UN: 200,000 more could flee Mosul

The United Nations yesterday said up to 200,000 more people could flee Mosul as Iraqi forces push into the last districts held by
18 May 2017

Palestinian killed by Israeli settler in WB

A Palestinian was killed by an Israeli settler during a clash near the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank yesterday. The clash near a
18 May 2017

UN offers way forward to draft charter

Rival Syrian delegations yesterday weighed a UN proposal on developing a new constitution for the war-ravaged country, as a new round
17 May 2017

Syria peace talks restart in Geneva

A new round of Syria peace talks opened in Geneva yesterday, the latest United Nations push to resolve a six-year conflict that has
16 May 2017

IS 'on brink of defeat'

Iraqi forces have recaptured nearly 90 percent of west Mosul from the Islamic State group and jihadists in the city are on the "brink of total defeat," military spokesmen said yesterday.
16 May 2017

Quake kills 2 in Iran

A 5.7 magnitude earthquake near Iran's border with Turkmenistan killed two people, injured hundreds and caused widespread damage,
14 May 2017

Rebel evacuation deal takes effect

At least 1,500 civilians and rebels evacuated an opposition district in Damascus yesterday, state media said, bringing the government closer to cementing its control over the Syrian capital.
14 May 2017

Jordanian stabs Israeli officer, shot dead

A Jordanian man stabbed and wounded an Israeli officer in annexed east Jerusalem yesterday before being shot dead, police said. The
13 May 2017

Army seizes airbase from IS: sources

Syria's army captured an airbase in eastern Aleppo from the Islamic State group yesterday, after more than two months of fierce
13 May 2017

'IS beheads' Russian officer in Syria

Islamic State has issued a video showing the beheading of what it described as a Russian intelligence officer captured in Syria, the U.-
9 May 2017

Abbas says ready to meet Israel PM

Mahmud Abbas said yesterday Donald Trump was expected to visit the Palestinian territories "soon" and that he was ready to meet Israel's prime minister as part of the US president's peace efforts.
9 May 2017

Iran warns of hitting Pak 'terror safe heavens'

The head of the Iranian armed forces warned Islamabad on Monday that Tehran would hit bases inside Pakistan if the government does not confront Sunni militants who carry out cross-border attacks.
9 May 2017

Hunger-strike leader secretly filmed eating

Israel's prison authority on Sunday shared a video of what it says is jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti eating
8 May 2017

US reviews safe zones

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said yesterday the United States would closely examine proposed de-escalation
8 May 2017

Qatar keen to recruit skilled Bangladeshi manpower

Qatar Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Bin Khalifa Al Thani has lauded the honest and hardworking Bangladeshi workers now numbering 3,80,000 for their contribution in the development of Qatar.
8 May 2017

Russia-US agree Syria air deal

The Russian and US chiefs of general staff agreed on Saturday to fully resume the implementation of a joint
7 May 2017

Hamas elects Ismail Haniya as leader

Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas elected ex-Gaza Strip chief Ismail Haniya as its new leader yesterday, days
6 May 2017

Forces gain foothold in northwest

Iraqi forces pushed further into Mosul from the north on the second day of a new push to speed up the nearly seven-
5 May 2017

Saudi Arabia eases control on women

Saudi women no longer need a man's consent to carry out certain activities, local media reported on yesterday, but
5 May 2017

No US plane allowed to fly

The safe zones that regional powers have agreed to create in Syria will be closed for military planes of the
5 May 2017