Rubio warns Hormuz tolls would 'spread like contagion' to other waterways
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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
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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
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
Saudi-led air strikes kill at least 20 at Yemen wedding
Air strikes by a Saudi-led military coalition killed at least 20 people attending a wedding in a village in northwestern Yemen, residents and medical sources say.
23 April 2018, 15:21 PM
Armenia detains anti-govt protest leader
Armenia yesterday detained anti-government protest leader Nikol Pashinyan, prosecutors said, shortly after Prime Minister Serzh
22 April 2018, 18:00 PM
'Toy drone' near Saudi palaces causes panic
Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry yesterday instructed drone enthusiasts to obtain permission to fly the devices until regulations were finalised, a day
22 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Israel denies Mossad's role in rocket expert's murder
Israel's defence minister yesterday said a Palestinian scientist shot dead in Malaysia was a rocket expert and "no saint", but dismissed
22 April 2018, 18:00 PM
India to have sexual offenders' data base to monitor crimes
For the first time, India will have a sexual offenders' database to monitor and track those convicted of such crimes, joining eight
22 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Cinema returns to Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia hosted its first public film screening in over 35 years on Friday showing Hollywood blockbuster action film "Black Panther".
21 April 2018, 18:00 PM
OPCW team visits Douma
Inspectors from the world's chemical arms watchdog arrived yesterday in the Syrian town of Douma, where an alleged chemical attack
21 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Iran vows 'expected, unexpected' moves
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani yesterday said Iran's atomic agency was ready with "expected and unexpected" reactions if the United
21 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Palestinian scholar killed in Malaysia
The family of a Palestinian professor and Hamas member yesterday accused Israel's Mossad spy agency of killing him on the streets of
21 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Qatar joins Gulf war games in apparent compromise
Qatari forces participated in joint military exercises that ended in Saudi Arabia this week, in an apparent sign of some compromise among US-allied Arab states locked in a nearly year-long dispute.
19 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Israeli fire near Gaza border injures five
Five Palestinians were injured by Israeli fire along the Gaza border yesterday, the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave said, with
18 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Inspectors' visit delayed
A UN security team was fired at on Tuesday while on a reconnaissance mission in the Syrian town of Douma to prepare the deployment
18 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Saudi boss forced maid to drink bleach
A Philippine domestic worker has been hospitalised in Saudi Arabia after her employer allegedly forced her to drink household bleach,
16 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Russia blocks Syria probe
Western countries yesterday accused Moscow of preventing inspectors from reaching the site of a suspected poison gas attack in Syria
16 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Egypt extends state of emergency
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi extended for three months from Saturday a state of emergency for the fourth time since it was first
15 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Israel destroys Hamas tunnel from Gaza
Israel's army yesterday said it had destroyed a Hamas tunnel crossing from the Gaza Strip into its territory. Defence Minister Avigdor
15 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Saudi rejects Trump plan
Saudi Arabia's King Salman yesterday criticised the US decision to transfer its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem as Arab leaders met in the kingdom for an annual gathering.
15 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Saudi king rejects US plan to transfer embassy to Jerusalem
Saudi Arabia's King Salman openes an Arab League summit by criticising US President Donald Trump's decision to transfer the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
15 April 2018, 13:05 PM
US, UK, France strike Syria to punish Assad for suspected poison gas use
The United States, British and French forces strike Syria with more than 100 missiles in the first coordinated Western strikes against the Damascus government, targeting what they called chemical weapons sites in retaliation for a poison gas attack.
14 April 2018, 04:33 AM
Taliban kill 11 cops in Afghanistan
Taliban militants ambushed a checkpoint in western Afghanistan, killing at least nine policemen, officials said yesterday, in the latest
13 April 2018, 18:00 PM