Uproar as UN removes Saudi-led coalition from blacklist

The United Nations was Tuesday forced to defend its decision to remove the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen from a blacklist of child rights violators after rights groups expressed dismay.
8 June 2016, 20:06 PM

Taliban kill 12 Afghans, abduct 40

Afghan authorities yesterday recovered bullet-ridden bodies of 12 security officials recently captured by the Taliban in
8 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Fresh blast kills 4 in Turkey

Four people including a pregnant policewoman were killed yesterday in a car bombing in Kurdish majority southeastern
8 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Air strikes hit hospital, other targets in Aleppo

At least 15 people are reported to have been killed and dozens wounded in a series of air strikes on rebel-held areas
8 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Assad vows to fight on

President Bashar al-Assad vowed on Tuesday to fight on in what he called Syria's war against terrorism, showing no
7 June 2016, 18:00 PM

When Saudi women marry foreigners

"This is how racism falls". These are the words of a Saudi man who attended the wedding of his relative, a Saudi bride who married a non-Saudi groom.
7 June 2016, 04:23 AM

Forces close in on bastions

Syrian regime troops supported by Russia and US-backed fighters pressed twin offensives against the Islamic State group yesterday as pressure built on the jihadists' northern strongholds in the war-torn country.
6 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Fallujah: Death pit for civilians

Iraqi civilians fleeing the city of Fallujah have been shot at by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters who are holed up in the besieged city, an international aid group told Al Jazeera.
6 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Saudi Arabia criticizes UN over Yemen blacklisting

Saudi Arabia rejects a United Nations report that criticized the military coalition it is leading in Yemen, saying it is based primarily on information supplied by its adversaries.
6 June 2016, 12:07 PM

Nearly 60pc people live in 'labour camps'

Almost 60 percent of Qatar's 2.4 million population live in what the government calls "labour camps", figures from an
5 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Syria, Russia step up bombing of Aleppo

Nearly 50 strikes hit rebel-held areas in and around the Syrian city of Aleppo yesterday in some of the heaviest raids
5 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Taliban attack kills 7 at Afghan court

Taliban gunmen stormed a court complex in a city south of Kabul yesterday, killing at least seven people in the
5 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Iran says Saudi the real 'terrorism sponsor'

Tehran yesterday dismissed its renewed blacklisting by Washington as a state sponsor of terrorism charging that it was
5 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Duterte urges public to kill criminals

The Philippines' president elect Rodrigo Duterte urged the public to join his anti-crime crackdown, offering people
5 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Turk gets 108 yrs for refugee sex assaults

A court in Turkey has sentenced a Turkish man to 108 years in jail for sexually assaulting at least eight Syrian children
4 June 2016, 18:00 PM

At least 33 killed in Algeria bus crash

At least 33 people were killed and 22 others injured when a truck collided with a bus which burst into flames in Algeria
4 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Philippine troops seize Islamic militant camp

Philippine troops captured an Islamic militant training camp after a 10-day battle, officials said, as part of operations
4 June 2016, 18:00 PM

German resolution has no value: Erdogan

The German parliament resolution recognising as genocide the massacres of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire
4 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Falluja is a tough nut to crack: Iraqi minister

Islamic State is putting up a tough fight in Falluja and its recapture by the Iraqi army could take time, said Iraqi Finance
3 June 2016, 18:00 PM

38 dead in regime strikes

Regime air strikes killed dozens of civilians in the Syrian city of Aleppo and nearby areas yesterday as the UN
3 June 2016, 18:00 PM