Nine killed in 'IS attack' in Libya

At least nine security service members were killed in a suspected Islamic State group attack in the southeastern Libyan town of Tazerbo
24 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Israel a 'fake regime' set up by Western countries

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani yesterday called Israel a "cancerous tumour" established by Western countries to advance their interests in the Middle East.
24 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Bahrain holds vote amid boycott calls

Bahrain holds a parliamentary election yesterday amid boycott calls from dissolved opposition groups which have been banned from taking part.
24 November 2018, 18:00 PM

UAE mulling clemency request for jailed Brit

The United Arab Emirates is reviewing a request for clemency from the family of a British researcher sentenced to life in prison on espionage charges this week, the country's ambassador to London said yesterday.
23 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Saudi royals turn on crown prince

Amid international uproar over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, some members of Saudi Arabia's ruling family are agitating to prevent Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman from becoming king, three sources close to the royal court said.
20 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Indonesia mosques spreading radicalism

Dozens of Indonesian mosques that cater to government workers are spreading radicalism and calling for violence against non-Muslims,
19 November 2018, 18:00 PM

No pact struck with US: Taliban

A three-day meeting between the Taliban and the US special envoy for Afghanistan to pave the way for peace talks ended with no agreement, the
19 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Israel avoids snap polls for now

A key Israeli minister said yesterday he will not quit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition for now despite sharp
19 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Saudi King Salman silent on Khashoggi murder

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz has addressed the kingdom's Shura Council but failed to mention the case of murdered
19 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Egypt rounds up rights defenders

Egyptian authorities have rounded up at least 40 rights workers, activists and lawyers since late October and detained them in
18 November 2018, 18:00 PM

US hopes for Taliban peace deal in 2019

The US special envoy to Afghanistan hopes to cement a peace deal with Taliban insurgents by April 2019, local media reported yesterday.
18 November 2018, 18:00 PM

US-led strikes kill 40 in militant pocket in Syria

At least forty people, mostly women and children are killed in the latest wave of US-led coalition airstrikes against the last remaining Islamic State-held pocket in Syria near the border with Iraq, the militants and some local residents said.
18 November 2018, 05:22 AM

Syria airstrikes kill 43

Air strikes by the US-led coalition yesterday killed 43 people, mostly civilians, in a holdout of the Islamic State group in eastern Syria, a Britain-based monitor said.
17 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Iraq president visits Iran

Iraq's new President Barham Saleh made his first official visit to neighbouring Iran yesterday, calling for "a new order in the region". Saleh
17 November 2018, 18:00 PM

More threat lingers over Saudis

Saudi Arabia has sought to draw a line under one of its biggest crises triggered by critic Jamal Khashoggi's murder, but an ever greater threat of international scrutiny and pressure hang over the kingdom.
16 November 2018, 18:00 PM

KSA seeks death for Khashoggi killing

Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for five out of 11 suspects charged in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, his office said yesterday, as the kingdom tries to contain its biggest political crisis in a generation.
15 November 2018, 18:00 PM

4 Israeli cops injured by knifeman

A man wielding a knife entered an Israeli border police base in annexed east Jerusalem provoking a scuffle in which four officers were
15 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Taliban kill 30 Afghan security forces

Major assaults by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan's western province of Farah bordering Iran, mounted with the aim of weakening the government's grip on the region, have killed at least 30 Afghan security forces, officials said yesterday.
15 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Coalition air strikes killed 38 in Syria

Air strikes by the US-led coalition have killed 38 people in an eastern Syria holdout of the Islamic State group on the Iraqi border, a war
14 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Truce 'capitulating to terror'

Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman yesterday announced his resignation and called for early elections after a sharp
14 November 2018, 18:00 PM