World / Middle East

Jordanians charged with killing sisters for 'honour' 16 Oct 2016 - 01:04 pm

Amman: Two Jordanian brothers were charged with murdering their two sisters in apparent "honour killings", a court official said Sunday. The men, aged...

2 Americans freed in Yemen, flown to Oman 16 Oct 2016 - 12:51 pm

MUSCAT: Two Americans held captive in war-torn Yemen have been freed and flown to the Omani capital, Muscat, the Omani state news agency...

Free Syrian forces drive Islamic State from 2 villages 16 Oct 2016 - 12:34 pm

AZAZ, Syria: The Free Syrian Army (FSA) has taken control of two northern Syrian villages from Islamic State, including one symbolically important to...

OIC welcomes UNESCO resolution on Al Aqsa Mosque 16 Oct 2016 - 12:13 pm

Jeddah: The General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation welcomed the adoption by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)...

Israeli Occupation Forces arrest 16 Palestinians in West Bank and Jerusalem 16 Oct 2016 - 11:58 am

Ramallah: Israeli occupation forces arrested Sunday16 Palestinians after storming and raiding several areas in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem. Israeli forces also...

Russia: All talks participants agreed Syrians must decide own future 16 Oct 2016 - 10:09 am

MOSCOW: Russia's foreign ministry said all participants in talks in Lausanne on Saturday had agreed that Syrians alone should decide their future through...

US seeks momentum for new Syria peace push 16 Oct 2016 - 08:50 am

Lausanne: US Secretary of State John Kerry was trying to build momentum behind a new drive to end the Syrian civil war Sunday...

Blow to Libya unity government as rival seizes offices 15 Oct 2016 - 06:40 pm

Tripoli: Libya's UN-backed unity government has suffered a new setback after a political rival seized key offices in the capital and proclaimed the...

Turkey will not let terror groups into Mosul: Erdogan 15 Oct 2016 - 05:21 pm

ANKARA: Turkey will not allow terrorist organizations to enter Mosul, Iraq, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday. "We will not allow Mosul to...

Kerry and Lavrov meet before Syria talks 15 Oct 2016 - 04:44 pm

Lausanne: US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov held face-to-face talks Friday for the first time since Washington...

Diplomats meet in fresh bid to halt Syria bloodshed 15 Oct 2016 - 04:01 pm

Lausanne: Top diplomats were to meet in Switzerland Saturday in a fresh push to revive a ceasefire in Syria, after pro-government forces intensified...

Experts discover 'cavities' in Egypt's Great Pyramid 15 Oct 2016 - 03:44 pm

Cairo: Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza could contain two previously unknown "cavities", scientists using radiography to scan the millennia-old monument said on Saturday....

Suicide bombing, shootouts kill around 55 in Iraq 15 Oct 2016 - 02:49 pm

BAGHDAD: Around 55 people were killed in Iraq in attacks on Saturday that targeted a Shi'ite Muslim gathering, a police check-point and the...

IS claims Baghdad bombing that killed at least 27 15 Oct 2016 - 02:37 pm

Baghdad: The Islamic State jihadist group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed at least 27 people in a Shiite-majority area of...

13 killed as Libyan forces advance in Sirte 15 Oct 2016 - 02:30 pm

TRIPOLI, Libya: At least 13 pro-government fighters were killed on Friday as government forces advanced into the last remaining Islamic State stronghold in...