CATEGORY: Middle East News
Middle East News
Israel reactivates ‘virtual embassy’ in the Gulf
Israel's foreign ministry has reactivated a "virtual embassy" aimed at promoting dialogue with the Gulf countries. First launched in mid-2013, the embassy had been active on Twitter for less than a year before going offline
Middle East News
Turkey condemns French declaration of Armenian genocide commemoration day
GENEVA: A policeman was killed and another seriously wounded after armed men blew up a tanker truck carrying liquified gas in northwestern Iran early on Wednesday, Mehr news agency reported.Police approached two men at
Middle East News
Armed men blow up gas tanker truck in Iran, policeman killed
BAGHDAD: Iraqi novelist Alaa Mashzoub was a secular civil society activist who used his bike to get around Karbala's infamous traffic and road closures. He was also an outspoken critic of foreign interference in
Middle East News
Slain Iraqi novelist criticized foreign meddling, militias
BAGHDAD: Iraqi novelist Alaa Mashzoub was a secular civil society activist who used his bike to get around Karbala's infamous traffic and road closures. He was also an outspoken critic of foreign interference in
Middle East News
Philippines: Mindanao tribes hope for better future in Bangasmoro
Bangasmoro, a new autonomous region in Mindanao could be expanded further if an indigenous tribe votes on whether to join it. But they want to make sure that the rulers of the southern Philippines
Middle East News
Indian farmers blame Narendra Modi as sacred cows run amok
As night fell on the bucolic northern Indian hamlet of Mahaban, Gopi Chand Yadav gathered blankets and a flashlight to spend the night sitting on a wooden platform in his field. His task: to
Middle East News
Healthcare scare: Lack of funding in Syria’s rebel-held areas
Hospitals in rebel-held areas of northern Syria are struggling due to a lack of funds. International help has slowed because donors are wary of control by fighters linked to al-Qaeda. Despite that, a group
Middle East News
At least 14 people killed in Bolivia landslides
At least 14 people have been killed and seven others are missing following two landslides in Bolivia, according to the national police chief, Romulo Delgado. Torrential rain caused the landslides on the road linking
Middle East News
Iraq’s Dying Rivers
Filmmakers: Omayma Naklah and Mohammad Rahahleh For thousands of years, two famous rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, made Iraq one of the most fertile regions in the Middle East. Often called "the cradle of
Middle East News
‘I studied at uni, now sell eggs’: India’s job crisis under Modi
New Delhi, India - A grim-faced young man rustles up a quick egg snack on a pushcart at a quiet residential corner in a suburb of the Indian capital, New Delhi, as he meticulously enquires about


