New US threats: Iran warns of ‘crushing’ response
22 August 2026
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Iran fishermen venture back to Hormuz despite fears of new fighting
18 August 2026
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OCCUPIED WEST BANK / Activists rush aid to Palestinians besieged by settlers
15 August 2026
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Trump ‘used a catering truck to sneak off Air Force One’
12 August 2026
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KSA-Pak-Turkey deal: A ‘change in perception’ of US - Iran
11 August 2026
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Syria reaches deal with Moscow on fate of Russian bases
10 August 2026
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Update / 16 Bangladeshis killed in Saudi factory fire
10 August 2026
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Hamas says still ready to go ahead with Gaza plan
9 August 2026
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Middle east conflicts: KSA, Turkey, Pakistan sign defence deal
8 August 2026
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Pakistan says any attack under new tri-party defence pact is attack on all
7 August 2026
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Regime air strikes kill 23 people near Damascus
At least 23 civilians were killed yesterday as Syrian government air strikes pounded a rebel-held enclave near the capital Damascus, a
5 February 2018
Israel legalises West Bank settlement
Israel yesterday granted legal status to a previously unauthorized outpost in the occupied West Bank in response to a Palestinian shooting attack last month that killed one of its residents.
4 February 2018
Israeli planes hit Hamas in Gaza
Israeli aircraft hit a Hamas compound in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday, after Palestinians there fired a rocket into the Jewish state,
3 February 2018
Brazil ex-president Lula to get his passport back
A Brazilian federal judge on Friday ordered that former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's seized passport be returned. A lower court
3 February 2018
29 women held
Tehran police have arrested 29 women for appearing in public without a headscarf as protests against the dress code in force since
2 February 2018
'Death to Pakistan'
Demonstrators yesterday protested outside the Pakistani embassy in Kabul as senior Afghan officials said they had handed over
1 February 2018
Saudi, UAE step up efforts to end crisis
Saudi and Emirati envoys shuttled between Yemeni government forces and besieging southern separatists in second city Aden yesterday
1 February 2018
Terrorism: Afghan spy chief visits Pakistan
Afghanistan's intelligence chief Masoom Stanekzai visited Pakistan yesterday, officials said, at a time when tension
31 January 2018
Strong quake hits India, Pak, Afghanistan
A powerful 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan yesterday, the US Geological Survey said, sending
31 January 2018
56 people still held; $107b recovered
Saudi Arabia's attorney general said yesterday $107 billion has been recovered so far in a major crackdown on high-
30 January 2018
Tests link Syria stockpile to largest sarin attack
The Syrian government's chemical weapons stockpile has been linked for the first time by laboratory tests to the
30 January 2018
Separatists capture Aden
Separatists in war-ravaged Yemen yesterday surrounded the presidential palace in the government's de facto capital
30 January 2018
Yemen rivals battle for 'coup-hit' Aden
At least nine people were killed and more than 130 wounded yesterday in heavy fighting between separatist forces
29 January 2018
N Korea cancels joint Olympic performance
North Korea has cancelled a joint cultural performance with South Korea scheduled for February 4 blaming South
29 January 2018
Opposition seeks court help to oust president
Opposition leaders in the Maldives including two former heads of state have asked the Supreme Court to remove the
29 January 2018
US drone strike kills 7 Qaeda men in Yemen
A drone strike early yesterday killed seven suspected al-Qaeda militants in southern Yemen, a security official said.
27 January 2018
Islamists kill 10 Malian soldiers
At least 10 Malian soldiers were killed yesterday in an attack on their camp in the restive north blamed on jihadists,
27 January 2018
US to end arms support for Kurdish forces
The United States has told Turkey it will not provide any more weapons to the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, the Turkish
27 January 2018
Eight dead as US-led strike hits Iraq forces
An air strike by the US-led coalition battling the Islamic State group hit Iraqi security personnel yesterday, officials
27 January 2018
Billionaire Prince released after financial settlement
Saudi billionaire Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal was released yesterday after nearly three months in detention following a
27 January 2018