move 25,000 to use as shields, UN says 01 Nov 2016 - 01:50 pm

GENEVA: Islamic State militants killed 40 former members of the Iraqi Security Forces near Mosul on Saturday and threw their bodies in the...

Iraq forces poised for first push into Mosul 01 Nov 2016 - 12:09 pm

Arbil, Iraq: Elite Iraqi forces were poised Tuesday for a first push into Mosul, after the prime minister warned jihadists who hold the...

Russia says resumption of Syria peace talks delayed indefinitely 01 Nov 2016 - 12:07 pm

MOSCOW: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday a Western failure to rein in violent Islamists in Syria had indefinitely delayed the...

Erdogan rides patriotic wave with crackdown at home, combative policy abroad 31 Oct 2016 - 09:41 pm

ISTANBUL: In the three and half months since a failed military coup, Turkey has sacked or suspended more than 110,000 people, launched a...

Turkey says Raqa operation should start after Mosul operation ends 31 Oct 2016 - 08:00 pm

Ankara: Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said Monday Turkey wants the drive to oust Islamic State jihadists from the Syrian city of Raqa...

Palestinian gunman shot dead after wounding three Israeli soldiers 31 Oct 2016 - 07:54 pm

JERUSALEM: A Palestinian assailant shot and wounded three Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank on Monday and was killed by troops returning...

Turkey detains editor of opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet 31 Oct 2016 - 07:40 pm

Istanbul: Turkish police on Monday detained the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Cumhuriyet -- a thorn in the side of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

UN chief urges Lebanon to quickly form government 31 Oct 2016 - 07:36 pm

United Nations, United States: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday welcomed the long-awaited election of a president in Lebanon and said a new...

Iraqi army, allies retake 5 more villages near Mosul 31 Oct 2016 - 03:40 pm

BAGHDAD: The Iraqi army and its allies on Monday announced the recapture of five more villages near the northern city of Mosul, according...

Lebanon's Aoun elected president, ending 29-month vacuum 31 Oct 2016 - 03:13 pm

BEIRUT: The Lebanese parliament elected former army commander Michel Aoun as president on Monday, endinga 29-month presidential vacuum as part of a political...

Lebanon's Aoun elected president 31 Oct 2016 - 02:57 pm

BEIRUT: The Lebanese parliament elected former army commander Michel Aoun as president on Monday, ending a 29-month presidential vacuum as part of a...