Middle East
Police use tear gas against protesters threatening to shut down production at Basra oilfield
Oil exports from Basra account for more than 95 per cent of OPEC producer Iraq's state revenues..
Philippines bombing kills one, wounds over a dozen
A bomb ripped through an internet cafe in the southern Philippines on Sunday, killing one person and..
Blasts at Syria’s Mazzeh military airbase ‘not Israeli strikes’
The Mazzeh airbase houses Syrian Air Force intelligence (Screenshot – Syrian state media) Syria has..
Traffic jams hit Dubai as schools re-open
Dubai: Traffic crawled to a halt in many areas in Dubai this morning as hundreds of thousands of stu..
Iran plans to boost ballistic, cruise missile capacity in spite of US sanctions
Iran President Hassan Rouhani sits in cockpit of Kowsar domestic fighter jet in Tehran (AFP/file pho..
Jordan says US move to halt UN refugee agency funding fuels radicalism
Jordan said on Saturday it regretted a US decision to halt funding to a United Nations agency for Pa..
Syrian government artillery kills pregnant woman, daughter in Idlib
Russian and Syrian forces near posters of Assad and Putin in Idlib province (AFP/file photo) A preg..
EU vows to keep backing UNRWA after Trump scraps US financial aid
Children gather at playground of UNRWA school in occupied West Bank on 29 August (AFP) The 28-natio..
Saudi-led coalition admits ‘mistakes’ made in deadly Yemen bus strike
Yemeni child stands next to destroyed bus day after Saudi-led coalition air strike (AFP/file photo) ..
Medical teams at Jeddah airport save two pilgrims lives
Fri, 2018-08-31 14:42 JEDDAH: Medical teams at King Abdul Aziz International Airport saved the li..