World / Middle East

US says Iran missile test violated UN resolutions 17 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

UNITED NATIONS: The United States will seek action at the UN Security Council after concluding that Iran's recent ballistic missile launch was a...

Syrian army launches Aleppo offensive with Iranian support 17 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Residents inspect a site hit by what residents said were airstrikes carried out by the Russian air force in the town of Darat...

UN : Half a million Yemen children face severe malnutrition 17 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA: More than half a million children in Yemen face life-threatening malnutrition as a risk of famine grows, a senior...

Kuwait denies radiation leakage from refinery 17 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

KUWAIT: Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) denied today any radiation leakage from Shuaiba Refinery following the fire accident that broke out inside the...

Opinion: After a suicide bombing, can Turkey pull back from the brink? 16 Oct 2015 - 06:54 pm

By Andrew Finkel The date 10/10 is now synonymous with Turkey's most deadly terrorist attack in history - the day this month when...

Turkey says EU financial offer on migrants is 'unacceptable' 16 Oct 2015 - 06:16 pm

ANKARA: Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlioglu on Friday slammed an EU offer of financial help to Turkey to ease the migrant crisis as...

US believes drone downed by Turkey was Russian 16 Oct 2015 - 05:54 pm

Washington: The US military believes a drone downed by Turkey was Russian, a US official said Friday, contradicting Moscow's claims that none of...

Palestinian killed in Gaza by Israeli army fire: medics 16 Oct 2015 - 05:40 pm

Gaza City: A Palestinian died after being shot by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip Friday, the enclave's health ministry said, the...

Turkey downs drone as Syria launches Aleppo offensive 16 Oct 2015 - 04:36 pm

A frame grab taken from footage released by Russia's Defence Ministry October 15, 2015, shows a Sukhoi Su-24M military aircraft landing on the...

Syria regime in new offensive as Putin blasts US 16 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

BEIRUT: Russia said Thursday its warplanes had eased back on air strikes in Syria as regime forces press a widening ground offensive, while...

Five members of Lebanese family drown on journey to Greece 16 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

BEIRUT: Five members of a Lebanese family drowned and another four are missing after the boat carrying them from Turkey to Greece sank...

Turkey, Saudi warn over Russia's 'Syria mistake' 15 Oct 2015 - 05:17 pm

ANKARA: Turkey and Saudi Arabia on Thursday warned Russia over the consequences of its intervention in Syria, with Ankara telling Moscow its bombing...

Syrian army and Russian jets target rebel towns north of Homs 15 Oct 2015 - 05:06 pm

A Free Syrian Army fighter of the 101 Division takes a position behind sandbags near the town of Morek in the northern countryside...

Turk's denial of any Armenian genocide not a crime-European Court 15 Oct 2015 - 04:55 pm

STRASBOURG, France: The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that a Turkish politician should not have been prosecuted for denying that...

Water a "weapon of war" in Syria's divided Aleppo 15 Oct 2015 - 04:51 pm

By Naline Malla and John Davis BEIRUT: Through intense bombardment, seeing friends killed before her eyes and living without power, Layana Darwish stuck...

Iran would consider sending fighters to Syria: senior official 15 Oct 2015 - 03:46 pm

DAMASCUS: Iran would consider sending fighters to key ally Syria if Damascus requests them, a senior Iranian official said Thursday on a visit...

Iraqi forces in major push against IS 15 Oct 2015 - 03:41 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces battled the Islamic State jihadist group on separate fronts Thursday, ramping up operations to retake Baiji and Ramadi, two of...