World / Middle East

First Russian tourist flight since crisis lands in Turkish resort 09 Jul 2016 - 06:36 pm

Turkish airport employees welcome Russian tourists after arriving on a charter flight on July 9, 2016 at Antalya airport in Antalya. (AFP /...

Up to 300,000 Syrians could get Turkish citizenship: Report 09 Jul 2016 - 03:10 pm

Turkish soldiers help Syrian refugees as they cross into Turkey on the Turkish-Syrian border, near the southeastern town of Akcakale in Sanliurfa province,...

First Russian tourist flight since crisis lands in Turkish resort 09 Jul 2016 - 11:54 am

File photo of Byzantine-era monument of Hagia Sophia, at Sultanahmet square in Istanbul,Turkey. Reuters Istanbul: The first Russian charter flight carrying tourists to...

South Sudan's capital calm after two days of gunbattles - witness 09 Jul 2016 - 11:43 am

South Sudan President Salva Kiir delivers a speech to journalists in Juba on July 8, 2016. AFP / Charles Atiki Lomodong By Denis...

Iran, criticising Merkel, says to press on with missile programme 09 Jul 2016 - 11:39 am

German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Reuters DUBAI: Iran will press on with its missile programme "with full force" based on national security needs, a...

Government forces take town east of Damascus on rebel supply route 09 Jul 2016 - 11:07 am

File photo of the Syria Army. AFP BEIRUT: Syrian government and allied forces took control of a rebel-held town east of Damascus on ...

22 civilians dead in strikes on Syria Qaeda-held town: monitor 08 Jul 2016 - 03:09 pm

Syrian emergency personnel remove the body of a man from the rubble of a damaged building following reported air strikes on July 7,...

At least 12 Europe-bound Tunisia migrants drown off Libya 08 Jul 2016 - 02:49 pm

Representative image. Reuters Zarzis, Tunisia: At least 12 Tunisian migrants died when their boat headed for Europe sank off the coast of Libya,...

Kadhafi's son Seif still in jail: Libyan local authorities 08 Jul 2016 - 02:25 pm

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, attends a hearing behind bars in a courtroom in Zintan May 25, 2014....

Clash between South Sudanese factions kills at least five 08 Jul 2016 - 01:55 pm

This file photo taken on May 11, 2016 shows internally displaced people (IDPs) recently arrived in Wau, South Sudan, due to armed clashes...

Iraq PM sacks Baghdad security chiefs after deadly blast 08 Jul 2016 - 01:45 pm

Haider al-Abadi Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi sacked the head of the Baghdad security command and other top officials after a bombing...

Palestinian woman wounded trying to stab Israeli soldier 08 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Palestinian children play with toy guns in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on July 7, 2016, on the second day of...

Fierce fighting for key Aleppo road despite Syria truce 07 Jul 2016 - 05:42 pm

A mannequin is pictured amid the rubble of a damaged building in a rebel-held area of Aleppo, Syria July 5, 2016. (REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail) ...

Death toll from Baghdad blast rises to 292: minister 07 Jul 2016 - 04:59 pm

Iraqis gather on July 7, 2016 next to banners of condolences at a memorial for the victims of a bombing which claimed the...

Jordan's newest mall debuts large-scale green technology 07 Jul 2016 - 10:36 am

Image rendering of the Abdali Mall at night. By Layla K Quran AMMAN, Jordan: In Jordan's newest retail and leisure hub, the typical...

Two years after war, Gaza reconstruction lacking: NGOs 07 Jul 2016 - 10:20 am

File photo of Palestinian labourers working on a Turkish funded project to build 320 housing units east of Gaza City for families who...

Car bomb kills 12 Libyan troops in Benghazi - military source 07 Jul 2016 - 09:20 am

BENGHAZI, Libya: A car bomb has killed 12 Libyan troops allied to General Khalifa Haftar, commander of forces with the country's eastern government,...