Blast kills two at Afghan voter registration centre

A bomb blast at a voter registration centre in northern Afghanistan killed at least two people and wounded two others, officials said
6 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Palestinian throws rock, receives bullet in return

A Palestinian who threw a rock at Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank yesterday was shot dead by a soldier, the Israeli army said in a
6 June 2018, 18:00 PM

'I will resign' if enough women are offended

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has defended his kiss on the lips of a married Filipino woman in South Korea, and said he will
6 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Close to the 'red line'

Iran will not cooperate more fully with atomic inspectors until a standoff over its nuclear deal is resolved, its UN envoy said, as one
6 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Ghani backs suicide bomb fatwa

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani yesterday condemned Monday's suicide bomb attack outside a peace tent gathering of Muslim clerics in
5 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Kurds to pull out of strategic Syria town

The leading Syrian Kurdish militia yesterday said it would withdraw from Manbij, easing fears of a direct clash between Nato allies Washington and Ankara over the strategic northern town.
5 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Iran to start building advanced centrifuges

Iran begins work on infrastructure to build advanced centrifuges at its Natanz facility but will adhere to its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, the director of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation Ali Akbar Salehi says today.
5 June 2018, 15:21 PM

Palestinian shot dead trying to breach border

A Palestinian armed with an axe was shot dead trying to breach the Gaza-Israel border yesterday, the Israeli army said. An army
4 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Saudi issues driving licences to women

Saudi Arabia yesterday began issuing its first driving licences to women in decades, state media reported. "The general directorate of traffic today
4 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Dirty Duterte!

A kiss by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on a Filipino woman's lips while on an official visit in South Korea sparked anger and jokes
4 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Seven people killed in Kabul suicide blast

At least seven people were killed in a suicide bombing yesterday near a gathering of top clerics in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, roughly
4 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Jordan PM quits after austerity protests

Jordanian Prime Minister Hani Mulki resigned yesterday after he was summoned by King Abdullah II over growing protests against his
4 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Assad to meet Kim in North Korea

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he plans to visit North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, Pyongyang's state media reported yesterday,
3 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Indonesian cops raid university

Indonesian anti-terrorism police have detained a former student and are questioning two others after a raid on a university campus in
3 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Nearly half of Afghan children out of school

Nearly half of Afghanistan's children are not attending school because of worsening security, poverty and sex discrimination,
3 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Israeli warplanes pound Gaza

Israeli aircraft pounded over a dozen militant targets in Gaza, the army said yesterday, after Palestinian projectile fire shattered a
3 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Israeli army kills Palestinian nurse in Gaza border protest

Israeli forces killes a Palestinian nurse on Friday as she tries to help a wounded protester at the Gaza border, according to health officials and a witness, while Israel says militants have attacked its troops with gunfire and a grenade.
3 June 2018, 06:49 AM

Palestinian attacker shot dead: Israel

A Palestinian man who allegedly tried to hit Israeli soldiers with a small tractor in the West Bank city of Hebron was shot dead, the army
2 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Sisi sworn in for second term

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in for a second four-year term in office yesterday as the country faces major economic
2 June 2018, 18:00 PM

US vetoes UN resolution on protecting Palestinians

The United States vetoed Friday an Arab-backed UN draft resolution calling for measures to protect the Palestinians but failed to win any backing for its own text condemning Hamas for the violence in Gaza.
2 June 2018, 18:00 PM