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Netanyahu, Abdullah discuss security 17 Jan 2014 - 05:13 am

King Abdullah II of Jordan shaking hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prior to their meeting in Amman yesterday. JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime...

No hidden agenda in Syria, Iran diplomacy: Moscow 17 Jan 2014 - 05:13 am

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (centre) with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif (left), and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Muallem in Moscow...

Trial in Hariri killing begins 17 Jan 2014 - 05:12 am

Candles are lit near a statue of Lebanon’s assassinated former prime minister Rafiq Hariri in front of the government palace in Beirut yesterday...

Libya parade 17 Jan 2014 - 05:11 am

Armoured vehicles parade during a graduation ceremony for recruits of the Libyan army in Tripoli yesterday.

Car bomb in Lebanon town kills three 17 Jan 2014 - 05:10 am

BAALBEK: A car bomb yesterday ripped through the main square of Hermel, a Hezbollah bastion in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, killing three people in...

Qaeda attacks kill 10 soldiers in Yemen: Army 17 Jan 2014 - 05:10 am

SANAA: Al Qaeda militants killed 10 Yemeni soldiers in three simultaneous attacks yesterday on army positions in the central province of Bayda, a...

Turkish prosecutors removed as judicial purge intensifies 17 Jan 2014 - 05:10 am

ISTANBUL: Turkey’s government removed a series of high-profile prosecutors yesterday stepping up a purge of a judiciary Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan considers embroiled...

Bouteflika back after check-up 17 Jan 2014 - 05:10 am

ALGIERS: Veteran Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika flew home yesterday after a Paris medical check-up that had raised questions about his ability to run...

Israel hardens settlement demands 17 Jan 2014 - 05:09 am

JERUSALEM: Israel’s prime minister has increased the amount of occupied territory he wants to keep after any peace deal with the Palestinians, Israeli...

Hamas warned over upsurge in rocket fire 17 Jan 2014 - 05:09 am

JERUSALEM: The Islamist Hamas movement is probably not responsible for a recent upsurge in rocket fire out of Gaza where it rules, but...

Iraqi forces launch attack on militants in Anbar 17 Jan 2014 - 05:08 am

BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces attacked a militant stronghold in crisis-hit Anbar province yesterday, while authorities found 14 bullet-riddled bodies in scenes harkening back to...

Chemical arms destruction delayed 17 Jan 2014 - 05:08 am

ROME: The removal and destruction of the most dangerous agents in Syria’s chemical arsenal will likely be delayed until the end of June...

Rebel-jihadist battles kill over 1,000 17 Jan 2014 - 05:08 am

BEIRUT: Two weeks of battles between Syrian rebels and jihadists have killed at least 1,069 people, mostly fighters, the Syrian Observatory for Human...

TERRORISM BOMB OSTRICH HAMMER JUSTICE LAW 17 Jan 2014 - 05:06 am

Group: ViewsMideast Credit: BLEIBEL Source: Daily Star - Beirut, Lebanon Keywords: COLOR TERRORISM BOMB OSTRICH HAMMER JUSTICE LAW 011514 Provider: CartoonArts International /...

Al Jazeera crew ‘served Brotherhood’ 17 Jan 2014 - 04:55 am

An Al-Jazeera employee talks on the phone at the pan-Arab television channel's bureau in Cairo on January 30, 201 CAIRO: Prosecutors accused three...

EU to resume business with Iran on Monday 17 Jan 2014 - 04:51 am

A picture taken on January 27, 2011 shows an Iranian worker riding a bicycle through the Nouri Petrochemical facilities of the South Pars...

QA to enter Saudi domestic market by Q3 17 Jan 2014 - 04:48 am

MANAMA: Qatar Airways has reached agreement with Saudi authorities on solving problems that blocked its entry into the kingdom’s domestic market, and plans...

Daring Wingwalkers 17 Jan 2014 - 04:47 am

Breitling Wingwalkers perform during the opening of Bahrain International Airshow 2014 in Sakhir, south of capital Manama, yesterday.