Tag: West

Iran rails against West’s ‘economic war’

Iran on Thursday said the West was waging “an economic war” through sanctions, after European diplomats said there was a preliminary agreement for an...

Israel razes structures in West Bank settler outpost

Israeli troops demolished two structures in an illegal settlement outpost in the northern West Bank in a pre-dawn operation on Thursday, military officials said....

Sunny’s seven sink West Indies hopes

Bangladesh's Elias Sunny made a memorable seven-wicket debut against the West Indies in the rain-hit opening Test, which ended in a draw on the...

Nejad says West set to plunder Libya

Western countries supported Muammar Gaddafi when it suited them but bombed the Libyan leader when he no longer served their purpose in order to...

Israeli PM ‘ready to partially freeze West Bank building’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ready to partially freeze West Bank settlement building if it will bring the Palestinians back to direct talks,...

Super Simmons scripts West Indies victory

Lendl Simmons smashed a maiden century to set up the West Indies’ comfortable 40-run victory over Bangladesh in the opening one-day international on Thursday....

West Indies stun England with 25-run win

Spinner Garey Mathurin enjoyed a memorable debut as he inspired the West Indies to a surprise 25-run win over England in the second Twenty20...

Settlers attack West Bank village

A group of about 100 settlers from a northern West Bank settlement attacked Palestinians and their homes in the village of Asira al-Qibiliya on...

Israel ups West Bank forces before Palestinian UN bid

Israel has boosted its army presence in the West Bank ahead of a Palestinian recourse to the UN amid fears they may resort to...

India’s West Bengal becomes ‘Paschim Banga’

The Indian state of West Bengal would now be known as “Paschim Banga” after state lawmakers voted unanimously in favour of the name change...

West bids to avoid post-Gaddafi chaos

Without even waiting for the fall of Tripoli, the West is already preparing for life after Moamer Gaddafi with two main concerns: avoiding Libya's...

Don’t meddle with Syria, Assad tells West

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned the West his nation would not tolerate any outside interference, saying that anti-government unrest sweeping the country had become...

Israel arrests 120 Hamas members in West Bank

Israeli troops on Sunday arrested 120 Hamas members in the southern West Bank just hours after the faction's Gaza branch fired rockets into Israel,...

West cranks up pressure on Syria after 22 killed

The US, French and German leaders pledged to consider new steps to punish Syria after security forces shot dead at least 22 people as...

Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in West Bank

Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Monday after entering a refugee camp to make arrests, medical officials...

Israeli soldiers kill two Palestinians in West Bank

Two Palestinians were shot dead overnight by Israeli soldiers in the Qalandiya refugee camp in the West Bank, Palestinian medics and security officials said...

Muslim scepticism of the West continues to rise, poll shows

Westerners and Muslims continue to hold negative stereotypes of each other, although views of Muslims in the West appear to have improved marginally over...