Middle East

Egypt

Elections could be delayed in Egypt over legal hitch

Egypt looks at new timetable for elections due to begin on March the 22nd

01/03/2015

Turkey

Jailed Kurdish leader calls for PKK to disarm

Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan has called on his followers to lay down their arms, in step towards ending the 30 year-old insurgency in Turkey.

01/03/2015

Turkey

Turkish author Yasar Kemal dies at 92

Yasar Kemal, one of Turkey’s best-known writers, has died at the age of 92. He passed away in hospital in Istanbul following respiratory and organ

01/03/2015

Turkey

Jailed Kurdish leader calls for and end to the PKK's armed struggle against Turkey

The jailed leader of Turkey’s largest rebel Kurd group has called for it to disarm and end to its thirty year armed struggle. Abdullah Ocalan said

28/02/2015

Syria

Syrians start to return to Kobani as Kurds fight off ISIL

Up to 3,000 Syrians return to a largely-demolished Kobani after four months of clashes between Kurdish rebels and ISIL militants.

27/02/2015

Gaza

Artist Banksy uses pussy power to highlight Gaza devastation

The squalid living conditions in Gaza have been highlighted by Banksy, the eminent but anonymous British street artist, who has posted a

26/02/2015

Turkey

Former Miss Turkey faces jail for "insulting" Recep Erdogan on Instagram

26/02/2015

Egypt

Series of homemade explosions rock Cairo

Egyptian security officials said a series of explosions on Thursday in Cairo has killed at least one person and wounded seven. The blasts were the

26/02/2015

Syria

Revised reports suggest ISIL has abducted over 200 Assyrian Christians in Syria

In Syria, fresh reports revise the number of Assyrian Christians believed to have been abducted by ISIL from 90 to over 200.

26/02/2015

Israel

US tensions with Israel increase over Iran's nuclear programme.

US-Israeli relations appear to be in danger of sinking to their lowest level in recent years. The issue at stake is Iran. Israel’s Prime Minister

25/02/2015

Sport

Qatar 2022: FIFA rules out compensation

FIFA have ruled out any prospect of Europe’s football clubs receiving financial compensation over the planned winter World Cup in Qatar. Speaking at

25/02/2015

Yemen

French government demand "speedy release" of woman kidnapped in Yemen

Police have stepped up their search for the French woman and her driver who were snatched while driving through Sanaa in Yemen on Tuesday. French

25/02/2015

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