- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Breaking news from the MIDDLE EASTYemen’s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh called on Friday on all Yemenis to return to a political dialogue to end to the country’s conflict.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Middle East - Los Angeles TimesIsraeli warplanes struck military targets in Syria early Saturday, according to media reports that were not confirmed by Israeli or Syrian officials.
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Gulf News, News in Gulf, Latest Middle East News, Daily News | World News - Times of IndiaWith combatants fighting in neighborhoods and Saudi-led coalition warplanes pounding Iran-backed rebels from the sky, Yemen's war is wreaking a particularly bloody toll among civilians: more than 550 have been killed in the past month, i...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from JPost.com - Middle EastOther key world powers would also be consulted, but not the militant groups Islamic State or Nusra Front, which are classified as "terrorist organizations."
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from NPR Topics: Middle EastWe asked poet Craig Morgan Teicher to find a poem to illuminate a recent news event. He says the capsized boat in the Mediterranean Sea made him think of Derek Mahon's "A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford."
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from NYT > Middle EastPentagon officials said the deployment — and Iran’s apparent response — had lowered tensions in the regional proxy war between Tehran and Saudi Arabia.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Middle East - Los Angeles TimesStreet battles raged Saturday in the Yemeni port city of Aden as the capital, Sana, was hit by bombardment for the first time since Saudi Arabia declared an easing of its air offensive four days earlier.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalOfficers were hit by a car in East Jerusalem in what police suspect might have been a terrorist attack.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from NPR Topics: Middle EastOn Friday, gunmen killed prominent Pakistani women's rights activist and book store owner Sabeen Mahmud. At a book fair in Karachi, colleagues are mourning her loss.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from JPost.com - Middle EastTop security officials admit that you cannot deter the enemy from its desire to equip itself; you can only try to deter it from using the weapons in its possession.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from International Business Times(Reuters) - Three suicide car bombs exploded at a border crossing between Iraq and Jordan on Saturday, killing four soldiers, a witness and an Iraqi border police source said, in an attack claimed shortly afterwards by Islamic State. The...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from JPost.com - Middle EastKhaled Mashaal:"Everyone is a winner in Birzeit University and we all win when we rely on democracy."
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Middle East Monitor - Creating New PerspectivesExecutive Director of Human Rights Watch Kenneth Roth has said that latest support of Gulf States to Egypt was channelled to "suppress dissent." Roth tweeted on Thursday: "It's expensive running a police state: Gulf States give Sisi [Abd...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalThe Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, seized large parts of Syrian city Jisr al-Shughour on Saturday.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Gulf News, News in Gulf, Latest Middle East News, Daily News | World News - Times of IndiaA flotilla of nine Iranian naval and cargo ships that US officials feared was carrying arms to strife-torn Yemen sailed northeast in the direction of Iran on Friday, and this should ease US concerns, a Pentagon spokesman said.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from RSS Feed From Your Middle East - Section NewsThe Islamic State group claimed an attack Saturday by French, Belgian and Senegalese suicide bombers on the Iraq-Jordan border that officials said killed at least four Iraqi security personnel.The bombers detonated explosives-rigged vehi...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from RSS for Middle EastSwedish Foreign Ministry: 2 Swedish hostages released in Syria
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from RSS for Middle EastSudan's pyramids, rivaling those in neighboring Egypt, go unvisited amid sanctions
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Middle East - Voice of AmericaCoalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State in Syria and Iraq on Saturday. In Iraq, coalition forces conducted 11 airstrikes approved by the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, using fighter, attack, bomber and remotely piloted ai...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from JPost.com - Middle EastThe fourth Netanyahu government’s success may depend on the prime minister’s harmony with his finance minister.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Twitter Search / middleeastinstANZAC Day at 100: Gallipoli Begins - ANZAC Cove, April 1915 A century ago today, Allied Forces landed at two locat... http://ow.ly/2XRZ11
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalAn anonymous source in the Russian Embassy in Sanaa said that many Russian doctors, as well as medical specialists from other countries continue to work in Yemen despite the ongoing fighting between Houthi rebels and those loyal to Yemen...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Middle East and North Africa | The GuardianInterview: The Iranian woman who decided at the last moment not to take the sight of the man who disfigured her, explains why her quest for justice is not over One autumn afternoon 10 years ago, Ameneh Bahrami was leaving work in Tehran ...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from NYT > Middle EastTwo men who were abducted in 2013 by Al Qaeda’s Syrian branch were released on Friday after more than two months of negotiations.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalThe deputy head of Russian nuclear energy company Rosatom met with the deputy head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization to discuss power plant expansion and eventual handover of the plants to Iran.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from International Business Times(Reuters) - Fighting between Yemen's warring factions raged in southern and central parts of the country and airstrikes hit Houthi militia forces in Aden on Friday, but there were no fresh moves toward dialogue. Saudi Arabia says it is w...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Middle East and North Africa | The GuardianRt Rev David Walker, bishop of Manchester, says it is ‘unworthy’ for politicians to label displaced migrants as criminals, and country should take in ‘fair share’ Bishop of Manchester: I want leaders who look on migrants with compassion ...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Middle East and North Africa | The GuardianImmmigration minister says Australia is alert to a new threat of professionals defecting to Islamic State Australia is alert to a new threat of professionals defecting to Islamic State, the immigration minister says, confirming a doctor ...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from International Business TimesMilitants of al Qaeda's Syrian affiliate and other Islamic fighters took over the last major government-held town in the northwestern province of Idlib in Syria on Saturday, the Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported, citing a monitoring gr...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from NYT > Middle EastUnwavering support from Capitol Hill is but one reason the C.I.A.’s killing missions are unlikely to change significantly, despite the revelation Thursday that a drone strike had killed two hostages.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Middle East Eye - RSS FeedThe Arab left would have survived had it been predicated on strong social platforms but wishful thinking alone will hardly revive the socialist tide in the Arab world
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Gulf News, News in Gulf, Latest Middle East News, Daily News | World News - Times of IndiaFierce fighting raged on Saturday in south Yemen between Iran-backed rebels and loyalists of exiled president Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, as pressure mounted for the warring factions to hold political talks.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from RSS Feed From Your Middle East - Section NewsThe United Nations envoy to war-torn Syria said he will know by the end of June if there is any appetite among the opposing sides to find a peaceful way out of the conflict.During closed discussions with the 15-member UN Security Council...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalIslamic State fighters rammed a bulldozer packed with explosives into an Iraqi army convoy, killing a senior commander and three officers.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from RSS Feed From Your Middle East - Section NewsOne of the group's official accounts published multiple photographs of Al-Nusra fighters in the city, some holding their black flag and others reciting "prayers of thanks" for the city's capture.Jisr al-Shughur became...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalAn anonymous source in the Russian Embassy in Sanaa reported that the second operation launched by the Saudi-led international coalition against Shiite Houthis in Yemen includes only selective airstrikes, targeting the rebels' technology...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from RSS for Middle EastThe Latest on GOP's 2016 hopefuls: Iowa Republicans see a bumper crop of contenders
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from International Business TimesGALLIPOLI PENINSULA, Turkey/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Leaders and dignitaries from Australia, New Zealand and Turkey led thousands at dawn ceremonies on Turkey's Gallipoli peninsula on Saturday to mark the 100th anniversary of a World War One b...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Middle East and North Africa | The GuardianAn Oxford academic argues that the Indochinese response to the Vietnamese boat people could provide a framework for a solution to the crisis in the Mediterranean The crisis in the Mediterranean, which has led to more than 1,700 deaths al...
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- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from RSS Feed From Your Middle East - Section NewsEgyptian police said Saturday that four Islamists were killed in an accidental explosion while preparing bombs south of the capital.Police said the suspected militants were members of the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood movement of former...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Middle East - Los Angeles TimesA loose alliance of Islamist rebel groups seized control of a northwest Syrian city on Saturday, officials said, opening a pathway into Syrian government strongholds on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Middle East and North Africa | The GuardianThe migrant tragedies in the Mediterranean, the Calbuco volcano in Chile, the continuing violence in Syria – the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week Continue reading...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from NYT > Middle EastA protest over the lack of public buses on the Sabbath and on holidays has led to a larger discussion about the relationship between Israeli democracy and Jewish character.
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Middle East and North Africa | The GuardianMan who was wielding two knives shot dead by Israeli troops Israeli troops shot and killed a young Palestinian man wielding two knives on Saturday when they gave chase after he tried to attack the troops near a checkpoint in the Jerusale...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Middle East Monitor - Creating New PerspectivesThe leaders of the official Arab governments have announced, explicitly and implicitly, through words and actions, that the conflict with Israel and the Zionist project as a whole has ended. This particular issue has been removed from th...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Middle East Eye - RSS FeedLanguage Undefined Turkish Cypriots head to second run-off polls with many express optimism for renewed peace talks with Greek Cypriots
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Middle East and North Africa | The GuardianRefugees do not come to sponge off our benefits system, but because they have been driven from their homes by conflict and persecution Briefly, last week, migration got a face, a human face. It’s not usually handled like that across much...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Middle East newsJihadists capture Jisr al-Shughur - the last major government-held city in Idlib province
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Middle East - Voice of AmericaAl-Qaida's Syrian affiliate and its allies seized the last major government-held town in Idlib province Saturday, giving the rebels a possible route to the coastal heartland of the Assad regime. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for H...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> Middle EastSyrian government warplanes pounded the northwestern city of Jisr al-Shughur Sunday, a day after its capture by Al-Qaeda and its allies, a monitoring group said.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from JPost.com - Israel NewsThe Israeli artist explores the medical world in her new online platform, Front.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from World Bulletin / PalestineIsrael occupies Palestinian funerals after occupied Palestine land and detained Palestinian youths.. The Israeli authorities said only 70 people are allowed to receive the body..
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Top Stories | i24news - See beyondInitially peaceful protest turns violent; riot-police intervene as protesters smash windows, attack...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Top Stories | i24news - See beyondSome 70 former inmates attended the service as Gauck thanked the British military for opening the...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Top Stories | i24news - See beyond'I look so old John Boehner’s already invited Netanyahu to speak at my funeral'
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Top Stories | i24news - See beyondNew 6.7-magnitude quake hits Nepal; at least 4,718 reported injured; scientists warned of disas...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Middle EastWhen security fears forced Jordan to close its last border crossing with Syria this month, it severed its most important trade route to the outside, further straining an economy already hit by fallout from war. But the damage to heavily ...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Middle EastSaudi-led warplanes hit the rebel-held presidential palace in Yemen's capital on Sunday, as fighting raged between anti-government and loyalist forces, military and tribal sources said. Four air raids struck the Sanaa presidential comple...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Ya Libnan » » Lebanon NewsSeveral stranded Lebanese nationals in Nepal have pleaded with Lebanese authorities to help evacuate them following Saturday’s devastating earthquake, reported NEW TV on Sunday. They urged the Foreign Ministry to carry out the nece...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Top Stories | i24news - See beyondThe annual parade came a week after a lesbian couple tied the knot, even though it is not legally...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Top Stories | i24news - See beyondFour police officers hurt after 31-year-old Palestinian man rams vehicle in A-Tur neighborhood
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Haaretz.com headlines RSSGerman President Joachim Gauck thanked the British military for opening the gates to the camp in Lower Saxony at the end of World War II.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Middle EastIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was closer to forming a new coalition Sunday after the head of the far-right Jewish Home party relinquished his demand for the foreign ministry, political sources said. Netanyahu, whose Likud par...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from JerusalemOnline.com RSS FeedThree police officers were lightly injured in the attack, and one is in moderate condition and remains in the hospital....
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> Middle EastIsraeli police announced Sunday they had arrested a Palestinian suspected of deliberately ramming his car into three police officers in east Jerusalem following a day of clashes and deadly violence.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Top Stories | i24news - See beyondAustralian doctor seen promoting health care system of IS is said to be Tareq Kamleh who traveled...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Middle EastEgyptian police said Saturday that four Islamists were killed in an accidental explosion while preparing bombs south of the capital. Police said the suspected militants were members of the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood movement of forme...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Inside IsraelThree IDF soldiers were charged Sunday with plundering over NIS 2,000 from a home in the Sajaya during Operation Protective Edge.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Top Stories | i24news - See beyond'I ran and it just flattened me. I tried to get up and it flattened me again. I couldn't breath...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> Middle EastA group of tribal and Islamist fighters in the strategically important central Yemeni city of Taiz on Sunday took back several districts from the Iran-allied Houthi militia amid heavy fighting, residents said.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> Lebanon NewsMaronite Patriarch Beshara Rai expressed his dismay at Lebanese political parties for their obstruction of presidential elections as the vacuum officially entered its 11th month Saturday.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from WorldVoters in the breakaway Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus went to the polls on Sunday to choose a new leader in an election runoff that could speed U.N.-brokered reunification talks. Polls were due to close at 6 pm (1500 GMT) with unof...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Middle EastThe Islamic State group claimed an attack Saturday by French, Belgian and Senegalese suicide bombers on the Iraq-Jordan border that officials said killed at least four Iraqi security personnel. The bombers detonated explosives-rigged veh...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> WorldThe first rescue plane carrying people injured in an earthquake-triggered avalanche that ripped through tents on Mount Everest arrived in Kathmandu on Sunday shortly before a strong aftershock rocked India and Nepal and triggered more sn...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from JerusalemOnline.com RSS FeedUS President Barack Obama spoke at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner and poked several public figures, including himself....
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> WorldThe trial of former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, deposed by the army and sentenced to 20 years in jail, was "badly flawed" and appears to have been politically motivated, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> WorldOne Ukrainian serviceman was killed and seven servicemen were wounded in attacks by pro-Russian separatists in the past 24 hours in eastern Ukraine, Ukraine's military said on Sunday.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> WorldKathmandu, April 26, 2015 (AFP) - Reduced to piles of rubble and splintered wood, Nepal's rich cultural heritage has suffered a devastating blow from a massive earthquake that tore through the country, experts said Sunday.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Inside IsraelIsrael's trade deficit was down 70% in the first quarter of 2015, compared to the last quarter of 2015.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Middle EastAfter ministers charge Hamas with holding them hostage during visit, PA minister threatens 'there will be consequences.'
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from JerusalemOnline.com RSS FeedAs rescue workers continue to search for trapped victims and to identify more bodies, a 6.7 magnitude earthquake shocked the capital city, Kathmandu. The earthquake was felt in India, and caused more avalanches on Mount Everest....
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from NNANNA - We pray so that warlords fear God, Maronite patriarch Beshara Rahi stated in his Sunday homily at the Lady39;s Cathedral in Paris today. We pray so that Lebanese politicians assume full resp
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> WorldUN chief Ban Ki-moon on Sunday urged Europe to refrain from resorting to a military solution to prevent a repeat of the shipwreck in the Mediterranean that left more than 750 migrants dead.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> WorldA Russian court has sentenced three young women to up to 15 days imprisonment after they performed a dance with "twerk" moves in front of a war memorial and posted a video online, prosecutors said on Sunday.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from WorldTwo protestors have been shot dead during clashes with police in the capital of Burundi, witnesses said on Sunday. Clashes were taking place in several parts of Bujumbura the day after the president launched a controversial bid to stay i...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Global AgendaIsrael medical NGOs embark on unprecedented joint-mission to earthquake-struck Nepal 'This is tikkun olam at its best.'
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> WorldSouth Africa remains committed to maintaining friendly relations with Nigeria after Abuja recalled its ambassador to Pretoria in the wake of attacks on immigrants, the department of international relations said on Sunday.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Top Stories | i24news - See beyond13th Conference of Palestinians in Europe dealing with Right of Return ends without major incid...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Top Stories | i24news - See beyondFormer king was 'off limits' to critical reports due to his role in guiding Spain's transition to...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> WorldUkrainians on Sunday marked 29 years since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, laying wreaths and candles near the plant where work to lay a new seal over the reactor site has been delayed.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Haaretz.com headlines RSSIsrael's foreign ministry says 250 citizens have still not made contact with family or embassy; Israeli rescue team to set up field hospital in Kathmandu.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from ynet - NewsIsrael avoided NPT review conferences since 1995, but now sees common cause with Arabs alarmed by Iran's nuclear program.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from NNANNA - Salma Hayek placed Lebanon under the spotlight, Strida Geagea told the world actress upon seeing her along with a number of municipal officials in Bsharri today. While we thank her for her vis
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from JerusalemOnline.com RSS FeedA helicopter landed on the tallest mountain in the world to rescue climbers trapped after avalanche....
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Top Stories | i24news - See beyondFour air raids struck Sanaa presidential complex; Tribal sources claim 90 Huthi rebels killed in...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from NNANNA - Let us come out in support of all anti-pollution moves, Kataeb deputy Sami Gemayel told protesters in Zouk today. Poisonous fumes from Zouk power plant concerns all of Mt. Lebanon and not just
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from JerusalemOnline.com RSS FeedIsraeli parents who arrived in Kathmandu in order to take home their surrogate babies, who had been born in Nepal, report a serious water shortage in the area after yesterdays earthquake. Israel says rescuing the babies is a top priority...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Haaretz.com headlines RSSAn alleged 5,000 dunams of Palestinian land in the Jordan Valley is under settler cultivation; owners have petitioned High Court asking for land's return.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Global AgendaPresident Joachim Gauck lauds British forces who liberated Nazi camp where Anne Frank perished, for 'restoring humanity'.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from www.timesofoman.comEarthquake warnings doing the rounds on social networking websites and messages are simply rumours, clarified an expert from the Sultan Qaboos University
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Iraq news, the latest Iraq news(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – A source within the Iraqi police announced, that the outcome of Kilani explosion in central Baghdad is four civilians dead and 24 injured. The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, “A...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from www.timesofoman.comFrom identifying music bands to figuring out the missing links, the winners displayed remarkable knowledge
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Al Jazeera EnglishThousands of evacuees in Kathmandu angry at government's response as rescuers dig through rubble to find survivors.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from UAE RSS feed - The NationalBrazilian CO told the presiding judge at the Dubai Criminal Court that she smoked the drugs while in Mexico and claimed the marijuana found in her room was not hers.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from www.timesofoman.comThe Wilayat of Nakhal in the Governorate of South Al Batinah, 132 km from the centre of the city to the Governorate of Muscat, is known for its rich tourism potential
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Al Jazeera EnglishFormer world number one beaten by 14th-ranked German despite winning opening set.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Al Jazeera EnglishPrince Fahad Al Saud hopes a new generation of games will end negative portrayals of Arab communities.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from UAE RSS feed - The NationalThe service was part of efforts to streamline the Tawtheeq registration system and widen the scope of online services.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from www.timesofoman.comOn Saturday, after a massive earthquake struck Nepal, Oman Air had put its flights to and from Kathmandu on hold.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Middle-EastSat, 2015-04-25 21:49 BEIRUT: Insurgents including Al-Qaeda’s wing in Syria, Al-Nusra Front, captured the northwestern Syrian town of Jisr Al-Shughour on Saturday, for the...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Latest News Articles from Eyeofriyadh.comOman Insurance Company (OIC) has launched a new corporate identity and a new tagline âForward togetherâ to further strengthen its leadership role in the GCC insurance industry. âThe release of the new ...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Khaleej Times : Nation NewsThe bridge was closed in one direction for those heading from Al Wahda road to Al Dhaid road on April 23.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Al Jazeera EnglishUnited remain fourth after defeat to Everton but Chelsea go 10 points clear after goalless draw with Arsenal.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Latest News Articles from Eyeofriyadh.comMAYBACH, one of the most iconic and luxurious brands in the World since 1909, is delighted and honoured to announce that the companyâs first boutique showroom- MAYBACH- Icons of Luxury in the UAE was inaugurated by His Highne...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from www.timesofoman.comMore than 1,500 people lost their lives after a strong 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on Saturday, jolting even parts of India and causing death and devastation
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from World RSS feed - The NationalHundreds of importers and exporters lost millions of dollars worth of goods when rebels pillaged the vast free trade zone that straddled the border, most of it on the Syrian side.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Saudi Press AgencyWashington, Rajab 7, 1436, Apr 26, 2015, SPA -- Two experts in international affairs have explained that Renewal of Hope Operation in Yemen will focus on monitoring the situation and preventing the return to chaos and infringement on leg...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from www.timesofoman.comThe reason for the failure to attract global companies so far is not the size of Oman’s economy. It is the absence of competitive jurisdiction which holds back foreign investors
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Khaleej Times : Nation NewsCyber assault on industrial or energy platform has potential to cause significant real-world damage.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Khaleej Times : Nation Newsore than 60,000 people visited the Sharjah Children's Reading Festival during the first three days.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from UAE RSS feed - The National54 motorists have died on Abu Dhabi's roads since the start of the year, compared to 64 during the same period last year.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from WAM | EmiratesDUBAI, 26th April, 2015 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, has issued Executive Council Resolution No 10 of 2015, regulating the use of bicycles ...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from www.timesofoman.comThe renowned pianist stood up from the piano with a smile full of both triumph and relief upon completing the final of the 10 parts that make up the famous Spanish compositions
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Iraq news, the latest Iraq news(IraqiNews.com) On Saturday, the ISIS group claimed responsibility for the suicide bombings that targeted Trebil border between Iraq and Jordan, pointing out that the attack was carried out by suicide bombers from Belgium, France ...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from World RSS feed - The NationalIf he wins a new five-year term, Nursultan Nazarbayev will be on course to reach three decades as president of Kazakhstan.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Khaleej Times : Nation News11-year-old steals show at Emirati Innovation Day event with futuristic inventions.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from WorldSat, 2015-04-25 20:56 LA ENSENADA: A large column of smoke streamed from Chile’s Calbuco volcano Friday, prompting new warnings that it could erupt again after...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Al Jazeera EnglishRob Heymink avoided almost certain death from an avalanche triggered by the Nepal earthquake after stopping for food.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Khaleej Times : Nation NewsWhen one organ is failing, the other organ fails and it becomes a very vicious loop, says expert.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from WorldSun, 2015-04-26 00:56 ALIGARH, India: Communalists in many parts of India have polarized the atmosphere to such an extent that one cannot even express the natural human...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Uploads by AlJazeeraEnglishKazhakstan goes to the polls Elections in Kazakhstan were due next year, but President Nursultan Nazarbayev has called an early vote. He has ruled the country ever since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Al... From: Al Jazeera ...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Iraq news, the latest Iraq news(IraqiNews.com) Kirkuk – On Sunday, a security source within al-Hashed al-Sha’bi al-Turkmani militia in Kirkuk province revealed, that the militia repelled an ISIS attack on southern Kirkuk and managed to kill and wound aroun...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Middle-EastSun, 2015-04-26 00:15 Saudi Arabia has banned its citizens from traveling to war-ravaged Yemen, especially through the borders, for safety reasons.Saudis may be targeted...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from www.timesofoman.comThe third and final phase of the SAI-Times of Oman’s ‘Spreading the Light through Human Values’ Open Essay and Poster Competition–2015, was held at Sur and Buraimi on Saturday
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Latest News Articles from Eyeofriyadh.comSony, a worldwide leader in digital imaging, today introduced its most compact 4K Handycam® camcorder to date - the FDR-AXP35. The FDR-AXP35 is approximately 30% smaller and 20% ...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Latest News Articles from Eyeofriyadh.comdu telecom, the largest telecom service provider in Middle East, expanded its presence in the region by opening a new store in Dalma Mall, Abu Dhabi today. Being one of the most preferred shopping, retail and entertainment destinations i...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Saudi Press AgencyRiyadh, Rajab 7, 1436, Apr 26, 2015, SPA -- The Director General of General Directorate for Public Relations and Media at the Ministry of Interior Major General Dr. Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Marol said that the Ministry draws attention to...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Al Jazeera EnglishRescuers continue to search for survivors of the magnitude 7.8 quake that killed thousands in the Himalayan state.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaMore than 2,400 people confirmed dead in 7.8-magnitude earthquake that has devastated the Himalayan nation
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from WAM | EmiratesDubai, 26th April, 2015 (WAM) -- The Ministry of Environment and Water has hosted experts from the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), during a mission to monitor and evaluate recharge wells...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from 24x7 NewsMuscat: Microsoft Oman to participate, as Lead Sponsor, in Comex 2015 to be held under the patronage of The Information Technology Authority of Oman between 27 and 30 April, 2015 at Oman International Exhibition Center. “We are delighted...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from www.timesofoman.comOmanis working in the private sector have seen an increase at all levels. The construction sector had the largest number of Omani workers in the first quarter of 2015, with 56,265 citizens
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from WorldSat, 2015-04-25 20:31 KARACHI: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has ordered an investigation into the killing of prominent rights activist Sabeen Mahmud who was shot...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from 24x7 NewsManama: Tadhamon Capital, a category 1 Islamic Investment Company, regulated by the Central Bank of Bahrain, has announced the successful compilation of its early exit and the liquidation of Tadhamon Aviation Equipment Fund. Tadhamon Cap...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Uploads by AlJazeeraEnglishOFCOM's role as arbiter of good British TV - The Listening Post (Feature) Britain is also the focus for our feature this week. The UK's Office of Communications (OFCOM) is the regulator enforcing media regulations for all news or...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from UAE RSS feed - The NationalA short 1 minute 2 second video of the stunt has been posted on YouTube and is quickly gathering views.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from www.timesofoman.comHis Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent sent greetings to South Africa president, Togolese president, Sierra Leone president and Dutch King
- Joint Special Operations Command denies execution of 140 Iraqi soldiers by ISIS in Thar Thar, RamadiSunday, April 26, 2015 from Iraq news, the latest Iraq news(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – Joint Special Operations Command denied on Saturday, the execution of 140 Iraqi soldiers by ISIS in Thar Thar area north of Ramadi. Spokesman for the command, Brigadier Saad Maan said in an intervie...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from UAE RSS feed - The NationalDream Jump Dubai, the first event of its kind in the region, has been taking place at Princess Tower in Dubai Marina.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from iranDailyOnlineMilitary officials said a high-ranking Iraqi army commander and three of his staff officers have been killed when ISIL Takfiri militants launched an ambush against government forces in Iraq’s western province of Anbar.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from www.irna.irTehran, April 25, IRNA – Senior nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi says drafting the text of lifting anti-Iran sanctions is a 'complicated and wide-ranging' task which has already started and will continue next week in New York at the mini...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsThousands gather on Gallipoli Peninsula for an Anzac Day dawn service to mark the centenary of the landing of Allied troops
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from www.irna.irTehran, April 25, IRNA - Commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili paid a visit to Iran's defense sites in the three Iranian Persian Gulf islands of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Syrian Arab News AgencyLattakia, SANA- Members of a French delegation who is currently visiting Syria affirmed Sunday that Syria is on the frontline of the battle in defense of the world against terrorism, expressing their solidarity with and support for the S...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Syrian Arab News AgencyOccupied Jerusalem, SANA – Israel’s re-prosecution of Palestinian lawyer Said Nafa is being vehemently condemned, in renewed assertion of the Palestinian people’s right to communicate with their relatives outside occupi...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Anadolu Ajansı Güncel HaberlerThe main support bloc for ousted president Mohamed Morsi blamed Egypt's Interior Ministry, which, it asserted, had used the blast to cover up the murder of four Morsi supporters by police
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from World Bulletin / TurkeyMeeting will explore Kurdish involvement in establishing peace across Middle East
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- A senior member of Ansarullah movement underlined that the recent statements by the ousted Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Salih, shows that there is no relationship between the toppled dictator and Ansarullah.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli troops at a checkpoint in Eastern Jerusalem, a media report said.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from iranDailyOnlineThe United Nations Security Council has warned against the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Syria, urging all parties to the conflict to put an immediate end to all forms of violence in the war-stricken country.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from iranDailyOnlineIranian President Hassan Rouhani said the country’s dependence on oil revenues will drop to its lowest level ever in the current Iranian year (which began on March 21).
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- The Iraqi army along with volunteer fighters continued to make fresh gains in their major offensive against the ISIL in Anbar province on Saturday, and retook a strategic area from the terrorist group, a military source said.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- Saudi Arabia's spy agency is leading and organizing terrorist groups operating in Yemen, a senior member of Ansarullah movement announced on Saturday.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsTurkey reacts to the US, Russia, Germany and France over the wording their leaders picked on the Armenian killings
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from www.irna.irTehran, April 25, IRNA - A future Labour government is committed to outlaw the scourge of Islamophobia by changing the law and making it an aggravated crime, party’s Leader Ed Miliband has pledged.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from www.irna.irTehran, April 25, IRNA - More than two thousand years ago, a famous Chinese envoy Zhang Qian in Han Dynasty explored the Silk Road lying across the Asian-European nations. Since then, people from countries along the road gradually turned...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Anadolu Ajansı Güncel HaberlerStaffan de Mistura will hold separate meetings with Syrian factions and regional powers
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Yeni Safak - NewsRallies have been staged in several countries to protest against claims an Armenian "genocide" was carried out in 1915 u...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from iranDailyOnline
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan and his Turkish counterpart Ismet Yilmaz discussed ways for the peaceful settlement of the regional crises, and stressed the need for both Tehran and Ankara to do th...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Syrian Arab News AgencyProvinces, SANA, The army and armed forces continued targeting terrorists and their dens and gatherings killing and injuring their mercenaries and destroying their vehicles and thwart their infiltration attempts to safe areas. Hama The a...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- A Japanese man was arrested for landing a drone on the prime minister’s office with a minuscule amount of radiation in an apparent protest against the use of nuclear power, four years after the Fukushima disaster, a report ...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from World Bulletin / Middle EastThe Palestinian youth was holding two knives and tried to attack Israeli troops when he was shot and killed in the West Bank.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from www.irna.irMoscow, April 25, IRNA – Russian state company Rusatom says it has conducted discussions in Tehran for building a new nuclear power plant in Bushehr.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Uploads by PressTV News VideosIRAN - First Graphic Design Museum A few months ago was a good tiding for Iranian graphic designers, not only was the first graphic design museum inaugurated, it was set up in a historical building in the east of Tehran. ... From: PressT...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from iranDailyOnlineA top Russian military commander said the US is the sole initiator of all modern military conflicts across the globe, adding that in just one decade Washington and its allies have used military force against third parties over 50 times.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from www.irna.irTehran, April 25, IRNA - Deputy Foreign Minister for European and American Affairs Majid Takht-e Ravanchi said removal of sanctions is considered as the basic issue of negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from iranDailyOnlineAn American print media urged the world to focus on what the Iranian Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from iranDailyOnlineUS President Barack Obama has “literally assassinated” Americans in drone strikes, former American Congressman Ron Paul said.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from World Bulletin / Middle EastA number of people have been reported dead and injured, with the number as yet unknown.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Syrian Arab News AgencyAleppo, SANA – Four civilians were killed when rockets launched by terrorists fell on al-Nill Street and Shihan neighborhood in Aleppo city on Sunday. The rockets were fired by terrorists positioned in Bani Zaid neighborhood toward...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from World Bulletin / WorldA boat carrying 80 refugees broke down while carrying 80 African refugees off the southeast coast of Tunisia
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from www.irna.irTehran, April 25, IRNA – Iranian Ambassador to Kuwait Alireza Enayati on Saturday stressed expansion of all-out ties between the two states.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Syrian Arab News AgencyDamascus, SANA- Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Suleiman al-Abbas called for boosting production by drilling new wells and the achieving optimal investment of refineries with minimal energy consumption of energy. During a mee...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Rudaw'KRG at this point is too big to fail for those who have put a lot of money into it
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- A US A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft had to make an emergency landing at a remote air base suffering engine failure over Iraq, a report said.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Anadolu Ajansı Güncel HaberlerEmotional centenary service marks campaign that saw emergence of modern Turkey, Australia and New Zealand
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian army repelled terrorist attacks on two strategic towns and a military base in Idlib countryside.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from InCyprus » LocalOf the many hot issues surrounding the Cyprus problem, the demographic question is one of the biggest. Who actually lives in northern Cyprus and what influence they have over the elections is a topic of much debate. The post Northern Cyp...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Syrian Arab News AgencyProvinces, SANA – Authorities settled the legal status of 150 wanted persons from Homs who had earlier turned themselves in, a source in the province told SANA. Those are from Talbiseh, al-Rastan, Hassia, Kfaraya and Deir Ba’laba i...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Syrian Arab News Agency
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted air strikes on various areas in the Yemeni city of Taiz, killing 6 civilians despite the coalitions' Tuesday declaration that it has ended its military operation.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned that stability in Myanmar’s Rakhine state cannot be achieved unless the government addresses the issue of citizenship for Rohingya Muslims minority.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian Armed Forces, in a series of fresh operations against the rebels' gathering centers in the Southwestern province of al-Quneitra, killed and wounded scores of the antigovernment fighters.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- An earthquake measuring 7.7 magnitude struck 80 km (50 miles) East of Pokhara in Nepal on Saturday, about half way between the town and the capital Kathmandu, the US Geological Survey said.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from World Bulletin / Middle EastUN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos asks Security Council to consider ways to end violence in Syria.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from www.irna.irTehran, April 25, IRNA - A senior military commander says the naval forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) are closely monitoring all movements of foreign forces in the Persian Gulf region.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from RudawOther ISIS attacks Saudi Arabia include shooting Danish citizen in Riyadh
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from World Bulletin / Middle EastOn Tuesday, Saudi Arabia announced the end of a fierce month-long air campaign that had targeted positions belonging to the Houthi group in Yemen.