World / Middle East

Israel says exchange of fire with Hezbollah likely over 01 Sep 2019 - 06:34 pm

Jerusalem: Israel's military said an exchange of fire with Hezbollah along its border with Lebanon on Sunday was likely over and there were...

UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon urges 'restraint' after border fire 01 Sep 2019 - 06:20 pm

Beirut: The head of the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon urged "maximum restraint" after the Hezbollah movement traded fire with Israel across the...

Israel, Hezbollah exchange fire along Lebanon border 01 Sep 2019 - 05:09 pm

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT: Israel's military said on Sunday anti-tank missiles from Lebanon targeted an army base and vehicles and that it responded with fire into...

Israeli army says fires into Lebanon after military targets hit by missiles 01 Sep 2019 - 04:42 pm

JERUSALEM: Israel's military said on Sunday it fired into southern Lebanon after a number of anti-tank missiles targeted an Israeli military base and...

Israeli military says anti-tank missile fired from Lebanon 01 Sep 2019 - 04:36 pm

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military says an anti-tank missile has been launched from Lebanon toward Israel. In a brief statement Sunday, the military gave...

Iranian oil tanker pursued by US off the coast of Syria 01 Sep 2019 - 11:08 am

An Iranian oil tanker pursued by the U.S. is off the coast of Syria. The ship-tracking website MarineTraffic.com shows the Adrian Darya 1,...

Iran's Rouhani warns Macron of looming nuclear step 01 Sep 2019 - 09:30 am

Tehran: President Hassan Rouhani spoke with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Saturday, warning him Iran would take the next step in reducing its...

First Qatari plane arrives in Khartoum to help flood victims 31 Aug 2019 - 04:32 pm

Khartoum: Qatar's first plane carrying 60 tonnes of relief aid to flood-affected people arrived in Khartoum on Saturday as part of an airlift...

Erdogan: Turkey not satisfied with Idlib process 30 Aug 2019 - 11:32 pm

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stressed that Turkey is not satisfied with the current state of developments in the Idlib province...

US will not release Middle East peace plan before Israeli election 30 Aug 2019 - 09:45 pm

WASHINGTON: The United States will not release the long-delayed political portion of its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan before Israel's elections next month, White House...

Gaza: Palestinian territory ravaged by war and poverty 30 Aug 2019 - 09:45 pm

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: The Gaza Strip, under a state of alert Wednesday after deadly bomb attacks, is a poverty-stricken, overcrowded Palestinian coastal...

UN Security Councils mulls calling for Idlib truce, Russia likely to oppose 30 Aug 2019 - 01:19 am

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council is considering a draft resolution that would call for a truce in northwestern Syria "to avoid...

Israel: Iran, Hezbollah intensifying missile efforts 29 Aug 2019 - 10:28 pm

JERUSALEM: Israel's prime minister on Thursday accused Iran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah of racing to build a missile-production program in Lebanon, vowing...

7 soccer fans die in flash flood at Morocco match 29 Aug 2019 - 07:50 pm

RABAT, Morocco: A flash flood swept across a soccer field in a southern Moroccan village, killing at least seven people watching a local...

Sudan awaits new cabinet as premier mulls line-up 29 Aug 2019 - 05:24 pm

Khartoum: Sudan's new prime minister was Thursday locked in talks to form the first cabinet since the ouster of veteran leader Omar al-Bashir,...

Syrian army presses on in Idlib province as death toll rises 29 Aug 2019 - 01:44 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian state-run media and a war monitor say government forces are pressing ahead with their military offensive in Idlib province, seizing a...

Airstrikes in Syria's Idlib hit near Turkish military post 28 Aug 2019 - 03:30 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian opposition activists say government warplanes have struck towns and villages in the northwestern province of Idlib, including one near a Turkish...