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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
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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
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92% Israelis believe Iran won war: poll
22 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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‘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
Thousands flee Tal Afar: UN
Iraqi forces yesterday recaptured from the Islamic State group the first two districts of jihadist bastion Tal Afar, as
22 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Lebanon foils bomb plot on UAE flight
Lebanon's interior minister said yesterday the country's police intelligence played a major role in foiling a plot to bring
21 August 2017, 18:00 PM
9 killed in Philippines militant attack: police
Islamist gunmen killed nine people and injured ten others as they attacked a town in the Philippines at dawn yesterday,
21 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Qatar denies blocking Saudi hajj flights
Qatar yesterday denied it had banned Saudi Arabian flights from landing in the emirate to transport Muslim pilgrims to Makkah, after an accusation by authorities in Riyadh.
21 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Forces close in on Tal Afar
Iraqi forces yesterday closed in on Tal Afar on the second day of an offensive against the last major bastion of the
21 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Iraq begins battle to retake Tal Afar
Iraqi forces yesterday pounded the Islamic State group in Tal Afar, one of its last bastions in the country, in a new
20 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Iran's top priority is to save nuke deal from US: Rouhani
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani yesterday said the top foreign policy priority for his new government was to protect
20 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Syria war still not won but West's plots foiled: Assad
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad yesterday said that while his country had foiled Western designs to topple him, his
20 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Lebanon army launches ops near Syria
Lebanese troops launched an offensive against the Islamic State group yesterday close to the Syrian border where the jihadists have
19 August 2017, 18:29 PM
Trump: 'Decisions made' on Afghanistan
US President Donald Trump tweeted early yesterday that "many decisions" had been made in a meeting with his top military advisers,
19 August 2017, 18:27 PM
'Know your limits'
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday told German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel to "know your limits" after he vehemently criticised the Turkish leader for interfering in Germany's upcoming elections.
19 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Israel top court freezes controversial law
Israel's Supreme Court has frozen implementation of a law legalising dozens of Jewish settlements built on private
18 August 2017, 18:00 PM
59 civilians killed in US-led raids
US-led coalition air strikes aimed at dislodging Islamic State group jihadists from the Syrian city of Raqa have cost the lives of 59 civilians
17 August 2017, 19:20 PM
UAE to fund $15m monthly to Gaza
The United Arab Emirates will provide $15 million a month to Gaza, a Palestinian politician said yesterday, as its rulers Hamas move
17 August 2017, 19:10 PM
Iran reform leader on hunger strike
Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, under house arrest for the past six years, was hospitalised yesterday after going on hunger
17 August 2017, 19:04 PM
Palestinian attacker's home demolished
Israeli forces yesterday demolished the home of a Palestinian who fatally stabbed three Israelis in a nearby settlement as tensions soared
16 August 2017, 18:00 PM
'Lot of time' needed to rebuild trust
Qatar's foreign minister said yesterday it will take a "lot of time" to rebuild any trust between sparring Gulf countries because of the
15 August 2017, 18:40 PM
Saudi, Iraq to re-open border after 27 years
Saudi Arabia and Iraq plan to open the Arar border crossing for trade for the first time since 1990, when it was closed after the countries
15 August 2017, 18:10 PM
Iran can scrap nuke deal with powers in 'hours'
Iran could abandon its nuclear agreement with world powers "within hours" if the United States imposes any more new sanctions,
15 August 2017, 18:02 PM
Iran could quit nuclear deal in hours if new US sanctions imposed: Rouhani
Iran can abandon its nuclear agreement with world powers "within hours" if the United States imposes any more new sanctions, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says.
15 August 2017, 11:50 AM