World / Middle East

Oman to launch mobile tourist vehicles on sunday 17 Mar 2016 - 02:30 pm

Salalah: The Sultanate of Oman's Ministry of Tourism will launch mobile tourist vehicles project at Port Salalah on March 20. The project will...

Kurds declare federal region in Syria's north: officials 17 Mar 2016 - 02:19 pm

Bureau members of a preparatory conference to announce a federal system discuss a "Democratic Federal System for Rojava - Northern Syria" in the...

Committee on crashed Russian plane in Sinai refers case to Egypt attorney general 17 Mar 2016 - 02:19 pm

File picture of the Russian airplane crash. CAIRO: The committee investigating the crash of a Russian airplane in the Sinai peninsula last year ...

Turkey will not make new demands at EU migrant summit: Senior official 17 Mar 2016 - 12:57 pm

Syrian refugees wait on a roadside after Turkish police prevented them from sailing off to the Greek island of Farmakonisi by dinghies, near...

Israeli spymaster who worked to thwart Iran nuclear programme dies 17 Mar 2016 - 12:48 pm

Jerusalem: Meir Dagan, a former head of Israeli spy agency Mossad who worked to thwart Iran's nuclear programme while also opposing a military...

Kurdish TAK militant group says it was behind Ankara bombing that killed 37 17 Mar 2016 - 11:44 am

Forensic officers work on the site of a suicide bomb attack in Ankara, Turkey March 14, 2016. REUTERS/UMIT BEKTAS ISTANBUL: The Kurdistan Freedom...

Germany closes embassy, consulate in Turkey on attack fears 17 Mar 2016 - 11:16 am

BERLIN: Germany's embassy in Ankara and its general consulate in Istanbul were closed on Thursday on indications of a possible imminent attack, the...

Radical Kurdish group close to PKK claims deadly Ankara attack 17 Mar 2016 - 11:10 am

Empty tables are seen at Sakarya Street in Ankara, Turkey, March 15, 2016. A suicide car bomb tore through a transport hub nearby...

Kerry to miss deadline for decision on whether ISIS atrocities are genocide: U.S. official 17 Mar 2016 - 08:46 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a statement on Syria at the State Department in Washington, DC, March 15, 2016. AFP /...

Kurdish moves on federalism cloud Syria peace drive 17 Mar 2016 - 08:41 am

Former Syrian deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jamil (2nd R) and Syria's regime-tolerated opposition attend a new round of negotiations with UN Special Envoy...

IS lost a fifth of its territory since January 2015: analysts 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

A member loyal to the Islamic State waves an IS flag in Raqqa, June 29, 2014. Reuters Stringer London: The Islamic State group...

'World's best teacher' returns home to Palestinian pride 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Hanan Al-Hroub (C), a Palestinian teacher who won the $1 million Global Teacher award for her innovative approach of using play to counter...

3 Qaeda suspects killed in motorbike blast in Yemen's Aden 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Yemenis gather at the scene of two suicide blasts which provoked the explosion of a motorbike in Dar Sad, north of the southern...

Palestinian shot dead in West Bank was Hamas fighter: party 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Palestinians collect rocks near buildings that were destroyed during the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas-led militants in the summer of 2014, in...

Syrian 'trapped' at Istanbul airport for over a year 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Fadi Mansour, Pic from twitter Istanbul: A Syrian man who fled his war-torn homeland has been stuck at Istanbul's main international airport for...

Three migrants dead as 2,400 rescued off Libya 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image. Reuters. Rome: More than 2,400 migrants and three corpses have been recovered from people smugglers' boats off Libya since Tuesday, Italy's...

Widow says kept in dark over Palestinian's mystery death in Sofia 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Sofia: The widow of a Palestinian militant who died under mysterious circumstances in Bulgaria last month accused authorities on Wednesday of keeping her...