World / Middle East

Hamas court sentences three to death 19 Feb 2017 - 11:02 pm

GAZA CITY: Hamas military courts in Gaza have sentenced three Palestinians to death for allegedly spying for Israel and upheld the sentences of...

Netanyahu spurned peace offer: Report 19 Feb 2017 - 10:57 pm

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met secretly with Arab rulers last year to hear then US secretary of state John Kerry pitch...

Iran dismisses US pressure 19 Feb 2017 - 10:57 pm

Munich: Iran's foreign minister brushed aside new pressure from the United States yesterday, declaring that his country is "unmoved by threats" but responds...

Optimism on the front line over Mosul assault 19 Feb 2017 - 06:59 pm

Al-Buseif, Iraq: In the arid hills, Iraqi forces drive their armed vehicles towards a village of around a dozen small stone houses. There...

Car bomb kills at least 30 in Mogadishu 19 Feb 2017 - 05:43 pm

Mogadishu: At least 30 people were killed in a huge car bomb blast at a busy market in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Sunday,...

Iraq digs anti-IS trench around city of Ramadi 19 Feb 2017 - 04:49 pm

Habbaniyah, Iraq: Security forces in Iraq's western region of Anbar began digging a trench around the provincial capital Ramadi Sunday to protect it...

Islamic State bombings kill 2 in eastern Mosul 19 Feb 2017 - 04:02 pm

NINEVEH, Iraq: Two people were killed in suicide bombings by Islamic State militants in eastern Mosul on Sunday amid an ongoing offensive to...

At least 14 killed in Mogadishu car bombing 19 Feb 2017 - 03:15 pm

Mogadishu: At least 14 people were killed on Sunday when a car packed with explosives blew up near a busy intersection in Mogadishu,...

Syrian opposition says ready for Geneva talks, but Assad must go 19 Feb 2017 - 02:31 pm

MUNICH: The Syrian opposition is fully committed to peace talks in Geneva on Feb. 23, a senior official said on Sunday, adding the...

U.N. Syria envoy cautious on upcoming Geneva talks 19 Feb 2017 - 02:23 pm

MUNICH: The United Nations envoy to Syria said on Sunday talks to be held from Feb. 23 in Geneva would aim to see...

Iraq launches assault on Islamic State-held west Mosul 19 Feb 2017 - 02:01 pm

Oreij, Iraq: Iraqi forces launched an offensive Sunday on jihadists defending Mosul's west bank, in what could be the most brutal fighting yet...

28 IS terrorists killed in northern Syria 19 Feb 2017 - 01:36 pm

ANKARA: At least 28 Islamic State terrorists were killed in northern Syria in the last 24 hours by Turkish forces and the U.S.-led...

Turkey to not get directly involved in Raqqah operation 19 Feb 2017 - 01:25 pm

MUNICH, Germany: Turkey will not get directly involved in an operation to liberate Syria’s Raqqah from Islamic State, but instead it will provide...

Iraq: 4 children starve to death in western Mosul 19 Feb 2017 - 01:21 pm

NINEVEH, Iraq: Four Iraqi children have starved to death in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul, according to a local activist. “The four children...

21 IS terrorists killed in northern Syria 19 Feb 2017 - 01:17 pm

ANKARA: At least 21 IS terrorists were killed in northern Syria in the last 24 hours as part of the ongoing Operation Euphrates...

Sudanese journalist accused of ‘apostasy’ 19 Feb 2017 - 01:11 pm

KHARTOUM: A call by a radical Sudanese preacher for trying a female journalist on apostasy charges has invited a storm of condemnations across...

15 Shia militiamen killed in IS attack west of Mosul 19 Feb 2017 - 01:04 pm

NINEVEH, Iraq: At least 15 Shia pro-government fighters were killed in a Islamic State attack in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul, according to...

Palestinian wounded in explosion in North Gaza 19 Feb 2017 - 12:50 pm

Gaza: A Palestinian was seriously injured last night following an accidental explosion in a house in Beit Lahia town, northern Gaza. Palestinian news...