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In first, Iraq arrests four suspects in protest killings
Feb 14, 2021
BAGHDAD — Iraqi security forces have arrested four individuals in the southern city of Basra suspected of killing anti-government protesters ...
Fire ‘catastrophe’ destroys hundreds of fuel tankers on Afghanistan-Iran border
Feb 14, 2021
ISLAM QALA, Afghanistan — Hundreds of oil and gas tankers have been destroyed by fire in a “catastrophe” at Afghanistan’s biggest trade cros ...
Bereaved Gazans look to ICC for closure
Feb 14, 2021
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — During the 2014 war in Gaza, Nevine Barakat lost her husband and saw three of her five children wounded ...
Egypt claims what could be world's 'oldest' mass-production brewery
Feb 13, 2021
CAIRO — A high-production brewery believed to be the world's "oldest" has been uncovered by a team of archaeologists at the Abydos funerary ...
Lebanon receives first COVID vaccines
Feb 13, 2021
BEIRUT — Lebanon on Saturday received its first vaccines against the coronavirus, a day before an inoculation drive kicks off in the crisis- ...
Dubai 'surges' healthcare capacity as virus cases spike
Feb 11, 2021
DUBAI — Dubai has had to implement a "surge" in its healthcare capacity, recruiting workers from abroad and increasing beds for coronavirus ...
Saudi says Yemen rebel drone intercepted after Abha hit
Feb 11, 2021
DUBAI — Saudi forces intercepted an armed drone fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen on Thursday, the Riyadh-led coalition said, a day after a re ...
Plane ablaze in Houthi attack on Saudi airport — state media
Feb 10, 2021
RIYADH — A civilian plane was engulfed in flames on Wednesday after Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked an airport in southern Saudi Arabia, offi ...
Iranians rally for 42nd anniversary of revolution
Feb 10, 2021
TEHRAN — Thousands of Iranians drove through the capital Tehran on Wednesday to mark 42 years since the Islamic revolution, but stayed in ve ...
Turkish student protests feed anti-Erdogan anger
Feb 10, 2021
ISTANBUL — Fenced in by riot police, Zeynep Kurbanzade stands with her university classmates in daily protest against the rector picked by P ...
US releases Iraq dam collapse evacuation advice
Feb 29, 2016
Aden airport to reopen in weeks after refurbishment
Feb 29, 2016
Twin suicide bombing kills 70 in Baghdad’s deadliest attack this year
Feb 29, 2016
Palestinians reject direct Iran aid to 'Intifada' families
Feb 28, 2016
Al Shabab kill 17 in twin blasts in Somali town
Feb 28, 2016
Outrage in Egypt parliament after MP hosts Israeli envoy
Feb 28, 2016
‘Thunder of the North' military exercise begins in Saudi Arabia
Feb 28, 2016
Militiamen clash with guards at Yemen presidential palace — official
Feb 28, 2016
Israel-held Palestinian journalist ends 94-day hunger strike
Feb 27, 2016
Hizbollah signals no end to Saudi crisis; central bank reassures on currency
Feb 27, 2016
Death toll rises to 14 after Mogadishu bombings
Feb 27, 2016
‘Local Daesh chief captured in Libya’
Feb 25, 2016
Italy seeks to keep allies in check as Libya wrangles over gov’t
Feb 25, 2016
Trapped between Iraq frontlines, refugees illustrate Sunni Arab predicament
Feb 25, 2016
UN says 'high hopes' to expand Syria aid, after airdrop trouble
Feb 25, 2016
Yemen gets aid pledges of more than $220 million
Feb 25, 2016
Palestinian activist's US immigration fraud conviction vacated
Feb 25, 2016
Egypt's Sisi, for first time, says Russian plane was brought down by terrorists
Feb 25, 2016
Syrian army battles Daesh for third day near key road
Feb 25, 2016
Turkish air force hits PKK targets in the southeast, Iraq; kills 12
Feb 25, 2016
Kuwait, Qatar urge citizens to avoid Lebanon
Feb 25, 2016
DNA report suggests Ankara bomber was Turkish — official
Feb 23, 2016

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