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

Afghan leader at UN urges Pak talks

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani yesterday appealed to Pakistan to work together to curb extremists, seeing an
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Saudi Arabia set to lift ban on internet calls

Saudi Arabia will remove its ban on internet phone calls today, a government spokesman said, in a bid to stimulate
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Qatar emir at UN urges for dialogue

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani on Tuesday renewed a call for "unconditional dialogue" to end a crisis
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Afghan Air Force gets Black Hawk helicopters

The Afghan Air Force took delivery of its first four US-made UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters yesterday as part of a planned replacement of
19 September 2017, 18:25 PM

Israel intercepts drone over Golan Heights

Israel's military fired a Patriot missile yesterday to bring down what it said was an Iranian-made drone operated by Hezbollah on a
19 September 2017, 18:23 PM

Suicide bombers kill 3 in Iraq restaurant

Two suicide bombers killed at least three people and wounded 34 yesterday in a northern Iraq restaurant frequented by militiamen
19 September 2017, 18:21 PM

Snapchat blocks Al- Jazeera in Saudi Arabia

Global image messaging service Snapchat has scrubbed Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera from its app in Saudi Arabia at the request of Saudi
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Libya, Italy net 5,000 migrants in a week

Libya's coastguard has rescued over 3,000 migrants aiming to cross the Mediterranean to Europe in the past week, while Italy picked
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Iraq SC steps in to block referendum

Iraq's Supreme Court yesterday ordered the suspension of a September 25 referendum on the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan, as legal
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Iraq set to expel 500 wives of IS jihadists

Iraq moved 500 wives of Islamic State group jihadists to a detention centre in preparation to deport them after they were captured
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Troops closer to besiege IS

Syrian government troops came closer yesterday to encircling the Islamic State group in a pocket of Deir Ezzor city after crossing the
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Blast at market kills 4 in Afghanistan

Four people were killed and 14 others wounded in an explosion at a mobile phone market in southeastern Afghanistan
17 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Russia, Iraq restore air travel after years

Russia and Iraq restored scheduled commercial airline services yesterday for the first time since 2004, in what officials
17 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Saudi-led air raids kill 12 Yemeni civilians

Twelve Yemeni civilians including women and children have been killed in an air raid by the Saudi-led coalition
17 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Russian, regime strikes hit SDF for first time

A US-backed force battling the Islamic State group in eastern Syria yesterday accused Russian warplanes of bombing
16 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Blast hits foreign convoy in Kandahar

A suicide attacker driving an explosives-filled vehicle slammed into a convoy of foreign troops in southern Afghanistan
15 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Iraq attack death toll rises to 84

Gunmen and suicide bombers killed at least 84 people in southern Iraq in the deadliest attack by the Islamic State
15 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Iraq, Turkey up ante

Iraq and Turkey yesterday stepped up the pressure on Iraqi Kurdistan over its planned independence referendum, as the governor of
14 September 2017, 18:35 PM

Finnish aid worker freed in Afghanistan

Finland yesterday said one of its nationals who was kidnapped in an attack on an international guest house in Afghanistan has been
14 September 2017, 18:16 PM

IS attacks targeting Shias kill 52 in Iraq

Gunmen and suicide car bombers yesterday killed at least 52 people including Iranians near the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, in an
14 September 2017, 18:00 PM