Middle East
World leaders gather for funeral of Nobel laureate Peres
World leaders including US President Barack Obama and Prince Charles were bidding farewell to Israeli ex-prime minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner ...Thousands of Israelis file past coffin of former president Peres
Thousands of Israelis filed past the flag-draped coffin of Shimon Peres outside parliament on Thursday, honoring the former president and prime minister ...Former Israeli prime minister Shimon Peres dies at 93
Israeli ex-president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres died on Wednesday, some two weeks after suffering a major stroke, triggering an ...Drone halts traffic at Dubai airport
An unauthorised drone forced Dubai airport to halt air traffic for about half an hour on Wednesday in the second such incident ...IS bombings kill at least 17 in Baghdad
Bombings claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group hit shopping areas in Shiite districts of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, killing at ...Jordanian writer shot dead outside court before trial over cartoon
A gunman shot dead Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar on Sunday outside the court where he was to stand trial on charges of ...Air raids pound rebel-held Aleppo as Syria army begins assault
Syrian and Russian aircraft pounded rebel-held areas of Aleppo on Friday, a monitor said, after the army announced a new offensive aimed ...17 dead as Yemen loyalists battle rebels for heights
Heavy fighting between Yemeni government forces and Shiite rebels for control of the heights overlooking the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait has killed ...World leaders rage against neighbors on 2nd day of UN debate
World leaders from Pakistan to Ukraine unleashed their regional grievances Wednesday, taking the stage of the U.N. General Assembly to rage against ...Migrant boat capsizes off Egypt, killing at least 42
A boat carrying migrants capsized Wednesday in the Mediterranean off Egypt\'s north coast, drowning 42 people and prompting a search operation in ...




