Regime strikes kill 6 civilians in Ghouta

Syrian regime air strikes killed six civilians including two children overnight in Eastern Ghouta after a day of respite from deadly
11 February 2018

Egypt army kills 16 jihadists in Sinai

Egypt's army yesterday said it had killed 16 jihadists and detained 34 more in the Sinai Peninsula since launching a major operation
11 February 2018

1 in 4 children in poverty after war on IS: UN

One in four Iraqi children are in poverty and four million are in need of assistance as a result of the country's war with Islamic State
11 February 2018

Israel vows to prevent Iran

Israel yesterday issued stark warnings over Iran's presence in neighbouring Syria after a confrontation threatened to open a new and
11 February 2018

Long robes not necessary attire for Saudi women: Senior Cleric

Saudi women need not wear the abaya - the loose-fitting, full-length robes symbolic of religious faith - a senior member of the top Muslim clerical body said, another indication of the Kingdom's efforts towards modernisation.
11 February 2018

Egypt air raids pound militants in Sinai

Egypt's air force pounded militant targets in northern and central Sinai early yesterday, the military said, the second day of an assault to
10 February 2018

UNSC mulling 30-day Syria ceasefire

The UN Security Council is considering a draft resolution demanding a 30-day ceasefire in Syria to allow for urgent deliveries of
10 February 2018

Long robes not necessary for Saudi women: cleric

Saudi women need not wear the abaya - the loose-fitting, full-length robes symbolic of religious faith - a senior member of the top
10 February 2018

India hopes Palestine to be a free country soon

Narendra Modi yesterday became the first Indian prime minister to visit the occupied West Bank where he held talks with Palestinian
10 February 2018

Peace means compromise

US President Donald Trump yesterday told Israel that it too would need to make "significant compromises" for peace with the
9 February 2018

No let-up in Syria violence

France demanded an end to air strikes in Syria yesterday as warplanes mounted further attacks on a rebel stronghold near Damascus where a war monitor said government bombardments have killed 229 people, the deadliest week in the area since 2015.
9 February 2018

Tensions, bloodshed escalates

The US-led coalition yesterday said it killed at least 100 pro-regime fighters to fend off an attack on its allies in eastern Syria, in one
8 February 2018

Al-Qaeda still going strong as IS crumbles

Al-Qaeda's global network remains "remarkably resilient," posing more of a threat in some regions than the Islamic State group, UN
8 February 2018

Netanyahu lashes out at cops as probe nears end

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lashed out at police over claims detectives probing graft allegations against him were
8 February 2018

Saudi Arabia executes 4 Pakistanis for murder

Saudi Arabia yesterday executed four Pakistani men convicted of raping and murdering a woman and raping her teenage son, the interior
8 February 2018

Palestinian shot dead after stabbing Israeli

A Palestinian stabbed a security guard at the entrance to an Israeli settlement and was shot dead yesterday, the army said, in the latest
7 February 2018

Death toll soars in Ghouta

Fresh regime strikes killed 32 civilians yesterday in a rebel-held enclave near Damascus where overwhelmed medics were still treating the
7 February 2018

Deadly air raids hit Syria

Fresh regime strikes on a besieged rebel-held enclave near Damascus killed 35 civilians yesterday despite mounting Western pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
6 February 2018

Yemen rebel missile shot down: Saudi

Saudi air defences intercepted a ballistic missile fired at the kingdom by Yemen's Shia Huthi rebels yesterday, state media reported. The
5 February 2018

Man shot trying to enter Iran presidency

Iranian security forces shot and wounded a man who tried to enter the president's office in central Tehran by force yesterday, local media
5 February 2018