Middle East Travel News

The House overwhelmingly passed a resolution Friday that would bar President Barack Obama from sending forces to Iraq in a "sustained combat role" without congressional approval, a bill likely to have greater symbolic than legal effect.

DOHA: Vegetable production in Qatar comes down drastically during the summer months when the weather is harsh.

DOHA: Remittances from Qatar have surged 30 percent in the past few days compared to normal days due to Eid holidays.

Muscat: As the Holy Month draws to a close, Oman is in the mood to celebrate. Walk into any supermarket, mall or souq it is bursting with activity and business.

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated a $4 billion high-speed train link between Istanbul and Ankara on Friday, the latest in a series of "mega projects" he hopes will help him win a presidential election in a few weeks time.

The brother of an alleged Crawley suicide bomber has spoken of his sister-in-law's grief following her husband's disappearance in Syria.

Two Irish entrepreneurs make a pitch at an event held last week in Dublin by the Ireland-Israel Business Network Tech people aren't overly concerned about the anti-Israel, even anti-Semitic headlines that have been cropping up in places like India and Ireland over the conflict with Hamas in Gaza.

To get to the U.S. embassy in Baghdad you first must present proper identifying credentials to pass Iraqi army checkpoints.

A mega gallery of photos from readers of the Narooma News around the world on every continent holding up their favourite newspaper!!! DUBAI: Daralynne Procter, with a specially selected copy of the 'Narooma News', on the observation deck of the worlds tallest building, the Burj Dubai.

An Air Canada jet sits at the gate at Toronto's Pearson airport. An Air Canada jet sits at the gate at Toronto's Pearson airport.

The skyscraper build-out comes as China's leaders grapple with the best way to build cities and accommodate a swelling urban population.

People inspect the destroyed Mosque of The Prophet Younis, or Jonah, in Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 24, 2014.

Israel on Thursday said India's support to a UN Human Rights Council resolution to launch a probe into its offensive on Gaza will not affect "strong" ties between the two countries.

Israelis yelled at Turks in Ataturk airport today, after the US Federal Aviation Administration lifted its ban on flights to Tel Aviv, and Turkish Airlines responded by extending its ban until July 31. Placing nearly four thousand stranded Israelis on outbound flights has been a challenge, no doubt aggravated by the fact that Turkey will not let El ... (more)

The Haifa Symphony closes its season with a semi-staged production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville on Sunday and Monday.

The Eton Institute community of staff, students, instructors and patrons came together this July, to join hands and fight poverty in the UAE.

The 25 young professionals from around the world who signed up for The Israel Tech Challenge this month did not expect rocket sirens and bomb shelters.

Yesterday, the FAA announced it was cancelling all flights to Israel due to a Hamas rocket that landed a mile from Ben Gurion Airport and damaged two homes and injured a resident.

Melburnians gather to remember those that perished when MH17 crashed out of the sky.

When U.S. and European airlines quickly canceled flights to Israel on Tuesday, they showed both a skittishness and a new sense of urgency in dealing with global trouble spots following last week's downing of a passenger plane over Ukraine.