GULF NEWS Archives - Page 8 of 11

Iran executes ‘Crocodile of the Gulf’ drug kingpin

editorJan 27, 20200

(UTV|TEHRAN) – Iran has executed a drug kingpin nicknamed the “Crocodile of the Persian Gulf” and dismantled his smuggling ring, state media report. The “crocodile”

Rockets hit US embassy in Baghdad amid protests

editorJan 27, 20200

(UTV|IRAQ) – At least three rockets struck the US embassy in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Sunday. One rocket hit the embassy cafeteria while two

Saudi-led military committee moves heavy weapons outside Aden

editorJan 25, 20200

(UTV|Saudi-Arabia) -A military committee led by Saudi officers in Yemen has transported heavy weapons from bases in the southern port city of Aden, a committee

Iraq’s top Shiite cleric Al-Sistani calls for formation of new government as protesters killed

editorJan 25, 20200

(UTV|IRAQ) – Iraq’s leading Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, urged Iraq’s political parties on Friday to form a new government as soon as possible,

The prince Charles visit the Mosque of Omar, which is named after Caliph Omar -[ IMAGES]

editorJan 25, 20200

(UTV|PALESTINE) –The prince visited the Mosque of Omar, which is named after Caliph Omar, who conquered Jerusalem in 637 but guaranteed that Christians would be

Huge rally as Iraqis demand US troops pull out

editorJan 25, 20200

(UTV|Baghdad) – Huge crowds have taken to the streets of Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, to demand that US forces leave Iraq. Powerful Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr

French Christian charity says four employees missing in Baghdad

editorJan 25, 20200

(UTV|IRAQ) – Four aid workers from a French Christian charity have gone missing in Iraq, with authorities from both countries investigating their disappearance, the organisation

Nethanyahu warns of Iran threat at Holocaust forum – [IMAGES]

editorJan 24, 20200

(UTV|The Holocaust) – Israel’s prime minister has vowed that “there will not be another Holocaust” in a speech at a forum in Jerusalem marking the

Syria war: Jihadist assault ‘kills dozens of soldiers’

editorJan 24, 20200

(UTV|Syrian civil war) – Up to 40 Syrian soldiers have been killed in an assault by hundreds of militants in north-western Syria, according to Russia’s

Libya conflict: Haftar forces threaten to target civilian planes

editorJan 24, 20200

(UTV|LIBYA) – Rebel forces in Libya have threatened to hit civilian planes flying over the capital Tripoli, declaring the city and its surrounding areas a