New US threats: Iran warns of ‘crushing’ response
22 August 2026
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Iran fishermen venture back to Hormuz despite fears of new fighting
18 August 2026
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OCCUPIED WEST BANK / Activists rush aid to Palestinians besieged by settlers
15 August 2026
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Trump ‘used a catering truck to sneak off Air Force One’
12 August 2026
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KSA-Pak-Turkey deal: A ‘change in perception’ of US - Iran
11 August 2026
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Syria reaches deal with Moscow on fate of Russian bases
10 August 2026
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Update / 16 Bangladeshis killed in Saudi factory fire
10 August 2026
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Hamas says still ready to go ahead with Gaza plan
9 August 2026
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Middle east conflicts: KSA, Turkey, Pakistan sign defence deal
8 August 2026
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Pakistan says any attack under new tri-party defence pact is attack on all
7 August 2026
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Al Jazeera files lawsuit at ICC over journalist's killing
TV network Al Jazeera submitted the case of slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to the International Criminal Court on Tuesday, saying she was killed by Israeli forces.
6 December 2022
Iranian city shops shut after protesters call strike
Iranian shops shut their doors in several cities on Monday, following calls for a three-day nationwide general strike from protesters seeking the fall of clerical rulers, with the head of the judiciary blaming “rioters” for threatening shopkeepers.
5 December 2022
Palestinian killed as Israeli forces raid West Bank
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian during an arrest raid in the occupied West Bank on Monday, Palestinian officials said.
5 December 2022
Anti-hijab protests: Iran abolishes morality police
Iran has scrapped its morality police after more than two months of protests triggered by the arrest of Mahsa Amini for allegedly violating the country’s strict female dress code, local media said yesterday.
4 December 2022
Iran executes 4 people: judiciary
Iran yesterday put to death four people accused of working with Israel’s intelligence service, the judiciary said. “This morning, the sentences of four main members of the gang of mobsters related to the Zionist intelligence service were executed,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website reported.
4 December 2022
Israel pounds Gaza Strip
The Israeli air force said it had carried out overnight air strikes against sites of the Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip after a rocket was fired from the Palestinian enclave towards Israeli territory.
4 December 2022
Iran abolishes morality police in protest concession
Iran has scrapped its morality police after more than two months of protests triggered by the arrest of Mahsa Amini for allegedly violating the country's strict female dress code, local media said today.
4 December 2022
Israel strikes Gaza after rocket fired from enclave
The Israeli air force said it had carried out overnight air strikes against sites of the Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip after a rocket was fired from the Palestinian enclave towards Israeli territory.
4 December 2022
Iran state body reports 200 dead in protests, president hails 'freedoms'
Iran President Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday hailed Iran's Islamic Republic as a guarantor of rights and freedoms, defending the ruling system amid a crackdown on anti-government protests that the United Nations says has cost more than 300 lives.
4 December 2022
Iran launches review of hijab law amid deadly protests
Iran’s parliament and the judiciary are reviewing a law which requires women to cover their heads, and which triggered more than two months of deadly protests, the attorney general said.
3 December 2022
Iran reviews hijab law amid deadly protests
Iran's parliament and the judiciary are reviewing a law which requires women to cover their heads, and which triggered more than two months of deadly protests, the attorney general said.
3 December 2022
Man killed in October was IS chief: Syrian state media
An Islamic State group commander killed in Syria in October was the group's overall leader, a Syrian security source was quoted as saying Friday by state media.
2 December 2022
2 Palestinians killed in Israel West Bank raid
Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian militants yesterday during an arrest raid that sparked gun battles in a West Bank stronghold of hardline factions, said Palestinian officials and Israel’s army.
1 December 2022
Iranian killed for celebrating World Cup loss: Rights groups
An Iranian man was shot dead by the security forces after celebrating when the United States eliminated his country's national team from the World Cup, rights groups said Wednesday..Iran was knocked out of the World Cup by its arch enemy the United States in Qatar on Tuesday night, drawing
1 December 2022
Saudi Arabia to host China-Arab summit
Saudi Arabia plans to host a Chinese-Arab summit on Dec 9 attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to the kingdom, three Arab
30 November 2022
At least 448 killed in Iran protest crackdown
Iranian security forces have killed at least 448 people in a crackdown on protests that began in mid-September, over half in ethnic minority regions, a rights group said yesterday.
29 November 2022
West Bank violence flares
Israeli troops shot dead three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank yesterday, Palestinian officials said, before a suspected car-ramming attacker was killed after wounding an Israeli soldier, Israeli medics and the army said.
29 November 2022
Iran threatened families of national soccer team: report
The families of Iran's World Cup soccer team have been threatened with imprisonment and torture if the players fail to "behave" ahead of the match against the USA, a source involved in the security of the games said.
29 November 2022
Over 300 dead in Iran unrest: Revolutionary Guards general
More than 300 people have been killed in Iran since protests erupted over the death in morality police custody of Mahsa Amini on September 16, a Revolutionary Guards general said today.
29 November 2022
Iran rejects UN probe into protests
Iran will reject a newly-appointed independent UN investigation into the country’s repression of anti-government protests, the foreign ministry said yesterday, as demonstrations showed no sign of abating.
28 November 2022