World / Middle East

Palestinians, solidarity activists organize international campaign through song 08 Nov 2015 - 09:41 am

Ramallah: Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, Arabs and foreign solidarity activists participated yesterday in an international campaign, organized by Palestinian activists, under the...

More than 160 Aircraft on display at Dubai airshow 08 Nov 2015 - 09:20 am

Dubai: More than 65,000 visitors are expected at the biggest Dubai Airshow yet, which kicks off Sunday on the site of Al Maktoum...

Dozens of Palestinians suffer suffocation by Israeli tear gas in Hebron 08 Nov 2015 - 09:17 am

Israeli soldiers stand guard at the closed entrance road leading to the West Bank city of Hebron, 07 November 2015.EPA Hebron: Dozens of...

Turkish coast guard detains 93 illegal migrants 08 Nov 2015 - 09:14 am

Refugees and migrants board Turkish Coast Guard Search and Rescue ship Umut-703 off the shores of Canakkale, Turkey, after a failed attempt of...

Saudi meteorology: No impact of hurricane "Meg" on Saudi coasts 08 Nov 2015 - 09:13 am

Jeddah: The General Presidency of Meteorology and Environmental Protection in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia confirmed that Hurricane "Meg" will have no direct...

Iraq Waqf chief raises pitch against terrorism 08 Nov 2015 - 09:10 am

Baghdad: The President of the Office of the Sunni Endowment (Waqf) in Iraq Sheikh Dr Abdul Latif Alhmaim told an anti-terror conference that...

2,000 more UK travellers stuck in Egypt fly home 08 Nov 2015 - 08:45 am

London: Nearly 2,000 British holidaymakers stranded in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh were returning home Saturday after days of uncertainty following the...

Turkey Arrests Seven ISIS Suspects 08 Nov 2015 - 12:40 am

Representative image Ankara: Turkish police on Saturday detained seven foreign nationals in southern Turkey on suspicion of planning to head to Syria to...

Suspected Russian strikes kill 23 Syria civilians: monitor 08 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Syrians walk in a dusty street as the sound of fighter jets can be heard overhead following air strikes by suspected Russian planes...

Tunisians rally in support of Palestinian 'uprising' 08 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Representative image Tunis: Hundreds of Tunisians, including political figures, gathered in the capital Saturday for a demonstration called by the Islamist party Ennahda...

Russian plane broke up in mid-air after noise: Crash investigators 08 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

By Asma Alsharif and Dominic Evans CAIRO: A Russian plane which crashed in Egypt last week was flying on auto-pilot and appeared to...

Sinai crash a blow to Sharm al-Sheikh tourism 08 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

By Ahmed Aboulenein SHARM AL-SHEIKH, Egypt: A holidaymaker stranded in Egypt's Sharm al-Sheikh airport was wearing a t-shirt with the slogan "take what...

Russia to send 44 planes to Egypt Saturday to repatriate tourists: aviation body 07 Nov 2015 - 06:51 pm

Moscow: Russia will on Saturday send 44 planes to repatriate its nationals from two Egyptian Red Sea resorts, the Russian Federal Air Transport...

Egypt FM: Western countries haven't helped in war on terror 07 Nov 2015 - 05:48 pm

An armed security worker talks on his phone in front of the luggage screening section at the airport of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Saturday,...

Gunmen wound Somali lawmaker: colleague 07 Nov 2015 - 04:32 pm

Mogadishu: Gunmen in Somalia's capital shot and wounded a lawmaker on Saturday in the latest attack targeting members of parliament, a colleague said. ...