Iran Guards strike tanker in Hormuz
Agencies
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2 Bangladeshis killed in Riyadh airport strike
Star Report
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Riyadh airport hit by fresh Houthi strike
Agencies
12 October 2026 • Middle East
Iran executes man for killing police officer
AFP, Tehran
12 October 2026 • Middle East
Fresh attack at Riyadh airport, says Saudi coalition
Agencies
11 October 2026 • Middle East
Flights cancelled as blast rocks Riyadh airport
Reuters, Riyadh
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Israeli strikes kill 5 more in Gaza
Reuters, Cairo
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Israel fires missiles into south Syria

An Israeli missile attack targeted Syrian military positions held by the government and its allies early yesterday, Syria’s state news agency said.
24 July 2019

Angry Kabul seeks clarification

Afghanistan yesterday called for an explanation of comments by US President Donald Trump in which he said he could win the Afghan war in just 10 days by wiping out Afghanistan but did not want to kill 10 million people.
23 July 2019

Iran to meet nuke deal parties on Sunday

Iran said it will attend a meeting in Vienna on Sunday of diplomats from countries still party to the 2015 nuclear deal, as they try to salvage the landmark agreement. The meeting would be held at the level of deputy ministers and political directors, it said in an English-
23 July 2019

Pak intelligence led CIA to bin Laden: Imran Khan

Pakistan’s main spy agency provided the US with a lead that helped them find and kill al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, Prime Minister Imran Khan said Monday.
23 July 2019

Israeli acts amount to ‘war crime’

Amnesty International yesterday slammed Israeli authorities for the mass demolition of Palestinian homes in Sur Baher, and urged the international community to take action.
23 July 2019

A ‘dangerous plot’

Iran’s supreme leader said yesterday that a US plan to end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians through development fuelled by international investment was a “dangerous plot” to destroy Palestinian identity with money.
22 July 2019

Britain calls ship seizure 'hostile act' as Iran releases video of capture

Britain denounces Iran's seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf as a "hostile act" and rejects Tehran's explanation that it seized the vessel because it had been involved in an accident.
21 July 2019

Saudi king approves hosting US troops to tackle regional threat

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman approved hosting US forces in the country to boost regional security and stability, the state news agency
20 July 2019

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

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

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

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