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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Middle East
Trump ‘used a catering truck to sneak off Air Force One’
12 August 2026
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Middle East
KSA-Pak-Turkey deal: A ‘change in perception’ of US - Iran
11 August 2026
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Middle East
Syria reaches deal with Moscow on fate of Russian bases
10 August 2026
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Middle East
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
Middle east conflicts: KSA, Turkey, Pakistan sign defence deal
8 August 2026
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Middle East
Pakistan says any attack under new tri-party defence pact is attack on all
7 August 2026
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Middle East
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
8 Hezbollah fighters killed in Yemen
The Saudi-led coalition battling rebels in Yemen yesterday said its forces killed eight members of Lebanon's Shia militant group
25 June 2018
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
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
30 YRS OF ACTIVISM HELPED END BAN
A decades-old ban on women driving cars in Saudi Arabia ended yesterday, quashing a conservative tradition seen by rights activists
24 June 2018
US peace plan soon
Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's senior adviser, said Washington would announce its Middle East peace plan soon, and
24 June 2018
Saudi women celebrate uplifting of driving ban
Saudi Arabian women celebrates being able to drive for the first time in decades today, as the kingdom overturnes the world's only ban on female motorists, a historic reform expected to usher in a new era of social mobility.
24 June 2018