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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
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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
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92% Israelis believe Iran won war: poll
22 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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‘Fooling no one’ : Al Jazeera rejects Israeli accusations against journo killed in Gaza
22 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Al Jazeera says Israeli strike kills journalist in Gaza
21 June 2026, 10:33 AM
Middle East
Rouhani says Iran may remain part of nuclear accord
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reiterates on Sunday that Tehran would remain committed to its 2015 nuclear deal if its interests can be protected and says the US withdrawal from the accord is a "violation of morals".
13 May 2018, 09:29 AM
Iran pushes diplomacy
Iran's foreign minister embarks on a tour of world powers yesterday, state media reported, in what is seen as a last-ditch effort to
12 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Iraq holds first nationwide election since IS defeat
Iraq began voting Saturday in its first parliamentary election since declaring victory over the Islamic State (IS) group, with the country hoping to shore up a fragile peace and rebuild.
12 May 2018, 05:09 AM
Iran targets Israeli positions across Syrian frontier, Israel pounds Syria
Iranian forces in Syria shells Israeli army outposts across the Syrian frontier overnight, Israel says, prompting one of the heaviest Israeli strikes in Syria since its civil war began in 2011.
10 May 2018, 05:15 AM
Saudi intercepts two missiles over Riyadh
Saudi Arabia's air defences intercepted two ballistic missiles over the capital Riyadh yesterday, state television said, the latest in a series
9 May 2018, 18:00 PM
HRW director In Israel asked to leave country
Israel has given a Human Rights Watch director two weeks to leave the country, accusing him of promoting a boycott, in a move the
9 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Blast, gunfire kill 5 people in Kabul
Suicide bombers and gunmen launched apparently coordinated attacks on two Kabul police stations yesterday, killing at least five people,
9 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Korea hopes fade
President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal is a major setback to US negotiating credibility and will complicate
9 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Israeli strike kills Iranians in Syria
Eight Iranians were among 15 foreign pro-regime fighters killed in a suspected Israeli strike in Syria on a weapons depot of Iran's elite
9 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Iran demands EU guarantees
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei yesterday said that Tehran would quit the landmark 2015 nuclear deal unless European
9 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Saudi to lift driving ban on women June 24
Saudi women will be allowed to start driving in the kingdom from June 24, the General Department of Traffic Director General
8 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Afghan police shoot would-be bomber
Afghan police shot dead a suicide bomber yesterday as he was apparently preparing to attack an outdoor blood donor facility in a busy
7 May 2018, 18:00 PM
30 regime forces killed fighting IS
More than 30 Syrian government troops have been killed in a southern district of the capital in a fierce counter-offensive by Islamic State
7 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Iran-backed Hezbollah allies set to seal control
Hezbollah and its political allies won just over half the seats in Lebanon's parliamentary elections, unofficial results showed, boosting
7 May 2018, 18:00 PM
'Thousands' detained in Saudi Arabia: HRW
Saudi Arabia has detained thousands of people for years without trial, Human Rights Watch said yesterday, slamming the country's
6 May 2018, 18:00 PM
US will regret if it quits
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani yesterday said that if the United States quits the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers then
6 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Polls open in Lebanon's first general election in 9yrs
Polling booths open in Lebanon today for the country's first parliamentary election in nine years, a period marked by stretches of political paralysis and war in neighbouring Syria.
6 May 2018, 04:51 AM
Rouhani slams Telegram ban
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has criticised the ban imposed on popular messaging app Telegram by the conservative-run judiciary, saying the move was "the opposite of democracy".
5 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Palestinian leader offers apology
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas yesterday apologised for alleged anti-Semitic comments that drew global condemnation.
4 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Guantanamo inmate moved to Saudi Arabia
A Saudi inmate from Guantanamo Bay has arrived back in the kingdom after the Pentagon said it was transferring him to his homeland, the first such move under President Donald Trump.
3 May 2018, 18:00 PM