World / Middle East

Over 90,000 hit by Somalia floods: UN 07 Nov 2015 - 10:01 am

Mogadishu: Over 90,000 people in war-torn southern Somalia have been hit by weeks of severe flooding, almost half of them forced from their...

Egypt crash shows mass surveillance can be crucial: Analysts 07 Nov 2015 - 09:12 am

Passengers, whose flights to Egypt were suspended, gather at an information desk of Domodedovo airport outside Moscow, Russia, November 7, 2015. Reuters Paris:...

Light earthquake hits northern Lebanon 07 Nov 2015 - 08:39 am

Beirut: A light earthquake measuring 3.9 magnitude on the Richter scale hit northern Lebanon on Friday evening. The Bhannes-based National Center of Geophysics...

Boko Haram attacks force 12,000 pupils from Niger schools: UN 07 Nov 2015 - 12:14 am

Niamey: Some 150 schools with more than 12,000 pupils have been forced to close due to the deadly attacks in Niger's southeast Diffa...

Russia suspends Egypt flights as Western intelligence backs bomb theory 07 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Passengers, including British nationals, of an easyJet flight to Britain, wait after their flight got cancelled, at the airport of the Red Sea...

Britain, US intercepted "chatter" supporting theory bomb took down Russian jet 07 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

A child's shoe is seen in front of debris from a Russian airliner which crashed at the Hassana area in Arish city, north...

Russian plane crash points to Egypt's counterinsurgency flaws 07 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

An Egyptian man puts flowers near debris at the crash site of a Russian airliner in al-Hasanah area at El Arish city, north...

IS accused in Syria mustard gas attack as rebels push back regime 07 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Beirut: Activists accused the Islamic State (IS) group Friday of being behind a deadly gas attack in northern Syria this past summer, as...

Cholera spreads from Iraq to Syria, Kuwait, Bahrain: UNICEF 06 Nov 2015 - 06:31 pm

A patient suffering from cholera rests inside a hospital in Baghdad, September 21, 2015. Reuters/Ahmed Saad By Isabel Coles ERBIL, Iraq: A cholera...

Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric warns parliament not to stall Abadi's reforms 06 Nov 2015 - 06:15 pm

By Stephen Kalin BAGHDAD: Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric warned parliament on Friday not to use concerns over the legality of Prime Minister Haider...

Turkish police search business group linked to Erdogan foe: Media 06 Nov 2015 - 06:04 pm

Fethullah Gulen is pictured at his residence in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania September 24, 2013. Reuters/Selahattin Sevi/Zaman Daily via Cihan News Agency ANKARA: Turkish police...

Kuwait denies rumors of cholera outbreak in country 06 Nov 2015 - 05:10 pm

Kuwait: Kuwaiti Health Ministry denied rumors on cholera outbreak in the country, after it has spread in Iraq, Ministry official announced on Friday....

Israeli fire kills Palestinian in Gaza clashes: health ministry 06 Nov 2015 - 04:44 pm

Representative image Gaza City, Palestinian Territories:Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian in the Gaza Strip on Friday during clashes along the border,...

France to deploy aircraft carrier in anti-IS fight in Syria, Iraq: presidency 05 Nov 2015 - 05:31 pm

Paris: The French presidency on Thursday said it would deploy its Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to boost its operations against the Islamic...

Sharm el-Sheikh: jewel of Egypt's tourism industry 05 Nov 2015 - 05:09 pm

Cairo: The Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, where British tourists were stranded Thursday after flight cancellations over fears a bomb downed a...

Bomb blast in northeast Lebanon kills 9 -security sources 05 Nov 2015 - 05:02 pm

BEIRUT: A roadside car bomb killed at least nine people and wounded four others in northeast Lebanon on Thursday, in an area close...

International Coalition Airstrike Kills 18 IS affiliates 05 Nov 2015 - 04:47 pm

Baghdad: An airstrike carried out by the international coalition killed 18 Daesh militants and wounded 11 west of Kirkuk, Northern Iraq, a security...