World / Middle East

FlyDubai launches mourning website month after Russia crash 18 Apr 2016 - 06:27 pm

FlyDubai crash in Russia / Maxim Shemetov/Reuters Discount airline FlyDubai is marking one month since its deadly crash in Russia by launching a...

Attack on bus in Jerusalem, at least 15 wounded: medics, police 18 Apr 2016 - 06:01 pm

Jerusalem: An attack occurred on a bus in Jerusalem on Monday, Israeli police said, with medics reporting an explosion and at least 15...

Three civilians killed in Shebab shootout in Mogadishu 18 Apr 2016 - 05:58 pm

Mogadishu skyline, source twitter.com/ArchWarfa Mogadishu: Three civilians and one Islamist gunmen were killed during a car chase and shootout in the Somali capital...

US to deploy additional forces to Iraq: Carter 18 Apr 2016 - 04:58 pm

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter talks to airmen in front of a Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft during a tour of US Air...

One person killed after rockets hit Turkish town near Syria border 18 Apr 2016 - 04:34 pm

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: One person was killed and another wounded when four rockets hit the southeastern Turkish town of Kilis near the Syrian border...

Iran capital has 7,000 undercover morality crime agents 18 Apr 2016 - 03:43 pm

Women who flaunt fashion run the risk of being publicly reprimanded by the so-called "morality police." (Niloofar Rezaee, Reuters) Tehran: Police in Iran's...

Jordan summons envoy over Iran 'meddling' 18 Apr 2016 - 02:45 pm

Amman: Jordan on Monday summoned its ambassador in Iran for consultations over what Amman said was the Islamic republic's "meddling in Arab affairs,"...

Turkey detains 105 in new raids on Gulen supporters 18 Apr 2016 - 02:18 pm

Fethullah Gulen Istanbul: Turkish police on Monday detained at least 105 people in a new wave of raids on suspected supporters of US-based...

Libya unity govt set for key vote as Britain's Hammond visits 18 Apr 2016 - 02:03 pm

A handout pictures made available on the official Facebook media page of Fayez al-Sarraj, prime minister of the UN-backed unity government, shows him...

U.S.-led troops seize Islamic State fighter in Iraq helicopter raid - sources 18 Apr 2016 - 01:50 pm

ERBIL, Iraq: Troops from a U.S.-led coalition landed a helicopter in northern Iraq and seized at least one Islamic State fighter from a...

Eighteen Kurdish militants killed trying to flee into Syria: Turkish security sources 18 Apr 2016 - 12:45 pm

File photo of a Kurdish member standing near the Syrian-Turkish border in the Syrian city of al-Derbasiyah. Reuters DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: Eighteen Kurdish militants...

Gripped by drought, Ethiopia drills for water 18 Apr 2016 - 12:33 pm

Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam seen under construction during a media tour in Benishangul Gumuz Region, Guba Woreda, Ethiopia, in this March 31, 2015...

Rebels launch attacks in western Syria, heavy government air raids: Monitor 18 Apr 2016 - 11:49 am

BEIRUT: Rebels launched a fierce attack against Syrian government forces in Latakia province on Monday and insurgents made separate advances nearby in Hama,...

New infiltration tunnel from Gaza found inside Israeli territory: Army 18 Apr 2016 - 11:17 am

Palestinian Hamas militants take part in a rally marking Palestinian Prisoners' Day, in Gaza City April 17, 2016. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem JERUSALEM: Israel's military...

UN chief urges rival South Sudan leaders to form government soon 18 Apr 2016 - 10:53 am

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir (L) and South Sudan's rebel commander Riek Machar exchange documents after signing a ceasefire agreement during the Inter...

Yemen peace talks delayed by ongoing combat - officials 18 Apr 2016 - 10:22 am

A Shiite Huthi supporter holds his national flag during a rally in solidarity with the Shiite group on the fourth day of a...

U.S. defense chief arrives in Iraq on surprise visit 18 Apr 2016 - 09:47 am

US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter (C) at Puerto Princesa in Palawan on 15 April 2016. Stringer / Anadolu Agency BAGHDAD: U.S. Defense...

Turkish police detain nearly 100 people over links to cleric Gulen - Anadolu 18 Apr 2016 - 09:13 am

File picture of supporters of Gulen movement. Reuters ISTANBUL: Turkish police detained nearly 100 people in an investigation of their alleged financial links...