Iran’s president signs multiple agreements with China on three-day visitEbrahim Raisi urges ‘greater steps’ in implementing co-operation agreement signed by Beijing and Tehran in 2021Thu Feb 16 2023 - 17:03
Cyprus’s president-elect makes reunification of island his top priorityNicos Christodoulides seeks to form broad, gender-balanced cabinet and says he will reach out to Turkish CypriotsMon Feb 13 2023 - 18:29
Unesco begins review of damage to heritage sites in Turkey-Syria quake regions UN cultural body says priority on the ground now is to save people and it will take a lot longer to get precise view of situation at heritage sitesFri Feb 10 2023 - 18:38
Syria bears brunt of economic devastation caused by quakeWar-torn country is in far weaker position than Turkey to deal with aftermath of disasterWed Feb 08 2023 - 17:35
US and EU offer disaster aid with caveats in Syria’s government-controlled areas Washington says it will not provide earthquake relief services directly to Assad regime due to ongoing civil warTue Feb 07 2023 - 22:28
Greek Cypriots to vote in first round of republic’s presidential electionAs no candidate is expected to secure over 50% the vote the two leading candidates will compete in a run-off round on February 12thFri Feb 03 2023 - 14:59
Saudi Arabia: sharp rise in executions under Salman rule, says reportAnnual average of death sentences since 2015 has increased by 82 per cent, according to Reprieve and the European Saudi Organisation for Human RightsWed Feb 01 2023 - 16:43
Three-quarters of Arabs identify with Palestinian cause, according to 2022 surveyOpinion poll commissioned by US-based Arab Center finds 84% see Israel as the greatest threat to the Arab worldTue Jan 31 2023 - 20:58
Lebanon state prosecutor says he wants to avoid ‘blood on the streets’Ghassan Oueidat has delayed the investigation into the Beirut port explosion in 2020Fri Jan 27 2023 - 15:55
Protests in Lebanon over pace of investigation into Beirut port explosionDemonstrations take place against stalling of inquiry into explosion which killed 218 people in 2020Thu Jan 26 2023 - 17:00
Former Lebanon prime minister charged with homicide over Beirut port explosionFormer ministers charged over massive blast which killed 218 people and wounded 6,000 in August 2020Tue Jan 24 2023 - 16:26
Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections to take place a month early, says ErdoganPresident, who is seeking re-election, tells youth conference that ‘seasonal conditions’, determined change of dateMon Jan 23 2023 - 17:08
Saudis optimistic of progress on Yemen war agreementRemarks by foreign minister suggest Riyadh has given up on a military solutionThu Jan 19 2023 - 16:05
Three leading aid agencies resume work in AfghanistanTaliban’s ban on employment of female workers by non-governmental organisations had led four agencies to suspend operationsWed Jan 18 2023 - 14:58
Power struggle may have led to execution of Iranian-British man Execution of dual national Alireza Akbari for spying may have its roots in Iranian political rivalryMon Jan 16 2023 - 16:42
Istanbul’s mayor facing allegations of corruptionLegal case against Erdogan’s rival could prevent him from running in June’s presidential electionThu Jan 12 2023 - 17:48
UN condemns Iranian executions amid fears of more to comeAppointment of hardline new police commander interpreted as sign of mixed messages from Iran’s regimeWed Jan 11 2023 - 17:11
Ukraine war causes cost-of-living crisis in EgyptGovernment’s suggestion that people consume chicken feet soup for protein prompts outrageSun Jan 08 2023 - 15:20
China launches direct shipping line to Iran’s sole oceanic port on Gulf of OmanSenior Iranian officials and military officers vow ‘harsh revenge’ for US assassination three years ago of Revolutionary Guard Quds commander Qassem SoleimaniWed Jan 04 2023 - 18:00
At least 220 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in 2022, report findsLast year saw highest number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the occupied territories since 2005Tue Jan 03 2023 - 17:04
Syrian and Turkish defence ministers meet in MoscowRussia hopes to restore relations severed by Turkey’s involvement in Syrian conflictsThu Dec 29 2022 - 17:00
Iran stands firm as protests continueWhile hardliners remain determined to crush dissidence, they have been criticised by senior clericsWed Dec 28 2022 - 18:51
Aid groups cease operations in Afghanistan as Taliban bans women staffBan on women working in NGOs could disrupt humanitarian assistance to millionsMon Dec 26 2022 - 14:14
Afghan women refused entry to universities as Taliban ban comes into forceSince retaking power in August 2021, the Taliban has systematically cancelled the rights gained by girls and womenWed Dec 21 2022 - 19:55
Pressure builds on all sides to return to Iran nuclear dealRow over discovery of traces of uranium at thee sites is complicated by Iran’s suppression of protests and support for Russia in Ukraine warTue Dec 20 2022 - 13:58
Morocco’s World Cup run flagged wider political issues Palestinian cause and pan-Arab opposition to peace with Israel came into playFri Dec 16 2022 - 14:36
More than 11,000 children killed or maimed in Yemen warUN report says hundreds of thousands of children remain at risk of deathWed Dec 14 2022 - 14:34
Lockerbie bombing: New arrest may ease trauma inflicted on US Suspect detained in connection with 1988 attack on airliner which claimed 270 victimsMon Dec 12 2022 - 18:34
Xi hails ‘new era’ in Chinese-Arab relations on visit to Saudi ArabiaWarm welcome for Chinese leader contrasts with cool reception for US president Joe Biden earlier this yearFri Dec 09 2022 - 19:25
Crackdown fails to silence Iranian protestersBadri Hosseini Khamenei, the ayatollah’s sister, condemns “despotic caliphate” of Ali Khamenei.Wed Dec 07 2022 - 17:14
Erdogan repeats determination to create ‘security zone’ in SyriaTurkish president has been unable to convince Russia to back planned offensiveMon Dec 05 2022 - 12:38
Sale of media firm boosts Erdogan’s drive to assert control over northern CyprusSale coincided with news that Turkey, which has 35,000 troops in the north, is building a naval baseSun Dec 04 2022 - 13:00
Nearly 500 Iranian protesters have died since SeptemberReport says 16 deaths have occurred this weekThu Dec 01 2022 - 11:58
Yemen’s unique heritage devastated by seven years of warThousands of ancient artefacts looted and archeological sites deliberately destroyedTue Nov 29 2022 - 15:55
Israeli restricitions ‘cost Palestinian economy €50bn’UN report says ending Israeli occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem is critical for economic growthSun Nov 27 2022 - 14:00
‘Heist of the century’: Iraq finance ministry loses $2.5bn in tax fraud Five companies received the money in cheques from tax commission’s accountsWed Nov 23 2022 - 16:03
Kurds attacked over Istanbul bombing and Iran protestsTurkey and Iran strikes follow bomb attack and hijab protestsMon Nov 21 2022 - 18:52
US declares bin Salman immune from prosecution over Khashoggi killingState department tells court that as a de facto head of state, Saudi prince has legal immunityFri Nov 18 2022 - 11:30
Analysis: Iran protests unlikely to topple clerical regimeWithout a leader and a plan, demonstrators will not alter the balance of powerThu Nov 17 2022 - 15:40
Lebanon’s parliament to meet in sixth attempt to elect presidentEfforts to combat spread of cholera are increasedWed Nov 16 2022 - 15:36
Istanbul bombing: Erdogan says those responsible ‘will be punished’Woman arrested on suspicion of deploying bomb that killed six and injured more than 80 peopleMon Nov 14 2022 - 08:27
Taliban excludes women from parks, gyms and outdoor amusement facilitiesUN says ban is another example of the systematic erasure of women from public life in AfghanistanFri Nov 11 2022 - 15:49
Report blames Turkey for spread of cholera in SyriaDisease is caused by cut to the flow of water into the Euphrates river, says reportThu Nov 10 2022 - 15:52
‘Instead of five months we had five weeks of water’: A tough year for the vineyards of OregonAshland Letter: Some train in winemaking, but for others out west the vocation comes later in lifeTue Nov 08 2022 - 19:22
Syrian detainee camp a ‘massive outdoor prison’Médecins San Frontiers says counter-terrorism policies have left thousands exposed to dire conditionsTue Nov 08 2022 - 16:04
Iranian protesters feeling the full force of state resistance Country’s 'vicious security apparatus using every tactic’ to suppress dissent, says Human Rights WatchMon Nov 07 2022 - 18:43
Palestinians count cost of West Bank’s ‘deadliest year’Fatalities mount as Binyamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition allies pledge to take a tough lineFri Nov 04 2022 - 15:35
Egypt: Nobel laureates call for release of political prisonersSpecial mention for British-Egyptian dissident Alaa Abd El-Fattah, imprisoned for ‘spreading false news’ and ‘supporting terrorism’Thu Nov 03 2022 - 16:50
Pope Francis urged to press Bahrain on human rights issuesHuman Rights Watch calls for reform around capital punishment and migrant workers’ rightsWed Nov 02 2022 - 16:06
Split Lebanese parliament unable to elect successor to president Incumbent Michel Aoun’s presidential term ends on MondayFri Oct 28 2022 - 16:20
