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
Turkey starts ground ops in Syria
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan yesterday said a military operation in Syria's Kurdish-controlled Afrin region had
20 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Pence heads to Mideast amid Arab anger
US Vice President Mike Pence headed for Egypt yesterday to begin a Middle East trip overshadowed by anger in the
20 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Taliban agree Pak meeting
A delegation approved by the Taliban's supreme leader visited the Pakistani capital this week for exploratory talks on restarting peace
18 January 2018, 18:00 PM
52 people die in Kazakhstan bus inferno
Fifty-two people were killed yesterday when the Russia-bound bus they were travelling on caught fire in Kazakhstan, the central Asian
18 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Iraq, Syria see sharp drop in terror deaths
Iraq and Syria saw a sharp drop in the number of people killed in terror attacks last year, a report published yesterday by Jane's
18 January 2018, 18:00 PM
US troops to remain in Syria
The United States on Wednesday signalled an open-ended military presence in Syria as part of a broader strategy to prevent Islamic
18 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Saudi declares bailout plan for Yemen govt
Saudi Arabia announced yesterday it would transfer $2 billion to Yemen's central bank, following desperate calls for a
17 January 2018, 18:00 PM
22m Yemenis now in need of aid: UN
More than three-quarters of Yemenis are now in need of humanitarian aid as the war between rebels and the Saudi-backed government
16 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Fighting near Tripoli airport kills nine
Fighting at the Libyan capital's only working international airport killed nine people yesterday, officials said, after militiamen attacked it
15 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Qatari jets intercept passenger plane: UAE
The United Arab Emirates accused rival Qatar of "intercepting" a passenger plane en route to Bahrain yesterday, as Doha denied the
15 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Turkmenistan bans 'bad habits' from TV
Tightly controlled Turkmenistan has banned broadcasters from showing sex and encouraging "bad habits" in a law designed to create a
15 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Kashmir border violence kills 9
At least nine people including four Pakistani soldiers were killed in fighting in disputed Kashmir yesterday, India and Pakistan said.
15 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Trump's peace efforts 'slap of the century'
Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas denounced US President Donald Trump's peace efforts as the "slap of the century", at a key meeting
15 January 2018, 18:00 PM
New era in India-Israel ties
Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday hailed a "new era" in ties with India as he signed a series of deals during the first visit by an Israeli
15 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Israel destroys Hamas attack tunnel in Gaza
The Israeli military said yesterday it had destroyed a cross-border attack tunnel that ran from Gaza into Israel and
14 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Missile attack hits refugees in Idlib
A missile has crashed near civilians in Syria's Idlib province at a makeshift camp for displaced people from the
14 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Tunisia vows reform amid new protests
Hundreds of Tunisians demonstrated peacefully against government austerity measures in the capital after nearly a
14 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Hamas to skip meeting over Jerusalem
Islamist movement Hamas yesterday said it would not participate in a meeting of Palestinian leaders to debate responses to the
13 January 2018, 18:00 PM
US launches air strike after insider attack
US Forces carried out an airstrike on an Afghan government militia after an apparent insider attack in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan
12 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Six quakes hit Iran
A series of six moderate earthquakes shook Iran yesterday, lightly injuring five people, the ISNA news agency reported, nearly two
11 January 2018, 18:00 PM