World / Middle East

Lebanon's Aoun elected president 31 Oct 2016 - 02:57 pm

BEIRUT: The Lebanese parliament elected former army commander Michel Aoun as president on Monday, ending a 29-month presidential vacuum as part of a...

Rebel assault on Aleppo slows as UN slams civilian deaths 31 Oct 2016 - 01:47 pm

Beirut: A rebel assault to break the siege of Syria's Aleppo slowed Monday amid fierce resistance from regime forces, as the UN said...

Lebanese presidential vote goes to second round 31 Oct 2016 - 01:39 pm

BEIRUT: A Lebanese presidential election went to a second round on Monday when former army chief Michel Aoun failed to secure the necessary...

Advancing Iraqi forces eye Mosul city limits 31 Oct 2016 - 12:42 pm

Bartalla, Iraq: Iraqi special forces advanced on the eastern city limits of Mosul on Monday, tightening the noose as the offensive to retake...

Iraqi forces resume offensive on eastern Mosul 31 Oct 2016 - 09:49 am

BAGHDAD: Iraqi troops including elite counter terrorism forces resumed an offensive on the eastern front of Mosul on Monday, a military statement said,...

Iraqi villagers escape Islamic State snipers, leave family behind 31 Oct 2016 - 09:01 am

NEAR BASHIQA, Iraq: After two years of ruthless Islamic State rule, Ahmed finally decided to make a run for it, past some of...

Turkish police detain editor of opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper - media 31 Oct 2016 - 08:22 am

ISTANBUL: Turkish police on Monday detained the editor-in-chief of the opposition secularist Cumhuriyet newspaper and said homes of the paper's executives and writers...

Yemen rebels say UN peace plan 'basis for discussion' 30 Oct 2016 - 09:49 pm

Sanaa: Yemen's Huthi rebels said Sunday that a new UN peace plan was a "basis for discussion" despite containing "fundamental flaws". The plan...

Four Egyptian soldiers killed in Sinai 30 Oct 2016 - 09:25 pm

Cairo: Four Egyptian soldiers have been killed in the Sinai Peninsula, where the local branch of the Islamic State group regularly attacks security...

US aid to Israel is for killing Palestinians: Activist 30 Oct 2016 - 09:09 pm

WASHINGTON: Ann Wright, an American activist who was arrested earlier this month among 13 women activists sailing to Gaza to protest Israel’s blockade...

Protests erupt in Morocco after fishmonger crushed to death 30 Oct 2016 - 09:04 pm

RABAT: Thousands of outraged Moroccans held protests in several cities on Sunday after a fishmonger in the northern town of Al-Hoceima was crushed...

First mass in two years held in Iraq's main Christian town 30 Oct 2016 - 08:43 pm

Qaraqosh, Iraq: A handful of faithful gathered in a burnt out church Sunday for the first mass to be celebrated in two years...

Prominent Israeli writer resigns after harassment claims 30 Oct 2016 - 07:26 pm

Jerusalem: Prominent Israeli journalist Ari Shavit, whose book "My Promised Land" became a bestseller in the United States, said Sunday he was resigning...

60 years on, Palestinians recall Kafr Qasim massacre 30 Oct 2016 - 06:57 pm

JERUSALEM: The Palestinians in Israel on Saturday commemorated the 60th anniversary of a bloody massacre in which dozens of Palestinians were killed by...

Israel says troops kill Palestinian who injured three in car attack 30 Oct 2016 - 06:54 pm

JERUSALEM: Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian who had rammed three border policemen with his car in the occupied West Bank on Sunday,...

Old enemies set to elect Aoun as Lebanon's president 30 Oct 2016 - 06:19 pm

BEIRUT: Twenty-six years after being forced from Lebanon's presidential palace and into exile by the Syrian army, Michel Aoun is set to be...

Car bomb kills at least eight in Baghdad market 30 Oct 2016 - 05:23 pm

BAGHDAD: A car bomb parked in a shopping street of a Shi'ite district of Baghdad killed at least eight people and wounded more...

Saudi Arabia says arrests Islamic State suspects plotting attacks 30 Oct 2016 - 03:51 pm

DUBAI: Saudi authorities arrested a number of suspected Islamic State militants plotting to kill security officials and civilians and launch a car bomb...