World / Middle East

Five Palestinians dead in West Bank shootings 30 Jun 2016 - 11:44 am

File photo/ For representation only By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH RAMALLAH: Five Palestinians, including two police officers, were killed in two overnight shootings in the...

Iraq says strikes destroy 260 IS vehicles fleeing Fallujah 30 Jun 2016 - 11:38 am

File photo of clashes in Fallujah. REUTERS Baghdad: Air strikes on jihadist fighters fleeing after their defeat in Fallujah have destroyed more than...

Roadside bomb kills eight on Somalia minibus: witnesses 30 Jun 2016 - 11:28 am

Mogadishu: A roadside bomb ripped apart a minibus just outside Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Thursday, killing at least eight people and injuring several...

Turkey's EU minister: Have met all criteria for visa-free travel to Europe 30 Jun 2016 - 10:59 am

Turkey's EU minister Omar Celik ANKARA: Turkey has met the required criteria to secure visa-free travel for its citizens to Europe, but the...

Turkish army killed suspected IS militants at Syria border - security sources 30 Jun 2016 - 10:36 am

File photo of Turkey Syria border. Reuters ISTANBUL: The Turkish military killed two suspected Islamic State members trying to enter Turkey illegally at...

Russia will countenance an Assad exit in Syria, but not yet 30 Jun 2016 - 10:05 am

File photo of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Reuters By Andrew Osborn and Christian Lowe MOSCOW: Russia will countenance Syrian President Bashar al-Assad leaving...

Stabbing at West Bank settlement, attacker shot dead: army 30 Jun 2016 - 10:05 am

Tourists listen to a guide during a visit at Mount of Olives in east Jerusalem overlooking the Old City and the Dome of...

Ten killed in jihadist suicide bombing in Cameroon: security source 30 Jun 2016 - 10:04 am

Yaoundé: At least 10 people have been killed in a suicide bombing by a Boko Haram jihadist in northern Cameroon, a security source...

At least 18 killed by a roadside bomb in Somalia 30 Jun 2016 - 09:17 am

MOGADISHU: At least 18 civilians were killed when a roadside bomb went off on Thursday in Somalia's Lafole town, southwest of the capital,...

US to ban military families in Turkey for security reasons: sources 30 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

The Obama administration in March ordered the families of U.S. military and diplomatic personnel to leave Incirlik air base, which has been used...

Tunisia medic killed in Turkey blast was seeking son in Islamic State: sources 30 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

People carry the coffin of suicide attack victim Mohammad Eymen Demirci on June 29, 2016 in Istanbul during his funeral a day after...

41 dead in Istanbul airport carnage blamed on IS 30 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Relatives of suicide attack victim Mohammad Eymen Demirci mourn on June 29, 2016 in Istanbul during his funeral a day after a suicide...

Major bomb attacks in Turkey 30 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

The grandfather of air hostess Gulsen Bahadir killed during last night attacks, kisses the coffin during the funeral in Istanbul, on June 29,...

Istanbul attack bears IS 'hallmark': CIA director 30 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

CIA Director John Brennan takes part in a discussion with Judy Woodruff (not seen), co-anchor and managing editor of PBS' "Newshour", on "Instability...

EgyptAir black box data downloaded; evidence suggests fire on board 30 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

By Ahmed Aboulenein CAIRO: Investigators have downloaded data from one of the black box flight recorders on EgyptAir Flight MS804 and are preparing...

Iraq inks deal for $2.7 billion US military loan 29 Jun 2016 - 04:47 pm

A member of the Iraqi police sits next to an armoured vehicle in Fallujah on June 28, 2016, after Iraqi forces retook the...

Russia, Turkey most likely to restore cooperation on Syria: Lavrov 29 Jun 2016 - 04:41 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a news conference with French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (not seen) following their meeting at the Quai...