World / Middle East

Several wounded in Turkey as mortar hits school near Syria border 18 Jan 2016 - 12:31 pm

File picture for representation only. Reuters DIYARBAKIR: Several people were wounded and at least one feared killed after a mortar shell which appeared...

Over 200,000 South Sudanese sheltering from war inside UN bases 18 Jan 2016 - 12:20 pm

IDPs (Internally displaced persons) wait to receive food rations at the UNMISS site in Bentiu, Unity State, on February 27, 2015. AFP Photo/Charles...

Manhunt after Israeli woman stabbed to death in West Bank home 18 Jan 2016 - 12:01 pm

Jerusalem: Israeli security forces on Monday hunted for a Palestinian suspect accused of breaking into a family's home and stabbing an Israeli woman...

Three Turkish police killed in PKK attack: Security services 18 Jan 2016 - 11:49 am

File picture for representation only Diyarbakir, Turkey: Three Turkish policemen were killed and four wounded in a roadside bomb attack blamed on Kurdish...

Shell fired from Syria lands in school compound in Turkish border 18 Jan 2016 - 11:23 am

ISTANBUL: Several people were wounded on Monday after an explosion rocked a health centre near a school in Turkey's southeastern border province of...

Will build economy independent of oil: Sheikh Mohammed 18 Jan 2016 - 10:58 am

Screentshot of tweets by Sheikh Mohammed Doha: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates,...

Iraqi security forces deploy in area where US nationals reported missing 18 Jan 2016 - 10:36 am

Iraqi army helicopters were seen hovering over the area. (Image for representation only) BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces set up checkpoints on Monday in...

Iran says new US sanctions illegitimate, points to Washington's arms sales 18 Jan 2016 - 10:07 am

A general view shows northwestern Tehran, Iran January 17, 2016. (Reuters / Raheb Homavandi) DUBAI: Iran said on Monday new US sanctions imposed...

Iranians welcome deal with satisfaction and caution 18 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

An Iranian woman walks past a revolutionary mural in Tehran, Iran, January 17, 2016. (Reuters / Raheb Homavandi) By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and Parisa...

Car bomb in Yemeni port city kills four, injures others - witnesses 18 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image DUBAI: Four people were killed and several others injured on Sunday when a suicide car bomb exploded outside the home of...

Four die in violence in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast 18 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

By Seyhmus Cakan DIYARBAKIR: A Turkish police officer and a soldier were killed by sniper fire and two Kurdish militants were shot dead...

Three freed Iranian-Americans heading to Switzerland 18 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

The three were Jason Rezaian (pictured), the Washington Post's Tehran correspondent; Saeed Abedini, a Christian pastor; and former US Marine Amir Hekmati. Washington:...

“Glitch” delayed departure of American prisoners from Iran 18 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry (pictured, left) told reporters after landing in Washington early on Sunday from talks in Vienna that the...

Istanbul bombing suspects in court on preliminary charges 18 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

ISTANBUL: A Turkish court on Sunday heard preliminary charges against 16 Syrian nationals detained in connection with a suicide bomb attack that killed...

Journalist killed in Yemen capital bombing 18 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Sanaa: A freelance Yemeni journalist was killed Sunday in an air raid by the Saudi-led coalition on rebel-held Sanaa, a witness and his...

US, Iran leaders hail nuke deal but US imposes new sanctions 18 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of Hassan Rouhani and Barack Obama Tehran: The US and Iranian presidents on Sunday hailed the implementation of Tehran's nuclear deal...

UAE Vice President meets UN Secretary-General 18 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) meets with Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab...

Saudi Deputy Crown Prince meets UN Envoy to Yemen 18 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz met here Sunday with UN...