CATEGORY: Middle East News
Middle East News
US pulls some troops out of Libya amid unrest
CAIRO: Gunmen opened fire on a police vehicle in a Cairo suburb at dawn Sunday, killing a police officer and the driver and wounding two others, the interior ministry said.It was not immediately clear
Middle East News
Two dead as gunmen attack Egypt police vehicle
CAIRO: Gunmen opened fire on a police vehicle in a Cairo suburb at dawn Sunday, killing a police officer and the driver and wounding two others, the interior ministry said.It was not immediately clear
Middle East News
Kashmir web blackout: Shutdowns hit disputed region
The internet has been shut down in two towns in Indian-administered Kashmir. Researchers have found the disputed region has more web blackouts than anywhere else in the world, costing businesses billions of dollars. Al
Middle East News
Five killed in protests against Sudan’s president: Activists
Organisers behind anti-government demonstrations in Sudan said security forces have killed at least five protesters in the last 24 hours, a claim disputed by the government. A protest on Saturday saw one of the largest turnouts
Middle East News
Rouhani says Iran ready to expand gas, power trade with Iraq
DUBAI: President Hassan Rouhani called on Saturday for Iran and neighboring Iraq to expand their gas and electricity dealings and boost bilateral trade to $20 billion, state TV reported, despite difficulties caused by US
Middle East News
Iran expands evacuations as new rains to worsen floods
WASHINGTON: The United States is expected to designate Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps a foreign terrorist organization, three US officials told Reuters, marking the first time Washington has formally labeled another country’s military a
Middle East News
Footballer Mohamed Salah scores 50th goal for Liverpool
Egyptian footballer Mohamed Salah scored his 50th goal for Liverpool on Friday night, helping his English club team beat Southampton 3-1 and return to the top of the Premier League. Southampton took the lead as
Middle East News
Rwanda prepares for week-long commemoration of 1994 genocide
Kigali, Rwanda - Rwanda is set to start a week-long event marking 25 years since the 1994 genocide in which more than 800,000 people were killed, considered one of the worst atrocities of the twentieth
Middle East News
UN chief flys to eastern Libya to meet Haftar as fighters close in on capital
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was flying to eastern Libya on Friday to meet commander Khalifa Haftar, whose forces are advancing on the capital Tripoli now held by an internationally recognized government.Troops allied to
Middle East News
Algerian intelligence chief sacked: Ennahar TV
HAIFA, Israel: Some of Israel’s young Arab citizens are calling for a boycott of Tuesday’s parliamentary election, dismayed by a recent law which they say reduces them to second-class citizens.The pro-boycott activists, many of


