Rubio warns Hormuz tolls would 'spread like contagion' to other waterways
25 June 2026, 14:39 PM
Middle East
Gulf states ‘dragging their feet’ as migrant workers face deadly heat: HRW
23 June 2026, 21:41 PM
Middle East
Iran says to oversee Hormuz as Swiss talks conclude
23 June 2026, 12:53 PM
Middle East
Iran chief negotiator says Hormuz will be administered by Tehran: state media
23 June 2026, 08:30 AM
World
Qatar gas plant blast kills 13, injures dozens
23 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Middle East
Qatar factory explosion injures 54, 18 missing: interior ministry
22 June 2026, 08:36 AM
Middle East
Jordan hangs six after 9-year death penalty pause
22 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Middle East
92% Israelis believe Iran won war: poll
22 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Middle East
‘Fooling no one’ : Al Jazeera rejects Israeli accusations against journo killed in Gaza
22 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Middle East
Al Jazeera says Israeli strike kills journalist in Gaza
21 June 2026, 10:33 AM
Middle East
Bangladeshi killed in Saudi terror attack at security checkpoint
A Bangladeshi man and a security official are killed in a terrorist attack at a security checkpoint in Buraidah of northcentral Saudi Arabia.
9 July 2018, 06:38 AM
24 killed as Turkish train derails after heavy rain
Twenty-four people are killed when a train derailed in northwest Turkey this weekend, Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdag says.
9 July 2018, 05:10 AM
East Syria car bomb kills at least 18
A car bombing in eastern Syria on Friday killed at least 18 people including 11 members of a US-backed force that has fought the Islamic
7 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Iran executes 8 IS men
Iran has executed eight people convicted over two deadly attacks claimed by the Islamic State group in Tehran last year, the judiciary's
7 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Son of IS chief killed in Syria's Homs
Ason of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in the city of Homs in Syria, the group's news channel reported
4 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Indonesia ferry tragedy toll hits 34
At least 34 people have died after a ferry ran aground off the coast of Indonesia, according to an updated official toll yesterday. The KM
4 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Saudi woman's car set on fire after driving ban lifted
Saudi police are hunting for arsonists who torched a woman's car, only a week after the kingdom lifted a decades-long ban on female
4 July 2018, 18:00 PM
5 Bangladeshis killed in Saudi crash
At least five expatriate Bangladeshis are killed and 11 others injured in a road crash in the middle-eastern country of Saudi Arabia.
4 July 2018, 13:37 PM
Rouhani flies to Europe to rally support
President Hassan Rouhani yesterday departed Iran for a trip to Europe billed as of "prime importance" after the US pulled out of the
2 July 2018, 18:00 PM
SEA OF DEATH
A migrant intercepted aboard a dinghy off the coast in the Strait of Gibraltar, smiles as she rests after arriving on a rescue boat at the
2 July 2018, 18:00 PM
UAE announces pause in Yemen offensive
The United Arab Emirates yesterday announced a pause in the offensive it is backing against Huthi rebels in Yemen's port city of Hodeida,
1 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Israeli forces kill two more Gaza protesters
Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinians, one of them a 14-year-old boy, and wounded 415 others with live fire and tear gas during
30 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Afghan leader ends truce against Taliban
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani declared a formal end to his government's ceasefire with the Taliban yesterday but called on the
30 June 2018, 18:00 PM
US sanctions aim to turn Iranians against govt
US economic pressure on Iran is intended to turn Iranians against their government, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was
30 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Saudis probe woman TV presenter
Saudi authorities have launched a probe after a female TV presenter wore "indecent" clothes while reporting on the end of a decades-long woman driving ban, triggering outrage on social media.
28 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Bloodiest day yet in south Syria offensive
A barrage of Russian strikes on rebel-held towns in southern Syria killed 22 civilians yesterday, the bloodiest day yet of the government's offensive in the strategic region.
28 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Air strikes kill 22 in southern Syria
A barrage of Russian strikes on rebel-held towns in southern Syria kills 22 civilians, the bloodiest day yet of the government's offensive in the strategic region.
28 June 2018, 10:50 AM
Fighting displaces 45,000 in Syria: UN
Syrian troops have made strategic gains from rebels in the south, a monitor said yesterday, as they ramped up an offensive causing yet another wave of mass displacement.
26 June 2018, 18:00 PM
1,000 rescued off Libya
Libya's coastguard has rescued nearly 1,000 migrants who were on boats in distress in the Mediterranean on their way to Europe, the
25 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Thousands flee as Syrian military extends assault
Government helicopters dropped barrel bombs on Deraa city for the first time in nearly a year yesterday, a rebel and a war monitor
25 June 2018, 18:00 PM