Middle East

Yemen

Yemen humanitarian truce under threat from intense border clashes

As the Saudi military reinforces security along the border with Yemen, Morocco reports that one of its fighter jets has gone missing over the

11/05/2015

Egypt

Son of a bin man can’t be a judge, says Egypt’s justice minister

11/05/2015

Culture news

International choreographers perform at the Cairo Dance Festival

Seven choreographers from Egypt, the UK, the US, Canada and the Netherlands have come together at the Cairo Contemporary Dance Festival ‘By Chance.’

11/05/2015

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Aftermath of air strikes in Yemen

11/05/2015

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Turkish PM makes unauthorised visit to Syria 

11/05/2015

Yemen

Besieged Aden desperately awaits Tuesday's humanitarian truce

Tuesday’s five-day humanitarian ceasefire can’t come soon enough for the people of Aden. Weeks of aerial bombardments by Saudi-led coalition forces

11/05/2015

Turkey

Turkish president accused of illegal electioneering

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Germany’s large ethnic Turkish community to preserve their homeland’s language and culture

10/05/2015

Yemen

Saudi-led airstrike leaves former Yemen president's home in ruins

Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in Yemen continued on Sunday, leaving a Sanaa residence of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in ruins. An

10/05/2015

Yemen

Yemen five-day humanitarian truce set to start on Tuesday

Houthi fighters in Yemen have accepted a five-day cease fire but warned they would respond to any violations. Saudi Arabia proposed the truce after

10/05/2015

Turkey

Former Turkish army chief Kenan Evren dies

Former Turkish army chief and president Kenan Evren has died aged 97. Evren was sentenced to life in prison last year for leading a 1980 coup that

10/05/2015

Egypt

Former Egyptian President Mubarak sentenced to three years jail with sons

Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to three years in jail without parole along with his two sons. The ruling comes at the

09/05/2015

Yemen

Saudi Arabia offers humanitarian truce in Yemen

Saudi Arabia is offering a five-day ceasefire in Yemen, so that emergency aid can be brought in. Continued fighting, and Saudi-led air strikes, have

08/05/2015

Yemen

Senior al-Qaeda militant reportedly killed in Yemen

A US air strike is said to have killed a senior militant of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The SITE Intelligence group quotes Al Qaeda as saying

08/05/2015

United Arab Emirates

UAE, the first Arab country without visa in the Schengen area

07/05/2015

Yemen

Saudi Arabia proposes five-day truce in Yemen

Saudi Arabia has proposed a five-day truce in Yemen following appeals from US Secretary of State John Kerry for a pause in the fighting to allow humanitarian aid into the war-torn country.

07/05/2015

Israel

Israel's knife-edge new coalition promises suspense for itself, opposition and Palestinians

The coalition put together in extremis by Benjamin Netanyahu has made bold headlines in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv but it is fragile and already under

07/05/2015

Israel

Israeli PM clinches last minute deal to form coalition

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has clinched an 11th hour deal with a far-right party to form a new coalition government. After hours of

07/05/2015

Israel

Netanyahu's clinches deal to form new Israeli government

06/05/2015

Qatar

Qatar promises improvements for 'World Cup' migrant workers

Qatar says it is building seven cities or work camps to house more than a quarter of a million migrant labourers. It follows months of controversy

06/05/2015

Syria

"Death Everywhere" - report accuses Syria of bombing civilians

Amnesty International report accuses Syrian government of deliberately targeting civilians with deadly barrel bombs in Aleppo

06/05/2015

Israel

Israeli soldiers on 'lax' Gaza war rules

A new report with testimonies of former IDF soldiers describes allegations that military operations disregarded civilian safety.

05/05/2015

Saudi Arabia

Schools close in southern region of Saudi Arabia after shelling by Houthi rebels

In the southern Najran region of Saudi Arabia schools were suspended on Tuesday. The decision, announced on Saudi state television, was taken after

05/05/2015

Yemen

Saudi Arabia considers truce to allow humanitarian aid in Yemen

Saudi Arabia says it is consulting coalition partners about a possible truce in Yemen to allow humanitarian aid to get through. But on Monday its

05/05/2015

Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Ethiopian Israeli soldier Damas Pakada

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met with Damas Pakada, the Ethiopian Israeli soldier who was seen on a close circuit video camera being

04/05/2015

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Anti-racism protest becomes violent in Tel Aviv

04/05/2015

Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Ethiopian Israelis over claims of police brutality

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting Ethiopian Israeli community leaders on Monday to discuss alleged police brutality. The claims come after

04/05/2015