Most people support 2-state solution: poll

A slim majority of both Israelis and Palestinians still favour a peace settlement with a Palestinian state alongside Israel, a new poll showed yesterday as Israeli authorities confirmed granting permission to plan the expansion of an Israeli settlement in the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron.
22 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Iraq hangs 36 over 2014 massacre of recruits

Iraq hangs 36 men convicted over the 2014 massacre by Sunni jihadists and allied militants of up to 1,700 military recruits, officials say.
21 August 2016, 15:37 PM

Spate of blasts kill 12, wound scores

Twelve people were killed in a spate of bombings against Turkish security forces blamed on Kurdish rebels who appear to have ramped up their campaign of attacks in the aftermath of the failed coup.
18 August 2016, 18:33 PM

'Show some humanity'

The United Nations has suspended its humanitarian task force in Syria amid frustration over continued fighting in the country's civil war.
18 August 2016, 18:31 PM

Yemen rocket hits Saudi; seven killed

A rocket fired by Yemeni rebels killed seven civilians inside Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, the civil defence agency said.
17 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Laden son urges overthrow of Saudi rulers

The son of al-Qaeda's slain founder Osama bin Laden has urged Saudis to "overthrow" the kingdom's rulers in order
17 August 2016, 18:00 PM

IS losing Sirte, not Libya

Libyan pro-government forces have cornered Islamic State group fighters in a few pockets of Sirte, but defeat there
17 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Palestinian killed

A Palestinian teenager was shot dead yesterday during clashes with Israeli forces at Fawwar refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.
16 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Probe opened after outcry

The Saudi-led coalition bombing rebels in Yemen launched a probe yesterday following international condemnation of an air raid that Doctors Without Borders said killed 11 people at a hospital it supports.
16 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Turkey steps back

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim yesterday said a fair trial would represent a harsher punishment for suspected coup plotters than the death penalty -- an apparent step back from threats to re-introduce capital punishment.
16 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Russia uses Iran base

Russia used Iran as a base from which to launch air strikes against Syrian militants for the first time yesterday, widening its air campaign in Syria and deepening its involvement in the Middle East.
16 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Saudi soldiers get Yemen war bonus

Saudi soldiers on the front lines of the war in Yemen are getting a month's extra salary from King Salman. King Salman "has ordered
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM

IS suicide blast kills 30 rebels

The Islamic State jihadist group yesterday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed more than 30 Syrian rebel fighters in a blast near the Turkish border.
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Five dead, thousands flee Philippine floods

Five people have been killed in the Philippines and tens of thousands have fled from floods caused by days of
14 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Regime air strikes kill dozens

Syrian and Russian warplanes have launched a wave of air strikes in northern Syria, killing dozens in areas held by a
14 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Manbij freed

More than 2,000 civilians held captive by IS as human shields have been freed after militants were driven out of a key stronghold in
13 August 2016, 18:00 PM

IS flees Manbij, abducts 2,000 as 'human shield'

Islamic State group fighters seized around 2,000 civilians to use as "human shields" Friday as they fled their stronghold of Manbij in
12 August 2016, 18:00 PM

IS abducts around 2,000 civilians in north Syria

Islamic State group fighters seize around 2,000 civilians to use as "human shields" Friday as they fled their stronghold of Manbij in northern Syria, according to US-backed forces and a monitor.
12 August 2016, 15:50 PM

UN probes new Syria gas attack

The UN yesterday said it was investigating evidence of a toxic gas attack on a rebel-held area of the Syrian city of Aleppo which killed 4 people including a mother and her 3 children.
11 August 2016, 20:25 PM

Palestinian stabs man in Jerusalem

A Palestinian man stabbed and wounded a young Jewish man in Jerusalem yesterday before fleeing, in what Israeli
11 August 2016, 18:00 PM