Middle East

Israeli strikes kill three in Gaza

AFP, Gaza City

29 August 2026 • Middle East

New US threats: Iran warns of ‘crushing’ response

Agencies

22 August 2026 • Middle East

Iran fishermen venture back to Hormuz despite fears of new fighting

AFP, Bandar Abbas

18 August 2026 • Middle East

OCCUPIED WEST BANK / Activists rush aid to Palestinians besieged by settlers

AFP, Qusra

15 August 2026 • Middle East

Trump ‘used a catering truck to sneak off Air Force One’

Agencies

12 August 2026 • Middle East

Saudi Arabia Pakistan Turkey Defence Pact Impact On US Iran Relations

KSA-Pak-Turkey deal: A ‘change in perception’ of US - Iran

AFP, Tehran

11 August 2026 • Middle East

Syria reaches deal with Moscow on fate of Russian bases

AFP, Damascus

10 August 2026 • Middle East

Update / 16 Bangladeshis killed in Saudi factory fire

Star Online Report

10 August 2026 • Middle East

Hamas says still ready to go ahead with Gaza plan

AFP, Gaza City

9 August 2026 • Middle East

Middle east conflicts: KSA, Turkey, Pakistan sign defence deal

Agencies

8 August 2026 • Middle East

Syria regime to blame

United Nations investigators on Thursday blamed a sarin gas massacre on Bashar al-Assad's regime, as the United States renewed its warning that he has no role in Syria's future.

27 October 2017

Annexation plan means end of two-state solution: PLO

A bill that critics say would amount to de facto annexation of Israeli settlements surrounding Jerusalem is expected to go before

26 October 2017

Iraq, Syria eye last IS dens

Iraqi forces launched an attack to drive Islamic State from the last territory it holds in Iraq yesterday and the Syrian army and its allies

26 October 2017

Regime shelling near Syria capital kills 8

Syrian regime shelling on the besieged rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area near Damascus yesterday killed at least eight civilians, the Syrian

26 October 2017

Qatar introduces minimum wage

World Cup 2022 host Qatar, under global scrutiny over its alleged ill-treatment of foreign workers, has agreed to a range of labour

26 October 2017

Israel approves 176 new settler homes

Israeli authorities yesterday approved a major expansion of an east Jerusalem settlement, signing off on plans to add

25 October 2017

Kurds offer to suspend referendum results

Kurdish authorities in Iraq yesterday offered to put an independence drive on hold, stepping up efforts to resolve a

25 October 2017

Nicaragua signs Paris climate agreement

Nicaragua signed the Paris climate agreement yesterday, leaving the United States and Syria as the only two holdouts

24 October 2017

Hot water for dinner!

Manal boils water on the stove in the besieged Syrian town of Hamouria, hoping to convince her four children that

24 October 2017

Saudi Arabia 'will return to moderate, open Islam'

Powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pledged a "moderate, open" Saudi Arabia yesterday, breaking with ultra-conservative clerics in favour of an image catering to foreign investors and Saudi youth.

24 October 2017

Crown Prince pledges a 'moderate' Saudi Arabia

Powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pledges a "moderate, open" Saudi Arabia, breaking with ultra-conservative clerics in favour of an image catering to foreign investors and Saudi youth.

24 October 2017