World / Middle East

Sudanese President to visit China despite international arrest warrant 30 Aug 2015 - 08:30 pm

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is to travel to China, despite being wanted by the International Criminal Court (AFP ) KHARTOUM: Sudanese President Omar...

7 bodies wash up on Libya beach 30 Aug 2015 - 08:10 pm

KHOME: Another boat carrying migrants has sunk off Libya and the bodies of at least seven people have been washed up, Libya's Red...

Saudi women allowed to run in local elections for the first time 30 Aug 2015 - 06:56 pm

Saudi women wait for their drivers outside a shopping mall in Riyadh on September 26, 2011 a day after King Abdullah granted women...

Iran jails two people for 10 years on espionage charges 30 Aug 2015 - 05:20 pm

DUBAI: A Revolutionary Court in Iran has sentenced two people to 10 years each in jail on charges of spying for the United...

Saudi executes Pakistani for drug trafficking 30 Aug 2015 - 03:53 pm

Under Saudi Arabia's strict Islamic legal code, drug trafficking, murder, armed robbery, rape and apostasy are all punishable by death. Saudi authorities executed...

Saudi-led coalition air strike kills 36 Yemeni civilians: residents 30 Aug 2015 - 01:51 pm

People gather near a truck hit by a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen's northwestern province of Amran, Yemen, August 29, 2015. Warplanes from...

Fire at Saudi Aramco housing complex kills two, injures 105 30 Aug 2015 - 12:08 pm

KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia: A fire at an oil workers' residential compound in Saudi Arabia on Sunday killed two people and injured 105 others...

Scribes charged with blackmailing Morocco king 30 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Supporters of the Moroccan party “Ennahj dimocrati” (Democratic Way) distribute leaflets calling for the boycott of the election during the municipal and regional...

Fresh fighting erupts in South Sudan 30 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Juba: South Sudan’s army and rebels accused each other of responsibility for fresh fighting yesterday in the north-east despite a peace agreement to...

Protesters begin to gather in Beirut before major rally 29 Aug 2015 - 06:02 pm

Lebanese riot policemen clash with protesters during a protest against corruption and rubbish collection problems near the government palace in Beirut August 22,...

Turkish planes hit IS in Syria with coalition for first time 29 Aug 2015 - 04:49 pm

Turkish planes have joined raids by the US-led coalition for the first time against Islamic State positions in Syria, (AFP) ANKARA: Turkish planes...

Local Syrian ceasefires break down as shelling resumes 29 Aug 2015 - 02:17 pm

BEIRUT: A ceasefire in a Syrian town near the Lebanese border and in two villages to the north has broken down after renewed...

Egyptian court sentences three Al Jazeera TV journalists to three years in prison 29 Aug 2015 - 11:34 am

Pic source: Al Jazeera website CAIRO: An Egyptian court sentenced three Al Jazeera TV journalists to three years in prison on Saturday for...

Pro-Kurdish party joins interim Turkish cabinet 29 Aug 2015 - 12:03 am

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu addresses the 104th enlarged meeting of provincial chairmen of Justice and Development Party (AK Party) at the AK...

Nine hours battling death off Libya coast 29 Aug 2015 - 12:02 am

Libyan Red Crescent workers move the body of a migrant recovered by coastguard after a boat sank off the coastal town of Zuwara,...

Iraq PM orders forces to prepare to open Green Zone 29 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi has ordered security forces to prepare to open Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone government and embassy...

Huge protest against graft in Iraq capital 29 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Iraqi protesters wave their national flags and shout slogans during a demonstration against corruption in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square yesterday. Baghdad: Thousands of Iraqis...