Middle East

Sport

Rising stars shine on day one of Tel Aviv grand slam

Grand Slam judo is back in Tel Aviv - and on the day it was the sport’s rising stars who made the biggest impact.

19/02/2021

United Arab Emirates

UAE a 'lawless country with good PR', says Princess Latifa campaigner

Princess Latifa, the daughter of UAE vice president Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, claims she is being held against her will.

17/02/2021

Turkey

Turkey probes Dutch MP Geert Wilders over 'insulting' Erdogan tweets

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into remarks by Dutch far-right lawmaker Geert Wilders, who called President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a "terrorist".

16/02/2021

Turkey

Turkey arrests hundreds linked to PKK after troops found dead in Iraq

More than 700 arrests were made after the bodies of 13 Turkish nationals were discovered during a military operation in Iraq.

15/02/2021

United Arab Emirates

UAE releases its first picture of Mars from Amal space probe

Amal, which is the Arabic word for hope, is currently circling the red planet, and will do so until the rover separates and attempts to land.

15/02/2021

Turkey

Turkish troops find bodies of 13 citizens in cave in northern Iraq

Turkey says the 13 people, whose names have not been revealed, had been abducted by militants and taken to a cave complex in Iraq.

14/02/2021

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Small tornado leaves a path of destruction in Turkey

It hit late on Thursday and uprooted trees, blew off roof tiles, swept up cars and knocked down a crane. At least four boats capsized.

12/02/2021

Turkey

Tornado causes injuries and topples crane in western Turkey

It struck in the coastal town of Çeşme, near Izmir, uprooting trees, capsizing yachts and knocking down a crane.

12/02/2021

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Syria's White Helmets rescue four-year-old girl from well

Sumaya had fallen down a well in the northern Syrian town of Al-Bab.

11/02/2021

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia releases women's driving activist after three years

Saudi Arabia releases women's driving activist after three years in jail

10/02/2021

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting against COVID rules clash with security

The gatherings have led to clashes with police and an unprecedented wave of public anger toward the religious community.

10/02/2021

Destinations

Egypt builds 36km wall around tourist resort of Sharm el-Sheikh

The Red Sea resort has built a new security wall following a drop in tourism due to terrorist attacks.

09/02/2021

United Arab Emirates

UAE rocket to enter Mars orbit - Arab world's first deep-space mission

The orbiter, called Amal, Arabic for Hope, travelled 482 million km)in nearly seven months to get to Mars with the goal of mapping its atmosphere throughout each season.

09/02/2021

Israel

Israeli Prime Minister denies corruption charges

Benjamin Netanyahu enters plea in court in corruption trial.

08/02/2021

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Protesters wait for Netanyahu as he leaves court

Protests continue just weeks before national elections in which he hopes to extend his 12-year term in office.

08/02/2021

No Comment

David Guetta performs from top of Burj Al Arab in Dubai

David Guetta streamed live on his Youtube channel his free performance on the helipad the building.

06/02/2021

Israel

Israel: Netanyahu denounces ICC war crimes move as 'anti-Semitism'

Israel could face war crimes investigation after an International Criminal Court ruling extended its jurisdiction to territories Israel occupied in the 1967 Mideast war.

06/02/2021

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Beirut blast: Six months on, people are still hunting for justice

The incident on August 4, which saw 2,750 tonnes of improperly stored ammonium nitrate explode, killed more than 200 people.

04/02/2021

Turkey

Turkey rejects criticism of its handling of ongoing student protests

Students have been protesting the appointment of an Erdogan loyalist as the rector of Istanbul's prestigious Bogazici University, with some demonstrations resulting in clashes with security forces.

04/02/2021

Europe Decoded

Twitter removes 'hateful' LGBT comments by Turkey's Interior Minister

Twitter said the post violated rules about hateful conduct but decided to keep it on the platform for public interest.

02/02/2021

Syria

COVID-19 has slowed repatriation of foreign children in Syrian camps

According to Save the Children, an estimated 200 foreign children were repatriated in 2020 from camps in north-east Syria, down from 685 in 2019.

02/02/2021

Turkey

Erdogan wants to draft a new 'civilian' constitution for Turkey

The president said Turkey's current constitution contains "indelible" traces of the "military tutelage".

01/02/2021

Israel

Thousands join in Jerusalem funeral, flout pandemic rules

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis attended a rabbi's funeral, flouting the country's ban on large public gatherings during the pandemic.

31/01/2021

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates will offer citizenship to some foreign nationals

Sheikh Mohammed wrote on Twitter that hereditary rulers in the country's seven emirates and at the federal level would nominate those for citizenship.

30/01/2021

Syria

UN: 27,000 children need to be repatriated from ISIS camp in Syria

Voronkov said there are children from 60 countries in the camps who are the responsibility of their member states, not of Syria or the groups that control the camps.

30/01/2021

Conscious Travel

Community immersion tourism: Staying with a Bedouin family in Oman

As part of our Conscious Travel series, we look at influencer Eva Zu Beck’s recent experience in Wahiba Sands.

29/01/2021