Middle East

Israel

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu comments seen to be at odds with his intelligence service

Leaked cables have landed the Israeli Prime Minister in hot water. Media reports that the leader was at odds with his own secret service over Iran’s

24/02/2015

Sport

Qatar 2022: FIFA recommends winter World Cup

A FIFA task force has recommended that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar should be played between late November and late December, setting football’s world

24/02/2015

Syria

'ISIL abducts' at least 90 Christians in Syria

ISIL militants abduct at least 90 Assyrian Christians in dawn raids across north-eastern Syria, activists claim

24/02/2015

Israel

Leaked documents allege Israel PM and Mossad differ on Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the United Nations in 2012, in which he warned Iran was a year away from being able to make a

24/02/2015

Qatar

Qatar 2022 World Cup set for December Final

Season’s greetings for 2022 from Fifa. Football’s world governing body is poised to move the Qatar World Cup finals from the summer to deep

24/02/2015

Turkey

Drone does the shopping in Ankara

24/02/2015

Syria

Suleyman Shah: Syria reacts to Turkish 'agression'

The Syrian government has denounced Turkey’s operation to remove the remains of Suleyman Shah – the grandfather of the founder of the Ottoman Empire

23/02/2015

Egypt

Alaa Abdel Fattah sentenced by Egypt court

Prominent activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has been sentenced to five years in jail by an Egyptian court for breaking protest laws, branded repressive by

23/02/2015

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Turkey: Men don miniskirts to denounce violence against women

23/02/2015

Syria

Mission successful: Ottoman forefather's remains removed from Syria

Mission successful, according to the Turkish government, as soldiers guarding the tomb of Suleyman Shah are evacuated from Syria and his remains exhumed.

22/02/2015

Turkey

Men in 'miniskirt protest' against student death in Turkey

Turkish men have donned miniskirts to denounce violence against women at a protest in Istanbul after a 20-year-old student was beaten to death after

21/02/2015

United Arab Emirates

Dubai: Hundreds forced to flee fire at 'The Torch' skyscraper

Hundreds of people in Dubai have been evacuated from one of the world’s tallest residential buildings after fire swept through The Torch, a 79-storey

21/02/2015

Israel

Israel warns 'bad Iran deal' could spark Middle East nuclear arms race

As world powers seek an agreement in the Iran nuclear talks, Israel says it will try and thwart any deal that it believes undermines its security

19/02/2015

Focus

The future of tackling global health issues discussed at the World Innovation Summit for Health in Doha

The latest groundbreaking medical research and health innovations were under the microscope for two days in Doha. It was the second edition of the

19/02/2015

Egypt

Tension between Qatar and Egypt over airstrikes on ISIL

Egypt defends its airstrikes in Libya on suspected militants who have expressed support for the ISIL terrorist group

19/02/2015

Turkey

Snow storm hits Istanbul closing Bosphorus to shipping

A snow storm has hit Istanbul grounding planes halting traffic and forcing the temporary closure of the Bosphorus Strait shipping channel. Turkish

19/02/2015

Turkey

Kurdish militant call for concrete steps from Turkey over peace process

Turkey’s fragile peace process with Kurdish militants risks falling apart if no progress is made, according to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)

18/02/2015

Egypt

Rising tensions between Cairo and Tripoli prompt calls for intervention in Libya

Egypt is calling on the international community to intervene in Libya after its air force bombed targets in the eastern Libyan city of Darna on

17/02/2015

Lebanon

Hezbollah warns ISIL is a 'great danger'

The leader of Hezbollah has strongly denounced ISIL’s beheading of the Egyptian Christian hostages and called on regional governments to work

17/02/2015

Egypt

Egypt bombs Islamic State militants in Libya

Egypt has bombed several Islamic State targets in Libya, reportedly killing up to 50 militants. It comes after the group released a video appearing

16/02/2015

Turkey

Kurds and Turkish police clash on anniversary of PKK leader's capture

Clashes between Kurds and Turkish security forces have once again broken out in Cizre province in the south east of the country. Demonstrators fought

16/02/2015

Egypt

Egypt warns of retribution against ISIL after apparent killing of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya

Egypt’s president has warned his country will respond to the brutal killing by ISIL militants of 21 Egyptian Christians. A propaganda video

16/02/2015

Turkey

Turkey women protest over slaying of student 'who resisted rape'

Women have taken to the streets across Turkey to denounce the brutal murder of a student, killed after allegedly resisting a rape attempt by a

15/02/2015

Israel

Netanyahu urges Europe's Jews to move to Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has responded to this weekend’s deadly synagogue shooting in Copenhagen by urging European Jews to emigrate to

15/02/2015

Turkey

Turkey education strike against rise of Islamic teaching

Turkish police used water cannon in the western city of Izmir on Friday to disperse hundreds of students and teachers boycotting schools. They were

13/02/2015

Sport

Terpstra defends Tour of Qatar title

Ireland’s Sam Bennett produced a superb display to win the final stage of the Tour of Qatar as Dutch rider Niki Terpstra claimed his second straight

13/02/2015