World / Middle East

Blast kills Palestinian official in Lebanon's Sidon 12 Apr 2016 - 12:34 pm

BEIRUT: An explosion in the southern Lebanon city of Sidon killed an official from the Palestinian Fatah movement on Tuesday, an official from...

Italy FM in Libya for talks with unity government 12 Apr 2016 - 12:27 pm

Italy's Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni (L) holds a press conference upon his arrival in the Libyan capital Tripoli on April 12, 2016. Gentiloni...

Turkish army hits targets in Syria after cross-border fire hits Turkey 12 Apr 2016 - 12:25 pm

File picture of Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu. ANKARA: The Turkish army on Tuesday shelled Islamic State targets in northern Syria in response...

UAE joins international think-tank on education 12 Apr 2016 - 11:38 am

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Microsoft announced that the United Arab Emirates will be a founding member of a global initiative called Leading Countries...

Turkish leader files complaint against "insulting" poem read on German TV 12 Apr 2016 - 11:27 am

A composite picture made of file pictures shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a press conference in Bucharest, Romania, 01 April 2015...

Abbas says 'urgent' need for UN resolution on Israeli settlements 12 Apr 2016 - 11:15 am

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas gestures during an interview in his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah on April 11, 2016. AFP...

Russia says one of its attack helicopters crashes in Syria - agencies 12 Apr 2016 - 11:00 am

A Russian Mi-28N Night Hunter attack helicopter crashed in Syria in the early hours of Tuesday morning killing both pilots, Russia's Defence Ministry...

Cross-border fire from Syria hits Turkish border town, agency says 12 Apr 2016 - 09:59 am

ISTANBUL: Shelling from Syria hit a Turkish border town on Tuesday for the second day in a row, Dogan News Agency said. There...

Loyalist and rebels clash in Yemen, jeopardising truce 12 Apr 2016 - 09:58 am

Children stand in their house during the first day of a ceasefire in Yemen's capital Sanaa April 11, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah Marib, Yemen:...

One killed, 47 injured in Turkey car bombing: military source 12 Apr 2016 - 09:54 am

Diyarbakir, Turkey: A car bomb exploded at a military post in Turkey's restive Kurdish-dominated southeast, killing a soldier and wounding nearly 50 people,...

Up to four killed in suicide blast in Yemen's Aden: witnesses 12 Apr 2016 - 08:53 am

ADEN: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden belt near a football stadium in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Tuesday, killing...

Insight: As Islamic State is pushed back in Iraq, worries about what's next 12 Apr 2016 - 08:01 am

Iraqi security forces stand with an Islamic State flag which they pulled down in the town of Hit in Anbar province, April 2,...

Yemen ceasefire takes hold, raising hopes for talks 12 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Children stand in their house during the first day of a ceasefire in Yemen's capital Sanaa April 11, 2016 REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah Marib, Yemen:...

UN envoy says next phase in Syria talks 'crucial' 12 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

A handout picture made available by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) showing Syrian Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid...

IS-held Raqa, Mosul 'must fall' in 2016: French defence chief 12 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

A handout picture released by Iraqi Ministry of Defense shows Iraqi Defence Minister Khalid al-Obaidi (L) and his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian...

Netanyahu admits Israel hit Hezbollah-bound arms in Syria 12 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as he opens the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem April 10, 2016. REUTERS/Gali Tibbon Jerusalem: Prime...