World / Middle East

Turkish jets strike PKK targets in northern Iraq, southeast Turkey 22 Jun 2016 - 08:34 am

File photo of Turkish fighter jet. Reuters DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: Turkish warplanes struck Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey overnight on...

Gains against Islamic State not yet enough, could backfire: U.S. officials 22 Jun 2016 - 08:22 am

Smoke rises from clashes with Islamic State militants in Falluja, Iraq, June 10, 2016. REUTERS/ALAA AL-MARJANI By John Walcott WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama...

No US 'grand strategy' in Libya: general 22 Jun 2016 - 12:20 am

Washington: A US general said Tuesday that he did not know if the United States had a particular "grand strategy" in war-torn Libya,...

German held in Yemen evacuated to Oman 22 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Oman Parliament, Al Bustan, Muscat. Photo courtesy: Times of Oman DOHA: A German national held hostage in Yemen was airlifted to Muscat on...

34 Libya unity forces killed in Sirte clashes with IS: new toll 22 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

A handout picture released on June 19, 2016 by the official Facebook page of the media centre of the forces of Libya's Government...

Suicide attacker kills six Jordanian troops at Syria border 21 Jun 2016 - 06:51 pm

A handout picture released by the Jordanian Royal Palace on June 20, 2016 shows Jordan's King Abdullah II (R) breaking the fast with...

Turkey's arrest of prominent activists stirs protest 21 Jun 2016 - 06:46 pm

Protesters hold pictures of jailed RSF representative Erol Onderoglu, journalist Ahmet Nesin and rights activist and academic Sebnem Korur Fincanci as they shout...

Five militiamen killed in N. Iraq: Police source 21 Jun 2016 - 04:17 pm

By Osman Shalash BAGHDAD (AA) - At least five Shia militiamen were killed and dozens injured Tuesday by a suicide bombing in northern...

Sudan frees six student activists: lawyer 21 Jun 2016 - 02:21 pm

Khartoum: Sudan's powerful security service has released six student activists detained without charge since a wave of campus protests in the capital in...

Palestinian teen 'mistakenly' shot dead in West Bank 21 Jun 2016 - 01:57 pm

Mahmoud Badran,15-year-old. By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM: A Palestinian teen was shot dead and four others were injured, the Palestinian health ministry confirmed in...

Egypt court quashes Saudi Red Sea island handover 21 Jun 2016 - 01:25 pm

Tiran Cairo: An Egyptian court on Tuesday quashed a government decision to hand over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, judicial sources...

Turkish court frees wife who murdered abusive husband 21 Jun 2016 - 12:49 pm

Cilem Karabulut admitted to killing her husband. Istanbul: A Turkish court has freed from jail a young woman who murdered her husband after...

Kenya says al Shabaab bomb kills ambulance driver in border region 21 Jun 2016 - 11:40 am

NAIROBI: A Kenyan government driver was killed on Monday evening near the border with Somalia when his vehicle hit a mine planted by...

Palestinians attack Israeli cars in W. Bank, assailant shot dead: Army 21 Jun 2016 - 10:45 am

By Ori Lewis JERUSALEM: Israeli troops on Tuesday shot dead an alleged Palestinian assailant after petrol bombs and rocks were thrown at Israeli...

Attack on Jordanian troops was launched from Syria: official source 21 Jun 2016 - 10:36 am

File photo of Jordanian soldiers at Syria border. AFP AMMAN: A deadly attack on Jordanian troops at the country's border with Syria on...

Iran general warns Bahrain over move against Shiite cleric 21 Jun 2016 - 10:28 am

Leading Iranian General Qassem Suleimani warned Bahrain that its decision to strip the Gulf state's Shiite spiritual leader of his citizenship will fan...