World / Middle East

One million riyals compensation for Makkah crane crash victims 17 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

DOHA: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has ordered 1 million Saudi Riyals (about $266,600) compensation for...

Tunisia cashiers security forces as 'suspected extremists' 16 Sep 2015 - 09:55 pm

TUNIS: Authorities in Tunisia, engaged in a battle against home-grown jihadists, have cashiered 110 members of the security forces for suspected links to...

Jordan calls for taking firm stance against Israeli violations 16 Sep 2015 - 07:55 pm

King Abdullah II of Jordan at the Royal Palace (AP) AMMAN: King Abdullah II on Jordan, during two telephone calls Wednesday, discussed with...

2 sought in Saudi after shootout, bomb belt seized 16 Sep 2015 - 05:36 pm

RIYADH: Police in Saudi Arabia arrested two suspects and were hunting two others who fled following shootouts and raids that netted a bomb...

Syria's Assad blames West for refugee crisis 16 Sep 2015 - 03:08 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar Al Assad has blamed Europe's refugee crisis on Western support for "terrorists", as people fleeing his country's civil war...

Assad says only Syrian people can decide if he quits 16 Sep 2015 - 01:49 pm

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad answers questions during an interview with al-Manar's journalist Amro Nassef, in Damascus, Syria, in this handout photograph released by...

Yemeni government returns to Aden after months in exile: spokesman 16 Sep 2015 - 01:29 pm

Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah addresses a news conference in Riyadh June 8, 2015. ADEN: Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah arrived in Aden...

Five police killed by Kurdish militants in Turkey’s southeast 16 Sep 2015 - 10:25 am

A boy shows v-sign near a pictures of Kurdish jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan in central Diyarbakir yesterday. Diyarbakir, Turkey: Five Turkish police officers...

Air strikes kill 54 Yemenis 16 Sep 2015 - 02:06 am

Smoke billows from the site of a Saudi-led air strike on a Houthi position in the Yemeni frontline province of Marib yesterday. SANA’A:...

GCC urges world to do more for Syrian refugees 16 Sep 2015 - 01:18 am

Syrian migrants rest under a tree during their walk towards the Greek border on a road near Edirne, Turkey, yesterday. Riyadh: Gulf states...

S.Africa's Zuma opens door for anotherBashir visit 15 Sep 2015 - 09:10 pm

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir arrives in Khartoum from Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 15, 2015 (AFP) JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's President Jacob Zuma Tuesday...

Saudi king sanctions Binladin Group after deadly crane collapse 15 Sep 2015 - 07:55 pm

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's King Salman sanctioned the powerful Saudi Binladin Group Tuesday over the collapse of a...

Palestinians, Israeli police clash at Jerusalem shrine for third day 15 Sep 2015 - 01:29 pm

Muslim women shouts slogans as they protest in front of Israeli border police officers in Jerusalem's Old City, September 15, 2015. JERUSALEM: Israeli...

Iran says wants China’s help to resolve Middle East tensions 15 Sep 2015 - 11:13 am

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attend a news conference after a bilateral meeting in Beijing BEIJING: ...

Clashes rock Jerusalem mosque compound for third day 15 Sep 2015 - 08:47 am

A Palestinian man lies on an alley leading to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's after scuffles with Israeli riot police on September...

Morocco breaks up another ISIS militant cell 14 Sep 2015 - 07:40 pm

Moroccan Interior Ministry MOROCCO: Moroccan authorities said on Monday they had dismantled a militant cell planning to create an Islamic State affiliate, seizing...

5 Saudi soldiers killed at Yemen border 14 Sep 2015 - 06:18 pm

Soldiers loyal to Yemen's exiled government take up a position during fighting with Houthi militia , on September 13, 2015. (Reuters) RIYADH: Five...

Egyptian forces mistakenly kill Mexican tourists 14 Sep 2015 - 12:10 pm

Safari cars drive through the Black desert near the Bahariya Oasis, about 400km (249 miles) southwest of Cairo. (file picture) CAIRO: Egyptian security...