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Qatar factory explosion injures 54, 18 missing: interior ministry
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Jordan hangs six after 9-year death penalty pause
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92% Israelis believe Iran won war: poll
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Kuwait executes seven prisoners, including a member of ruling family
Kuwait executes seven people at its central prison, including a member of the ruling Al-Sabah family, according to a statement carried by state news agency KUNA.
25 January 2017, 10:34 AM
Israel approves 2,500 WB settler homes
Israel's Defence Ministry yesterday announced plans to build 2,500 more settlement homes in the West Bank, the second announcement
24 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Joint 'mechanism' agreed
Russia, Iran and Turkey, the sponsors of peace talks between Syrian rebels and Damascus, agreed yesterday to establish a joint "mechanism" to monitor the frail truce in the war-torn country.
24 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Assailants kill five troops in Sinai
The Egyptian army yesterday said that assailants killed five soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula, where security forces have been targeted in a
23 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Islamic State blows up Mosul hotel
Islamic State blew up a landmark hotel in western Mosul on Friday in an apparent attempt to prevent advancing Iraqi forces from using it
23 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Syria peace talks off to rocky start
Syrian rebels yesterday began peace talks with the war-torn country's government in Kazakhstan's capital Astana, but refused to negotiate face-to-face in the first session.
23 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Rebels arrive for talks with regime
Members of the Syrian opposition delegation yesterday arrived in the Kazakh capital Astana for face-to-face peace
22 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Israel approves permits for 566 settler homes
Israeli authorities have approved building permits for 566 settler homes in occupied East Jerusalem, according to
22 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Militants blow themselves up in Saudi
Two suspects blew themselves up yesterday during a firefight with security forces in the Red Sea city of Jeddah in
21 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Hopes fade for trapped Iran firefighters
Iranian officials said yesterday they were losing hope of pulling any survivors from the rubble of a collapsed Tehran high-rise where
20 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Scores of jihadists killed in Syria strikes
More than 100 fighters of former al-Qaeda affiliate Fateh al-Sham Front were killed in air strikes on their camp in northern Syria late on
20 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Outrage as IS destroys monuments in Palmyra
The Islamic State group has demolished more treasured monuments in Syria's ancient Palmyra, a month after recapturing it from
20 January 2017, 18:00 PM
2016 deadliest year for Afghan journalists
Afghanistan suffered its deadliest year on record for journalists in 2016, according to a report released yesterday which said the country
19 January 2017, 18:00 PM
IS lost nearly a quarter of its territory in 2016
The Islamic State group lost nearly a quarter of its territory in Iraq and Syria last year, according to a report released yesterday by research firm IHS Markit.
19 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Baghdad eyes west Mosul
Iraqi forces battled the last holdout jihadists in east Mosul yesterday after commanders declared victory there and set their sights on the city's west, where more tough fighting awaits.
19 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Rocket fire kills 9 civilians in Yemen
Twin rockets fired from the rebel-held outskirts of Yemen's third city Taez killed nine civilians late on Wednesday, a medic and a loyalist
19 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Egyptian football star placed on 'terror' list
Egypt has added Mohamed Aboutrika -- one of the most successful African footballers of his generation -- to its terror watch list on
18 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Hamas, Fattah agree to form unity govt
The main Palestinian parties on Tuesday announced a deal to form a national unity government prior to the holding of elections, after
18 January 2017, 18:00 PM
East Mosul liberated from IS
Iraqi forces have fully retaken east Mosul from the Islamic State group, a top commander said yesterday, three months after a huge
18 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Maksuda’s body to be brought back next week
The body of Maksuda Begum, who died at a hospital in Beirut of Lebanon Monday morning, will be brought back next week, the Bangladesh ambassador in Bairut says.
18 January 2017, 06:16 AM