Iran says UK-flagged tanker was in accident with fishing boat and 'ignored distress call'

The detained British-flagged tanker Stena Impero was in an accident with an Iranian fishing boat and ignored its distress call, Iran's Fars news agency reports, quoting an official.
20 July 2019

Iran says assisting ‘foreign tanker’

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman said Tuesday that the Islamic republic was assisting a “foreign tanker that had encountered a technical problem” in the Gulf after receiving a distress call.
17 July 2019

Quake causes panic in Indonesia; one killed

A magnitude 7.3 shallow earthquake struck the Moluccas islands in eastern Indonesia yesterday, the US Geological Survey (USGS)
16 July 2019

Iran to give no quarter to US

Iran’s supreme leader upped the ante in a volatile stand-off with the United States yesterday, warning Tehran would continue
16 July 2019

7.3 quake hits remote Malukus islands

A major 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit the remote Maluku islands in eastern Indonesia yesterday, sending panicked residents running
14 July 2019

Egypt opens two ancient pyramids, unveils new finds

Egypt on Saturday opened two ancient pyramids south of the capital Cairo and unveiled a collection of newly found sarcophagi, some
14 July 2019

51 injured as quake rocks Philippines

Fifty-one people were injured and several homes, churches and other buildings damaged yesterday when an earthquake sent terrified
13 July 2019

US soldier killed in Afghanistan: Nato

A US service member was killed in action in Afghanistan yesterday, Nato said, the latest international casualty that comes as the US tries
13 July 2019

KSA, Pakistan among 37 states backing China at UN

Saudi Arabia, Russia and 35 other states have written to the United Nations supporting China’s policies in its western region of Xinjiang,
13 July 2019

Afghan hotel attack kills 3

Attackers entered a hotel in western Afghanistan yesterday and killed at least three security forces in an ongoing incident, an official told
13 July 2019

Indonesia leader and runner- up seek post-election peace

The winner and runner-up in Indonesia’s presidential election which sparked deadly riots in the capital called for reconciliation
13 July 2019

Gibraltar police release all crew members of detained Iranian tanker

Gibraltar police have said that all four crew members of the Iranian Grace 1 tanker have been released on bail without charge after it was detained last week on suspicion of breaking European sanctions by taking oil to Syria.
13 July 2019

Netanyahu vows to retain every West Bank settlement

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Wednesday not to dismantle even the remotest Jewish settlement in the West Bank, in
11 July 2019

Clashes kill 71 fighters in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib

Regime and jihadist-led forces were locked in clashes yesterday on the edge of an opposition bastion in northwest Syria after a jihadist-led advance that killed 71 fighters overnight, a monitor said.
11 July 2019

Clashes kill 71 fighters in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib

Regime and jihadist-led forces were locked in clashes yesterday on the edge of an opposition bastion in northwest Syria after a jihadist-led advance that killed 71 fighters overnight, a monitor said.
11 July 2019

Iran tried to seize tanker: Britain

Three Iranian vessels tried to block a BP-operated tanker passing through the Strait of Hormuz but backed off when confronted by a Royal Navy warship, the UK government said yesterday.
11 July 2019

Khashoggi fallout: Saudi holidaymakers urged to shun Turkey

Diplomatic fallout over journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder appears to be slowing the flow of high-rolling Saudis to Turkey, as calls grow within the oil-rich kingdom to boycott the holiday magnet.
11 July 2019

UK to face ‘consequences’

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani yesterday warned Britain of “consequences” over the detention of an Iranian oil tanker off the coast of Gibraltar.
10 July 2019

‘Silence is not an option’

The United Nations human rights expert who conducted an independent probe into the murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Tuesday urged the US to act on her damning findings.
10 July 2019

Afghan President Ghani calls on Taliban for peace talks

Now is the “right moment” for peace in Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani said yesterday as he once more called on the Taliban to
10 July 2019