Visa clock ticks for KSA-bound workers
12 October 2026
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2 Bangladeshis killed in Riyadh airport strike
12 October 2026
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Riyadh airport hit by fresh Houthi strike
12 October 2026
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Middle East
Iran executes man for killing police officer
12 October 2026
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Middle East
Fresh attack at Riyadh airport, says Saudi coalition
11 October 2026
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Middle East
Flights cancelled as blast rocks Riyadh airport
11 October 2026
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Middle East
Israeli strikes kill 5 more in Gaza
11 October 2026
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in focus / Oil surges, stocks sink as US reportedly eyes fresh Iran strikes
9 October 2026
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Middle East
Systematic destruction of olive groves: A bid to uproot Palestinian identity
5 October 2026
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Middle East
WHO decries delays getting aid into Gaza
4 October 2026
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417 undocumented migrant workers to return from Lebanon tomorrow
After a two-month gap due to Covid-19 restrictions and domestic issues in Lebanon, undocumented Bangladeshi migrant workers there have started returning home.
7 June 2021
Netanyahu alleges Israeli election fraud, accuses rival of duplicity
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday a newly formed Israeli coalition that is poised to unseat him was the result of "the greatest election fraud" in the history of democracy.
6 June 2021
Al Jazeera Reporter forcefully detained by Israel
Israeli border police forcefully detained a veteran correspondent for the Al Jazeera satellite channel while she was reporting from an embattled Jerusalem neighborhood where dozens of Palestinian families are slated for eviction by Jewish settlers.
6 June 2021
Israel domestic security warns of violence as Netanyahu faces unseating
The head of Israel’s domestic security service issued a rare warning of possible violence during one of the most politically charged periods in decades, with the country on the verge of unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, its longest serving leader.
6 June 2021
Explosion in Yemeni city of Marib kills at least 12 - medical source
An explosion near a petrol station in the Yemeni city of Marib killed at least 12 people on Saturday, a medical source said.
5 June 2021
Turkish drone strike kills 3 civilians in Iraq refugee camp
Three civilians were killed yesterday in a Turkish drone attack on a refugee camp in northern Iraq in an area Turkish President recently threatened to “clean up”, a Kurdish lawmaker said.
5 June 2021
Egypt sends building equipment to begin Gaza reconstruction
Egypt has sent a convoy of engineers and building equipment to Gaza to begin reconstruction in the Palestinian enclave after the recent Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Egyptian state television reported on Friday.
5 June 2021
Turkish air strike kills at least three in refugee camp inside Iraq
A Turkish air strike killed at least three people and injured others on Saturday at a camp for displaced people in northern Iraq housing thousands of Kurdish refugees from Turkey, said Rashad Kelani, a Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party official.
5 June 2021
Palestinians see little difference in old and new Israeli leaders
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza on Thursday mostly dismissed a change in Israeli government, saying the nationalist leader due to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would likely pursue the same right-wing agenda.
3 June 2021
Millions in Syria face disaster if aid crossing is shut - UN
Millions of people in northwest Syria face disaster if the United Nations fails to approve an extension of cross-border humanitarian operations next month, a senior U.N. aid official said on Thursday.
3 June 2021
Israel's opposition declares new government, set to unseat Netanyahu
Israel's opposition leader moved closer to unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he officially told the country's president that he has reached agreements with political allies to form a new government.
3 June 2021
Riots in Syria’s Manbij leave 4 dead: monitor
Kurdish forces have shot dead four Arab protesters during riots in the northern Syrian region of Manbij, a war monitor said yesterday.
2 June 2021
Iran’s largest navy ship catches fire, sinks in Gulf of Oman
The largest ship in the Iranian navy caught fire and later sank Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, semiofficial news agencies reported.
2 June 2021
Iran fails to explain uranium traces found at several sites: IAEA report
Iran has failed to explain traces of uranium found at several undeclared sites, a report by the UN nuclear watchdog showed on Monday, possibly setting up a fresh diplomatic clash between Tehran and the West that could derail wider nuclear talks.
1 June 2021
Netanyahu could lose PM job as rivals attempt to join forces
A former ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said he would seek to form a coalition government with the Israeli leader’s opponents, taking a major step toward ending the rule of the longtime premier.
30 May 2021
Iran confirms spying, propaganda charges against French detainee
Iranian prosecutors have confirmed a French man detained in the Islamic republic will be tried for espionage and “propaganda against the system”, his lawyer told AFP yesterday.
30 May 2021
Hefajat Funding: Most of it came from Middle east
The majority of Hefajat-e-Islam’s funds came from the Middle East through Bangladeshi expatriates, said police.
30 May 2021
End of Netanyahu era could be in the cards in Israeli political drama
Israel was gripped by political drama on Sunday over the possibly imminent end of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's record run as the country's leader.
30 May 2021
Israeli forces kill Palestinian in West Bank
Israeli forces on Friday shot dead a Palestinian man during clashes in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.
29 May 2021
Ex-premier’s graft case a test of justice in oil-rich Kuwait
Where is Sheikh Jaber? Kuwait was abuzz with the question as citizens on social media demanded to know the whereabouts of their 79-year-old former prime minister. He’d been ordered detained pending trial in an unprecedented move last month over the alleged embezzlement of millions of dollars from a military aid fund.
29 May 2021