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

Crown Prince Salman bragged Kushner 'in his pocket': report

Jared Kushner, tasked by his boss and father-in-law, President Donald Trump, with mediating Middle East peace early in the
23 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Assad set for key victory

Syrian rebels and their families began leaving Syria's Eastern Ghouta yesterday under the first evacuation deal in the shrinking
22 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Iran has foiled US plans in Mideast

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tehran has neutralised US plans in the Middle East, in a speech yesterday marking
21 March 2018, 20:14 PM

Dozens killed in Syria

The death toll in a barrage of rebel rocket fire on a popular shopping district of Syria's capital Damascus has risen to 44 civilians, state
21 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Israel admits responsibility

Israel for the first time yesterday admitted that it was responsible for a top-secret 2007 air raid against a suspected Syrian nuclear
21 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Suicide bomber kills 33

A suicide bomber yesterday killed dozens of people, many of them teenagers, after detonating a device among a crowd in Kabul who
21 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Egypt court bans Uber

Egypt's administrative court yesterday issued a ruling stopping the operations of ride sharing apps Uber amid opposition from taxi
20 March 2018, 18:00 PM

India confirms deaths of 39 workers in Iraq

The bodies of 39 Indian construction workers kidnapped in Iraq in 2014 by the Islamic State group have been found in a mass grave,
20 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Ex-French president held over 'Gaddafi funding'

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was held in custody yesterday and questioned by magistrates investigating whether late
20 March 2018, 18:00 PM

‘Son of a dog'

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas labelled the US ambassador to Israel David Friedman a "son of a dog" on Monday during an attack
20 March 2018, 18:00 PM

UN envoy sees partition of Syria , fears IS's return

Syria is heading for a catastrophic partition and could see the return of Islamic State if there is no inclusive peace settlement, UN Syria
20 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Turkey-led forces comb Afrin after ousting Kurds

Turkish-led forces secured the city of Afrin yesterday after a deadly two-month assault that dealt the Kurds a major blow and could
19 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Israel destroys Hamas tunnel network in Gaza

Israeli forces yesterday knocked out a tunnel in the Gaza Strip dug by Hamas militants to mount cross-border attacks,
18 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Duterte calls for mass withdrawal from ICC

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday called for other signatories of the Rome Statute that established the
18 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Kurds ousted from Afrin

Turkey's flag was flying in Afrin yesterday after its troops and Ankara-backed rebels chased out Kurdish militia
18 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Taliban car blast kills 2

A car bomb explosion claimed by the Taliban in Kabul yesterday killed at least two civilians, as the militants maintain
17 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Small plane crash in Philippines kills 10

Ten people were killed when a small plane crashed into a house just outside the Philippine capital yesterday, police and
17 March 2018, 18:00 PM

14 migrants die as boat capsizes off Greece

At least 14 migrants, including four children, died when a boat carrying 21 people capsized overnight in the Aegean
17 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Car ramming kills 2 Israeli soldiers

Israeli forces have arrested a brother and an uncle of a Palestinian accused of killing two soldiers in a West Bank car
17 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Thousands flee death

Thousands of terrified Syrian civilians fled for their lives yesterday, as they sought to escape two raging offensives in a rebel bastion outside Damascus and a northwestern Kurdish enclave.
17 March 2018, 18:00 PM