Middle East

Israel

UN buries report accusing Israel of 'apartheid'

UN withdraws report accusing Israel of 'apartheid'

18/03/2017

Yemen

Dozens of Somali refugees killed in airstrike off Yemen

More than 40 Somali refugees have been killed when the boat they were travelling in was attacked, according to the International Organisation for Migration.

17/03/2017

Economy

The economic costs of Syria's civil war

Syria's economy is crippled by six years of civil war and sanctions mean China is increasingly stepping in to supply the country.

17/03/2017

Syria

Deadly airstrike hits Syrian mosque during evening worship killing up to 58

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports air strikes have hit a mosque in the rebel-held village of al-Jina in the northwest of the country.

17/03/2017

Cyprus

How millions of songbirds are being illegally slaughtered to supply Cypriot restaurants

An estimated 2.3 million songbirds were illegally killed last autumn in Cyprus where they are served in restaurants as a local delicacy

17/03/2017

Egypt

Ancient Egyptian statue not Ramses II but Psamtek I

Egyptian statue not Ramses II, but King Psamtek I

17/03/2017

Syria

Dozens killed in air strike on mosque in Syria

At least 42 people have been killed and dozens wounded, when an air strike hit a mosque in the rebel-held village of al-Jina, near Aleppo in Syria.

17/03/2017

Turkey

Turkey says Dutch parties have same "mindset" despite election result

Turkey’s war of words with the Netherlands has deepened after its foreign minister dismissed the Dutch election results.

16/03/2017

Turkey

Turkish foreign minister predicts 'religious war' in Europe

Turkey has increased its verbal attacks on Europe following the Dutch election, warning that the continent is on the verge of collapse into “religious war”.

16/03/2017

Turkey

Turkey-Netherlands spat continues as Dutch cows sent back

As Turkish anger at the refusal by the Netherlands to let the Turkish foreign minister speak at a Rotterdam rally escalates, 40 Dutch Holstein cows have been sent back from…

16/03/2017

Syria

Twin suicide bomb attacks kill dozens in Syria

At least 31 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in two suicide bomb attacks in Damascus.

15/03/2017

Turkey

EU leaders hit back at Erdogan as Turkey threatens migrant deal

EU leaders have staunchly backed the Netherlands in its diplomatic row with Turkey.

15/03/2017

Syria

Suicide blasts in Damascus on six year Syria conflict anniversary

Six years to the day since the start of Syria’s conflict, twin suicide attacks brought terror to Damascus on Wednesday.

15/03/2017

Africanews

Egyptian military to print high school exam papers to curb leakage

After last year's national high school examination leakage, Egypt's education ministry is proposing to use the military to strengthen efforts in preventing exam malpractices.

15/03/2017

Turkey

Pro-Erdogan cyber attack puts swastikas on Twitter

In a massive cyber attack, Twitter accounts belonging to organisations like Amnesty International and UNICEF have been hacked, apparently by supporters of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip…

15/03/2017

Syria

Syria war: 6 years; 5 million refugees; 400,000 dead

Syria’s civil war has raged on for six years.

15/03/2017

Europe News

EU and Turkey - drifting further apart?

Tensions continue to boil, as Europe and Turkey seemingly drift further apart.

14/03/2017

Syria

Syrian crisis 'worst man-made disaster since WWII' - UN

The UN's OHCHR hears of 'torture, executions and unfair trials' in Syria, while a separate UN commission accuses the Syrian Air Force of war crimes.

14/03/2017

Turkey

Turkey's Erdogan holds Dutch responsible for Srebrenica

The president has escalated the diplomatic row, accusing the 'rotten' Dutch of responsibility for the 1995 Bosnian war massacre.

14/03/2017

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia launches girls' council, without the girls

Feminists would have likely given full marks for theory, but zero for practice.

14/03/2017

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Aleppo rail service reopens

There may be little left of this eastern Aleppo railway station, but trains are starting to return to the war-torn city after a break of five years.

14/03/2017

Turkey

Turkey bans Dutch ambassador as diplomatic crisis deepens

Turkey has barred the Dutch ambassador to Ankara in the deepening row between the two countries.

13/03/2017

Egypt

Egypt: bust of ancient Pharaoh lifted from slum

A bust of a statue believed to depict one of Egypt’s most famous rulers has been lifted out of a Cairo slum.

13/03/2017

Turkey

Erdogan's push for sweeping new powers for Turkey's presidency

In March 2016 a deadly car bomb exploded near a transport hub in Ankara.

13/03/2017

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Trump float stars at Israel Purim celebration

Israelis across the country took to the streets on Sunday, dressed up in costumes to celebrate Purim, a holiday that commemorates the Jews’ salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in t

13/03/2017

Turkey

Turks squeeze oranges in anti-Dutch protest

Turkey and the Netherlands are currently experiencing a tense diplomatic period, after Turkey’s foreign minister Cavusoglu was stopped from entering the Netherlands to attend a political…

13/03/2017