Middle East

Sources: Brussels bomber identified as jailer of foreign IS hostages

PARIS, France  (AFP) Friday 4/22/2016 - Najim Laachraoui, one of the Brussels airport suicide bombers, has been identified by several Frenchmen…

Suicide bomber kills six at Iraq Shiite mosque

  BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) Friday 4/22/2016 - A suicide bomber targeted Shiite worshippers at a Baghdad mosque after Friday prayers, killing at least…

Oil down after Doha’s disappointment

The disappointment in Doha at the weekend sent the price of oil tumbling. The world was left grappling with an excess…

U.S.-led raids in Iraq kill and capture Islamic State fighters

(Reuters) -- A member of Islamic State's war council and two aides were killed in northern Iraq on Monday by U.S.…

US Navy leads 30-nation maritime exercise in Middle East

The U.S. Navy is leading a 30-nation maritime exercise across Middle Eastern waters which it says will help protect international…

22 dead in Yemen triple suicide bombings

Aden, Yemen (AFP)---Three suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State group on Friday struck checkpoints of Yemeni loyalist forces in…

US warns of ‘catastrophic’ Mosul dam collapse

https://youtu.be/GzI-lDv9DHQ UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP ) -- The United States on Wednesday urged governments to quickly mobilize to prevent…

Qatar’s population reaches 2.5M due to foreign workers

QATAR, Middle East - The population of the Middle Eastern kingdom of Qatar reached 2.5 million due to the large…

DOLE sends Undersecretary to Saudi Arabia

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Labor and Employment will send Labor Undersecretary Ciriaco Lagunsad III to look into reports…

Situation of OFWs in Middle East closely monitored—Palace

MANILA, March 2 -- The Palace reiterated yesterday that the government is continuously monitoring the situation of overseas Filipino workers in…

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