Syria War Has Killed More Than 330,000
More than 330,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict since it started six years ago, around a third ...
Tag: Middle East
Macron Urges Resumption of Mideast Talks Based On Two States
French President Emmanuel Macron called Sunday for a resumption of long-stalled Middle East peace talks based on a two-state solution. ...
Israel PM Mourns France’s Deported Jews
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Paris to commemorate the victims of a mass arrest of Jews in Nazi-occupied ...
Macron, Netanyahu Mark 75 Years Since Paris Roundup of Jews
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday marked 75 years since the roundup of 13,000 Jews to be sent to Nazi ...
Israeli Forces Shoot Palestinian Gunman Dead
Israeli soldiers and police on an arrest mission in the town of Nabi Salah in the occupied West Bank shot ...
Row Over Netanyahu Invite To Paris Vel d’Hiv Ceremony
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be in Paris Sunday to mark the 75th anniversary of a notorious roundup of ...
Fidelity Bank Grows Agent Network
Largest privately owned Ghanaian bank, Fidelity Bank has expanded its agent network to make its services readily available to all ...
France Aims To Be ‘facilitator’ In Gulf Crisis Talks
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in Doha on Saturday that Paris wants to assist Kuwait-led mediation on the ...
Round of UN Syria Talks Closes With Rivals Trading Blame
The latest round of Syria peace talks wound down Friday with rival sides trading familiar soundbites as the UN envoy ...
Ankara, Doha Insist Turkish Base Will Stay In Qatar
Turkey and Qatar on Friday insisted Ankara would keep a new military base in the emirate, rejecting demands from other ...
Two Years On, Nuclear Deal Has Fewer Friends In US and Iran
Signed with pomp and fanfare on July 14, 2015, the Iranian nuclear agreement was heralded as a triumph for American ...
Tillerson Leaves Gulf With No End In Sight To Qatar Crisis
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday wrapped up a four-day mission to the Gulf with little sign of ...
Qatar Airways Boss Says ‘bullying’ Gulf States Will Hit Profits
Qatar Airways' outspoken boss Akbar Al-Baker accused neighbouring Gulf states Thursday of "bullying" his country during the region's political crisis ...
Trump Envoy Mediates Water Deal Between Israel, Palestinians
US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace envoy said Thursday Israel would supply the Palestinians with millions of cubic metres ...
S.Korean Diplomat Recalled From Ethiopia Over Alleged Rape
A senior South Korean diplomat has been recalled from Ethiopia after he allegedly raped a female colleague, Seoul's foreign ministry ...
Prisoner Aid Cut Could Trigger Palestinian Crisis
International pressure on the Palestinian Authority to halt payments to the families of Palestinians held in Israeli jails, including those ...
American Airlines Ends Codeshare Deals With Qatar, Etihad
American Airlines said Wednesday it is ending its codeshare relationships with Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways as part of its ...
WFP Expands Food Aid Deliveries In Syria’s Raqa
The UN's World Food Programme announced Wednesday it has resumed aid deliveries in parts of Syria's Raqa province for the ...
UAE Slams Al-Jazeera For Anti-Semitism, Inciting Hate
A top UAE official on Wednesday accused Qatari broadcast giant Al-Jazeera of anti-Semitism, discrimination and inciting religious hate, in a ...
Tillerson To Meet Arab Ministers Over Qatar Boycott
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, touring the crisis-hit Gulf for a round of intense shuttle diplomacy, arrived in Saudi ...