Middle East

Business

Erdogan remains defiant despite Turkish Lira's spiral

Turkey's President defended his country's financial health, insisting people should look at the "big picture" instead of focussing on foreign exchange prices.

10/08/2018

Gaza

Israeli airstrikes flatten cultural centre in Gaza strip as Hamas seeks truce | The Cube

The Cube team works to verify videos showing moment of airstrike on cultural centre in the Gaza strip

10/08/2018

Business

Turkish Lira plummets leaving the Euro struggling

The Euro sank to its lowest levels in over a year on Friday, with investors dumping their eurozone shares following Turkey's spiralling Lira currency and overheating inflation.

10/08/2018

Yemen

Red Cross calls for combatants to spare children in Yemen conflict

29 children killed in marketplace missile strike

10/08/2018

Gaza

Israel and Palestinian violence continues

The recent surge of air strikes leave three dead in Gaza and renewed efforts for a truce to be brokered between the two sides.

10/08/2018

Yemen

Yemen: Air strikes kill dozens of children riding a bus

The Saudi-led coalition insists it's acted within international law and accuses the Iranian-aligned Houthi group of using the children as human shields.

09/08/2018

Gaza

Militants fire 36 rockets into Israel

Israel responded with airstrikes on Wednesday claiming they were in response to 36 rockets fired by militants in Gaza

09/08/2018

Israel

Critics say new nationality law will make Israel an apartheid state

Thousands of Israel's minority Druze community held a rally in Tel Aviv to protest against a new nationality law that they say will sideline non-Jewish Israelis

05/08/2018

Gaza

Family remain defiant at funeral of Palestinian teenager

The funeral has taken place in Gaza of a Palestinian teenager who was hit by Israeli fire during a border protest and later died of his wounds.

04/08/2018

Turkey

Turkey retaliates over US sanctions

Turkey’s President has hit back at the United States after Washington imposed sanctions on two Turkish ministers over the detention of a US clergyman accused of supporting terrorism.

04/08/2018

Gaza

Fatal clashes at Gaza protest

Violent clashes broke out between protesters and Israeli troops along the border with Gaza resulting in one death and over 200 injuries

04/08/2018

World

Plunging from heights of 25 meters on stage with La Perle

Resident theatre shows are not the norm in Dubai, however, the post-modern circus-style performance La Perle is rewriting the rules.

03/08/2018

World

Tomorrowland booms the electronic dance music scene in Abu Dhabi

Tomorrowland, an electronic dance music festival that started in Europe thirteen years ago, attracted fans from around the world to Abu Dhabi on Saturday, July 28th.

03/08/2018

Cyprus

Unique Cyprus drama festival takes audience back to ancient Greece

Ancient Greek dramas performed in authentic setting of Cypriot amphitheatres

03/08/2018

Yemen

Dozens killed in airstrikes on Yemeni port of Hodeida

Dozens of civilians were killed in airstrikes on the rebel-held Yemeni port city of Hodeida, threatening renewed efforts to negotiate an end to the conflict.

03/08/2018

Israel

Thousands take part in Jerusalem gay pride parade

Some 20,000 people turned out for Jerusalem's annual Gay Pride parade, flanked by police officers after threats by some Jewish activists to disrupt the celebration.

03/08/2018

Turkey

Turkey's Iyi Party retracts call to seize Trump Towers in Istanbul

Iyi opposition party spokesperson Aytun Çıray apologised for his statement calling for the seizure of the Turkish franchise of Trump Towers.

02/08/2018

Cyprus

Two Turkish Cypriot journalists face prosecution in Turkey

Two Turkish Cypriot journalists face charges in Turkey over criticism of Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s regime after their case fell through in Cyprus.

02/08/2018

Israel

‘World’s largest Arabic lesson’ held in Israel after nation-state law

The event sought to offer a “creative way instead of a violent way” of responding to the controversial law, which declared Hebrew the language of the state and gave Arabic a “special status”.

02/08/2018

Gaza

Fire balloons prompt Israel to stop Gaza fuel supplies

Israel has halted fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip because of incendiary balloons and kites being launched from the enclave

02/08/2018

Turkey

Turkey vows to retaliate over US sanctions

Turkey has vowed to retaliate against US sanctions imposed over the trial of a US pastor accused of backing terrorism.

02/08/2018

Turkey

'If Ozil wants to talk about racism, he should look at Turkey'

Mesut Ozil sensationally quit the German national football team last month, saying he was subject to “racism and disrespect” because of his Turkish roots. But Deniz Naki tells Euronews that if Ozil really has an issue with racism, he should look at Turkey.

02/08/2018

Israel

Israel says Syrian civil war is effectively over

Shortly after carrying out air strikes on the Syrian-held Golan Heights Israel's defence minister said the civil war in Syria is effectively over

02/08/2018

Israel

Educate for a better future - Tamimi

Palestinian activist calls for an end to Israeli occupation

29/07/2018

Israel

Israel releases Italian street artist painting mural of Ahed Tamimi

Agostino Chirwin, better known by the pseudonym Jorit Agoch, was arrested alongside another Italian national and a Palestinian. The Italians have been given 72 hours to leave the country.

29/07/2018

Syria

Hundreds of Syrian refugees living in Lebanon return home

Around 900 Syrian refugees who had been in Lebanon have returned to their homeland over the weekend. This is the fourth round of people to return to Syria in a one-month period

29/07/2018