Middle East

Egypt

Metrojet 'grounds A321' fleet, UK advises against air travel to Sharm

In the wake of last week’s Metrojet crash in Sinai, the Russian carrier is reportedly grounding its A321 aircraft while additional checks are carried

05/11/2015

Syria

Russia sends missile systems to Syria to protect its forces

Representatives of four Free Syrian Army rebel groups have dismissed a report claiming they would meet Russian officials to discuss fighting Islamic

05/11/2015

Egypt

UK and US intelligence sources say Russian airliner was downed by a bomb

There is growing evidence that a bomb was the likely cause of last week’s Russian airliner crash in Sinai which killed 224 people. Although not

05/11/2015

Egypt

Russian plane crash: 'Bomb' theory gains ground

US intelligence points to a bomb planted by the so-called Islamic State or an affiliate bringing down the Russian passenger plane that crashed over

04/11/2015

Turkey

Erdogan seeks agreement for change in Turkish constitution

AK party boss and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has a long cherished dream; to scrap a 1982 coup-era constitution everyone agrees is no

04/11/2015

Egypt

Sinai crash: plane 'may have been brought down by explosive device'

UK cancels flights back from Sharm el-Sheikh as Downing Street announces Sinai peninsula Metrojet plane 'may have been brought down by explosive device'.

04/11/2015

Egypt

World Travel Market 2015 interview – H.E. Hisham Zaazou, Egypt

04/11/2015

Business Line

Business Line: Big party for Turkey's ruling party

Turkey’s ruling AK party grabbed a surprisingly robust victory in the weekend’s snap elections. The result has been seen first of all as a triumph

04/11/2015

World

Afghan women's education pioneer wins WISE award in Doha

In Doha the 7th World Innovation Summit for Education, WISE is underway. The Sheikha Moza bint Nasser of Qatar welcomed this year’s special guest

04/11/2015

Turkey

Turkey opens its first underwater museum

Turkey’s first underwater museum has opened in the town of Side in Antalya. Visitors with some diving experience can view more than a hundred and ten

04/11/2015

Egypt

Co-pilot of crashed Russian plane 'had technical concerns'

As aviation experts try to piece together the last minutes of a Russian airliner before it crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsular killing all 224 people

04/11/2015

Egypt

Sinai crash: black boxes to reveal their secrets

Experts are turning their attention to the black box recorders from the passenger plane that crashed in Egypt on Saturday with the loss of 224 lives

03/11/2015

Turkey

Turkish Kurds' poll setback may mean backlash for whole region

As Turkey’s elections wrapped up and the votes were counted, the anticipated elation of the Kurds of the southeastern city of Diyarbakir gave way to

03/11/2015

Turkey

Triumphant AK party cracks down on Turkish critics as media purge widens

The triumphant Turkish government is turning the screw on its opponents following its re-election with an absolute majority; so much so its critics

03/11/2015

Turkey

Turkey's hidden basilica: Underwater and under wraps but not for much longer

A hidden, underwater treasure from Turkey will soon be revealed to the world – a Byzantine-era basilica only discovered last year by chance, during

03/11/2015

Economy

Turkey under pressure to hike interest rates as core inflation rises

Core inflation hit a peak for the year in October, putting pressure on the central bank to tighten policy by raising interest rates. Headline

03/11/2015

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Aerial video shows field of debris of Russian Metrojet crash in Egypt

Video footage showing the site of the Sinai plane crash on Saturday, which claimed 224 lives. The airline has blamed external factors for the

03/11/2015

Turkey

Post-election pressure piled on Turkish opposition circles

The election is over, but the pressure is still on for Turkish opposition circles. Dawn raids, arrests and media clampdowns provoke international criticism.

03/11/2015

Turkey

OSCE denounce Turkish election campaign as 'unfair'

European observers have criticised Turkey’s election campaign which has seen President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AK party returned to power with a

03/11/2015

Israel

Elderly Israelis wounded in latest Middle East stabbings

Elderly Israelis were among those stabbed as violence flared again in the Middle East on Monday. Three people were attacked by a knife-wielding

02/11/2015

Syria

Syrian civilians trapped between shifting battle fronts and air strikes

Syria’s northern city of Aleppo, heart of a province that was once an economic capital, risks being crushed in the crossfire between forces

02/11/2015

Turkey

Turkish election victory promises major challenges for Davutoğlu

A pious, pan-Islamist, moderate conservative, Ahmet Davutoğlu beat election predictions with a gentle style. In Konya Province, in the central

02/11/2015

Israel

Elderly woman stabbed and Palestinian shot dead as Middle East violence rages

Violence flared again between Israelis and Palestinians on Monday with more stabbings and shootings. A 19-year-old Palestinian was arrested after

02/11/2015

Economy

Markets in Turkey surge after AK Party's election victory

Markets in Turkey have surged after the ruling AK Party’s clear victory in the country’s parliamentary election. By early afternoon the main index in

02/11/2015

Turkey

Turkey: will peace talks follow poll?

The streets of Diyarbakir are quiet, despite the result of Sunday’s general election in Turkey. It is marked contrast from the poll in June, when the

02/11/2015

Turkey

Erdogan calls on world to accept AKP election victory in Turkey

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls for unity in Turkey and for the world to accept the election victory of the party he founded.

02/11/2015