Middle East

Sport

Gherman glides to epee gold

Romania’s Simona Gherman celebrated gold in the women’s Epee Individual at the The Doha Grand Prix in Qatar. The 2012 European champion fell behind

07/12/2014

Syria

Israeli warplanes hit targets in Syria

Syrian state television said on Sunday that Israeli jets had bombed areas near Damascus international airport and in the town of Dimas near the

07/12/2014

World

Hosszu and Manadou each claim another World Record

07/12/2014

Syria

Conflicting versions of conflict in Syria as US and partner nations continue airstrikes against ISIL

Islamic State militants claim a video posted on a social media website shows its fighters having taken control of Syrian government airbase in the

07/12/2014

Sport

Gold in Doha for French fencer

The first day of the Doha Grand Prix in Qatar threw up a Swiss-French final in the men’s epee event. Daniel Jerent took the gold defeating Peer

06/12/2014

Yemen

American hostage Luke Somers killed in failed rescue attempt says sister

The sister of an American photojournalist held by Al Qaeda militants in Yemen says he has been killed in a failed rescue attempt. Thirty

06/12/2014

Sport

World Records keep falling on Day 3 of FINA Worlds

05/12/2014

Syria

Kurdish fighters vow to go on fighting as long as the ISIL threat remains.

Women Kurdish peshmerga are fighting alongside their male compatriots to repel the ISIL assault on Kobani on the Syrian border with Turkey. The siege there has a become a powerful international symbol

05/12/2014

Sport

Brazil show supremacy on second day of FINA Worlds

04/12/2014

Israel

Israel oil spill 'worst in country's history'

The Eilat-Ashkelon crude oil pipeline ruptured overnight on Wednesday, spilling millions of litres of crude oil into rivers and streams and through the Evrona nature reserve.

04/12/2014

Yemen

Al Qaeda militants in Yemen threaten to kill US hostage Luke Somers

Al Qaeda militants in Yemen have released a video purportedly showing a British-born US hostage, with the threat to kill him.

04/12/2014

Sport

Garcia topples two World Records on opening night in Doha

04/12/2014

Sport

Minimum age for F1 drivers to be introduced

Formula one law makers are to introduce a minimum age for drivers starting from the 2016 season. The rule change comes just over three months after

03/12/2014

Israel

Two Israeli shoppers wounded in Jerusalem supermarket attack

A police spokeswomen said that a 16-year-old Palestinian boy stabbed two people believed to be Israelis before being shot by an off-duty security guar

03/12/2014

Syria

Kerry says ISIL has been damaged by US-led coalition but battle may take 'years'

The US-led coalition fighting ISIL has inflicted serious damage on the extremists, carrying out around 1,000 airstrikes so far in Syria and Iraq

03/12/2014

Israel

Israel to vote on March 17 in early poll amid Netanyahu government crisis

Israelis will head back to the polls on March 17 in early elections triggered by a crisis in the coalition government. Having only taken office last

03/12/2014

Yemen

Iranian ambassador escapes suicide car bombing in Yemeni capital

Civilians and security guards are the victims of an attack on Iran's ambassador in Yemen by a suicide carbomber

03/12/2014

Yemen

Iranian ambassador escapes car bomb in Yemeni capital

At least three dead in car bomb attack against Iranian ambassador in Sanaa after terrorist penetrates Yemeni capital's top security zone

03/12/2014

Israel

Netanyahu fires two Israeli ministers as early elections loom

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sacked two of his ministers and announced he wants to dissolve parliament “as soon as possible”

03/12/2014

Israel

French vote for Palestine statehood divides opinions in Middle East

The French parliament’s vote in favour of a Palestinian state is not binding on the French government, but like other votes in Europe it will be

02/12/2014

Israel

Netanyahu sacks ministers paving way for early Israeli elections

Israel looks to be heading for early elections after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sacked two senior ministers from his coalition government. He

02/12/2014

Syria

As funds dry up UN cuts aid to 1.7 million Syrian refugees

Funds dry up as UN aid cuts place Syrian refugees in danger of starvation

02/12/2014

West Bank

Palestine a state in the eyes of more and more countries

The Swedish government officially recognised Palestinian statehood in October, the parliaments of the UK and Spain almost unanimously support it, a huge majority of countries in the UN have officially

02/12/2014

Lebanon

Lebanon detains wife and child of ISIL leader Baghdadi

Lebanese authorities are said to be questioning a wife of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after she and a child of the ISIL leader were detained near the Syrian border.

02/12/2014

Business Series

OPEC’s black gold price losing its shimmer

02/12/2014

Syria

Top Nazi war criminal believed dead in Syria

02/12/2014