Iran says to oversee Hormuz as Swiss talks conclude
AFP, Burgenstock
23 June 2026, 12:53 PM Middle East
Qatar gas plant blast kills 13, injures dozens
AFP, Doha
23 June 2026, 00:00 AM Middle East
Jordan hangs six after 9-year death penalty pause
AFP, Amman
22 June 2026, 00:00 AM Middle East
92% Israelis believe Iran won war: poll
AFP, Jerusalem
22 June 2026, 00:00 AM Middle East
Al Jazeera says Israeli strike kills journalist in Gaza
AFP, Doha, Qatar
21 June 2026, 10:33 AM Middle East

Ghani backs suicide bomb fatwa

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani yesterday condemned Monday's suicide bomb attack outside a peace tent gathering of Muslim clerics in
5 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Kurds to pull out of strategic Syria town

The leading Syrian Kurdish militia yesterday said it would withdraw from Manbij, easing fears of a direct clash between Nato allies Washington and Ankara over the strategic northern town.
5 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Iran to start building advanced centrifuges

Iran begins work on infrastructure to build advanced centrifuges at its Natanz facility but will adhere to its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, the director of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation Ali Akbar Salehi says today.
5 June 2018, 15:21 PM

Seven people killed in Kabul suicide blast

At least seven people were killed in a suicide bombing yesterday near a gathering of top clerics in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, roughly
4 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Jordan PM quits after austerity protests

Jordanian Prime Minister Hani Mulki resigned yesterday after he was summoned by King Abdullah II over growing protests against his
4 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Palestinian shot dead trying to breach border

A Palestinian armed with an axe was shot dead trying to breach the Gaza-Israel border yesterday, the Israeli army said. An army
4 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Saudi issues driving licences to women

Saudi Arabia yesterday began issuing its first driving licences to women in decades, state media reported. "The general directorate of traffic today
4 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Dirty Duterte!

A kiss by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on a Filipino woman's lips while on an official visit in South Korea sparked anger and jokes
4 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Assad to meet Kim in North Korea

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he plans to visit North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, Pyongyang's state media reported yesterday,
3 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Indonesian cops raid university

Indonesian anti-terrorism police have detained a former student and are questioning two others after a raid on a university campus in
3 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Nearly half of Afghan children out of school

Nearly half of Afghanistan's children are not attending school because of worsening security, poverty and sex discrimination,
3 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Israeli warplanes pound Gaza

Israeli aircraft pounded over a dozen militant targets in Gaza, the army said yesterday, after Palestinian projectile fire shattered a
3 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Israeli army kills Palestinian nurse in Gaza border protest

Israeli forces killes a Palestinian nurse on Friday as she tries to help a wounded protester at the Gaza border, according to health officials and a witness, while Israel says militants have attacked its troops with gunfire and a grenade.
3 June 2018, 06:49 AM

Palestinian attacker shot dead: Israel

A Palestinian man who allegedly tried to hit Israeli soldiers with a small tractor in the West Bank city of Hebron was shot dead, the army
2 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Sisi sworn in for second term

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in for a second four-year term in office yesterday as the country faces major economic
2 June 2018, 18:00 PM

US vetoes UN resolution on protecting Palestinians

The United States vetoed Friday an Arab-backed UN draft resolution calling for measures to protect the Palestinians but failed to win any backing for its own text condemning Hamas for the violence in Gaza.
2 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Saudi Arabia warns of military action

Saudi Arabia has threatened military action against Qatar if it goes ahead and acquires Russia's top of the range S-400 air defence missile system, Le Monde daily reported.
2 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Ukraine under fire after faking journo's death

Ukraine was under fire yesterday after it admitted staging the murder of anti-Kremlin journalist Arkady Babchenko, despite relief in Russia and Ukraine
31 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Czech mogul to be named PM again

Czech populist billionaire Andrej Babis said yesterday he would be named premier for the second time on June 6, eyeing a minority
31 May 2018, 18:00 PM

'Americans should leave'

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned US-backed Kurdish forces he would not hesitate to use force to retake the third of the
31 May 2018, 18:00 PM