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Qatar investigates UAE plan to devalue its currency

Mon Nov 13, 2017 13:53:01

Qatar has opened an investigation into claims of an alleged plot by the UAE to weaken its currency in the early stages of the Persian Gulf diplomatic crisis, according to a government spokesman.

Dozens of detainees moved from an Emirati secret prison in Yemen

Mon Nov 13, 2017 13:48:25

A senior Yemeni official and families of prisoners say dozens of detainees have been moved to a "government-run" prison in the southern city of Mukalla.

Iraq aims to increase Kirkuk oilfield output to 1 mln bpd -statement

Mon Nov 13, 2017 13:40:46

Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi said Iraq plans to increase production from oilfields in Kirkuk to one million barrels per day and has visited the Bai Hasan and Avana fields to order work be accelerated to restore operations soon, the ministry's spokesman said on Monday.

Yemen's Ansarullah warn Saudi Arabia over blockade

Mon Nov 13, 2017 13:33:29

A top leader of Yemen's Ansarullah movement who are at war with a Saudi-led military coalition is vowing retaliation against the oil-rich kingdom over its disastrous blockade of the war-torn country.

Iran says does not interfere in Lebanese state affairs -TV

Mon Nov 13, 2017 13:00:30

Iran said on Monday that it does not interfere in Lebanon and that comments on Sunday by Saad al-Hariri, who resigned as Lebanese prime minister on Saudi TV nine days ago, gave hope he would soon return to his country, state TV reported.

Iraq earthquake caught on camera during live TV interview [Video]

Mon Nov 13, 2017 12:14:54

During a live interview on Rudaw TV between a host and a commentator in Kurdistan, the set started shaking.

Top Lebanese priest to head to Saudi Arabia amid crisis

Mon Nov 13, 2017 12:06:01

A top Lebanese Christian religious figure is to head to Saudi Arabia where he is expected to meet with Lebanon's prime minister who resigned earlier this month in a surprise televised address from the kingdom.

Ayatollah Khamenei orders national action after massive quake in Iran

Mon Nov 13, 2017 10:42:05

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei ordered all Iranian officials and military forces to mobilize efforts to help the victims, particularly those trapped under rubble, of a massive earthquake that struck the country’s western border on Sunday night.

Saudi Arabia says it will reopen Yemen airports, seaports

Mon Nov 13, 2017 10:02:38

Saudi Arabia's mission to the United Nations says the Saudi-led coalition fighting Ansarullah movement in Yemen will begin reopening airports and seaports in the Arab world's poorest country.

Trump breaks the link as handshake photo op goes awry

Mon Nov 13, 2017 09:52:54

Donald Trump was all fingers and thumbs during a carefully choreographed photo op Monday at a summit of world leaders, failing to grasp whose hands he was supposed to be holding and breaking a lineup intended to showcase unity.

Suspected Indonesian radicals burn down police complex

Mon Nov 13, 2017 09:47:08

Indonesian police shot dead two men suspected of burning down a police station complex in a [Takfiri]-inspired attack after they fired at them with bows and arrows, officials said on Monday.

'Only God can save us': Yemen blockade may cause world's largest famine in decades

Mon Nov 13, 2017 09:34:15

Abdulaziz al-Husseinya lies skeletal and appears lifeless in a hospital in Yemen’s western port city of Hodeidah. At the age of nine, he weighs less than one and a half stone, and is one of hundreds of thousands of children in the country suffering from acute malnutrition.

Rohingya massacre: Accounts of rape, burning children and murder

Mon Nov 13, 2017 09:12:05

Discarded and left for dead, Mumtaz says she found herself on top of a mound of charred, entangled bodies.

Lebanese prime minister holds back tears, says he will return home 'within days' amid reports of Saudi Arabia house arrest

Mon Nov 13, 2017 08:21:47

Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Sunday he will return to his country "within days" amid a political crisis that erupted when he announced his sudden resignation on Nov. 4 in Saudi Arabia.

Iraq-Iran border quake death toll rises to 336

Mon Nov 13, 2017 07:59:03

Over 330 people have been killed in Iran and Iraq and over a thousand injured as a 7.3-earthquake hits border regions.

Cambridge University threatens to cancel anti-Israel meeting

Sun Nov 12, 2017 14:52:36

The University of Cambridge has been criticized for threatening to cancel and replacing the chair of a meeting about an anti-Israel movement.

Public anger raging in Manila ahead of Trump’s visit

Sun Nov 12, 2017 12:51:25

People have staged rallies in the Philippines’ capital, Manila, to protest US President Donald Trump’s planned visit to the country.

Iran tells France nuclear deal 'not negotiable'

Sun Nov 12, 2017 12:29:53

Iran's nuclear deal is "not negotiable", Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghassemi said on Saturday in response to remarks by the French president.

Iran denies involvement in Bahrain pipeline attack

Sun Nov 12, 2017 12:13:51

Iran has denied allegations it was behind a militant attack on a pipeline outside Bahrain's capital.

Lebanese president presses Saudi to say why Hariri has not returned

Sun Nov 12, 2017 11:59:25

Lebanon's president called on Saudi Arabia on Saturday to clarify why Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri could not return home, a week after he stunned his country by resigning while in the kingdom.