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Egypt town fears worst for local men lost en route to Europe
Oct 07, 2020
DAHMASHA, Egypt — Thousands of desperate migrants bound for Europe has perished in the Mediterranean Sea. ...
Kurds say to allow Syrians to leave overcrowded Al Hol camp
Oct 05, 2020
BEIRUT — Syria's Kurds have agreed to allow thousands of Syrians including relatives of extremists to leave a squalid and over-populated cam ...
Woes of Beirut rescuers ‘microcosm’ of troubled Lebanon
Oct 05, 2020
BEIRUT — Fierce forest fires, a monster explosion that killed friends, then more Beirut blazes; Lebanon's emergency services are reeling fro ...
Sudanese protesters block key port over peace deal
Oct 05, 2020
KHARTOUM — Hundreds of people on Monday blockaded Sudan's Red Sea port to protest against a landmark peace agreement signed at the weekend, ...
Two months since Beirut blast, angry Lebanese mourn dead
Oct 05, 2020
BEIRUT — Dozens of mourners gathered near what remains of Beirut's port on Sunday to mark two months since a huge explosion widely blamed on ...
Mecca reopens for limited umrah
Oct 04, 2020
MECCA — Mask-clad Muslims circled Islam's holiest site along socially distanced paths on Sunday, as Saudi authorities partially resumed the ...
Lebanese artists in overdrive to restore Beirut’s beauty
Oct 04, 2020
BEIRUT (AFP) — Lebanese stained glass artist Maya Husseini had hoped to retire after decades spent designing colourful windows, but she has ...
Egypt unveils coffins buried 2,500 years years ago
Oct 04, 2020
SAQQARA, Egypt — Archaeologists in Egypt said Saturday they had found 59 well-preserved and sealed wooden coffins over recent weeks that wer ...
In Iraq's Mosul, new statues rise from ashes of Daesh rule
Oct 04, 2020
 MOSUL, Iraq — As sunset nears, the residents of Iraq's Mosul flock to a golden-tinted statue of a woman looking out over their scarred ...
Lebanon, Israel announce talks on disputed borders
Oct 01, 2020
BEIRUT — Lebanon and Israel said on Thursday they will hold US-brokered negotiations on their disputed land and maritime borders, in what Wa ...
Daesh kills two police in Egypt’s Sinai
Aug 26, 2015
Arab League delays meeting on creating joint military force
Aug 26, 2015
‘Saudi Arabia holding main suspect in 1996 Khobar Towers bombing’
Aug 26, 2015
Israel starts freeing hundreds more African migrants
Aug 26, 2015
Yemen air strikes, fighting kill at least 40
Aug 25, 2015
Nuclear watchdog seeks to soothe concerns on Iran probe
Aug 25, 2015
Libya in tatters after bloody year of rival governments
Aug 25, 2015
Spain, Morocco arrest 14 suspected of recruiting for Daesh
Aug 25, 2015
Yemen fire kills 3 Saudi soldiers, as one dead in crash
Aug 25, 2015
Rebel rockets kill 14 civilians in Yemen city — medics
Aug 24, 2015
Bomb kills 3 Egyptian policemen, wounds 33 — officials
Aug 24, 2015
Hotline offers information on humanitarian services for Iraqis
Aug 24, 2015
Britain reopens embassy in Iran ransacked in 2011
Aug 23, 2015
Abbas quits PLO leadership ahead of internal election — official
Aug 23, 2015
Iraqi officials say 23 soldiers, Sunni fighters killed
Aug 23, 2015
Ehud Barak’s Iran bombshell could shake up Israeli politics
Aug 23, 2015
PKK kills Turkish soldier, abducts customs officials — army
Aug 23, 2015
Fighting, air raids kill dozens in Yemen’s Taez — Red Cross
Aug 22, 2015
Iran unveils new missile, says seeks peace through strength
Aug 22, 2015
Aid groups denounce ‘surge’ in Israeli home demolitions on West Bank
Aug 22, 2015
‘Positive contacts’ with Israel on Gaza truce — Hamas head
Aug 22, 2015
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood chief gets new life term
Aug 22, 2015

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