World / Middle East

WHO airlifts 200 tonnes of health supplies to Yemen 20 Jan 2018 - 08:10 am

Geneva: The World Health Organization has delivered 200 tonnes of life-saving medicines and health supplies to Yemen. Four United Nations planes carrying the...

1.3 million children displaced by Iraq’s war with IS: Unicef 20 Jan 2018 - 01:19 am

GENEVA: About half the 2.6 million people displaced in Iraq after a three-year war with Islamic State militants are children and persisting violence...

Egypt’s Sisi announces intention to run for second term 19 Jan 2018 - 10:58 pm

CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced on Friday his intention to run for a second term in office in a March election....

10 Syrians die of cold trying to flee into Lebanon 19 Jan 2018 - 08:20 pm

Beirut: Ten Syrians have died trying to flee their war-torn country into neighbouring Lebanon after they were caught in a fierce snowstorm, the...

Israel unveils details of new underground wall along Gaza Strip 18 Jan 2018 - 08:01 pm

Kissufim, Israel: The Israeli army on Thursday revealed details of a massive underground barrier being built along the border with the Gaza Strip...

Baby dies amid migrant rescue chaos at sea off Libya 18 Jan 2018 - 07:43 pm

Rome: A three-month old baby has died after being picked up by rescuers at sea off Libya, because bad weather and a lack...

Turkey’s parliament votes to extend emergency rule for 3 more months 18 Jan 2018 - 07:18 pm

ANKARA: The Turkish parliament on Thursday voted in favour of extending a state of emergency imposed shortly after the 2016 coup attempt for...

Russia starts S-400 missile system delivery to China 18 Jan 2018 - 04:23 pm

MOSCOW: Russia has made its first delivery of S-400 missile system components to China under a contract signed in 2014, a source close...

Islamic State poses threat to Iraq one month after 'liberation' 18 Jan 2018 - 04:13 pm

Mosul, Iraq: Barely a month after Baghdad declared victory over the Islamic State group, the jihadists could still recapture areas of Iraq, especially...

Syrians displaced by Idlib assault take shelter near Turkey 18 Jan 2018 - 03:57 pm

KELBIT CAMP, Syria: When fighting drove Bahr Diab from his home in southern Idlib last month, it was the fourth time he and...

Damascus warns Turkey against Afrin attack 18 Jan 2018 - 03:11 pm

BEIRUT: The Syrian government on Thursday warned Turkey against launching a military operation in the northwestern region of Afrin and said that Syrian...

In an Istanbul district, a "toxic" transformation divides neighbours 18 Jan 2018 - 09:15 am

ISTANBUL, With the clank and clatter of construction vehicles and clouds of concrete dust, a walk through Istanbul’s Fikirtepe district is a shock...

Palestinian killed in clashes with Israeli forces in West Bank 18 Jan 2018 - 08:58 am

Ramallah, Palestinian Territories, A Palestinian was killed during clashes with Israeli forces in the north of the occupied West Bank late Wednesday, the...

Cambridge University defends actions of tutor in Regeni case 17 Jan 2018 - 07:21 pm

ROME: Britain’s Cambridge University rejected on Wednesday any suggestion that one of its tutors might have been implicated in the death of graduate...

Hamas blasts US aid suspension to UN refugee agency 17 Jan 2018 - 06:29 pm

GAZA CITY, Palestine: A U.S. decision to suspend financial aid earmarked for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which is responsible for...

Turkey sends fresh aid trucks to Idlib, Syria 17 Jan 2018 - 04:04 pm

HATAY: Twenty aid trucks Wednesday headed from Turkey to the war-battered northern Syrian city of Idlib. The trucks, sent by a number of...

Sudan holds communist leader after bread price demo: party 17 Jan 2018 - 01:06 pm

Khartoum: Sudanese security agents arrested the leader of the opposition Communist Party on Wednesday after it organised a protest in the capital Khartoum...