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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
23 June 2026, 08:30 AM
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Qatar gas plant blast kills 13, injures dozens
23 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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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
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Al Jazeera says Israeli strike kills journalist in Gaza
21 June 2026, 10:33 AM
Middle East
Saudi executes six people in a day
Six people convicted of drug trafficking and homicide were executed in Saudi Arabia on Monday, the government said, the highest
11 July 2017, 18:16 PM
Palestinian shot dead in West Bank
A Palestinian attempted a car-ramming and knife attack against Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank yesterday
10 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Afghanistan enacts law to control cyberspace
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has signed into law a cybercrime bill targeting online crime and militancy by groups such as
10 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Syria peace talks resume
Syria's government and opposition met yesterday for a seventh round of UN-sponsored peace talks with little
10 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Guns fall silent in Syria
A US-Russian brokered ceasefire for southwest Syria was holding hours after it took effect yesterday, a monitor and two rebel officials said, in the latest international attempt at peace-making in the six-year war.
9 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Huge loss but not fatal blow to IS
Mosul was the largest city in the "caliphate" proclaimed by the Islamic State group and its loss is a huge blow to the jihadists' statehood experiment -- but not a fatal one.
9 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Egypt raid kills IS suspects in Sinai
Egyptian police said they killed 14 alleged Islamic State group members Saturday in a raid on a training camp, a day after the jihadists
9 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Partial Syria ceasefire agreed
Russia and the United States have agreed to a ceasefire in southwest Syria starting from midday today, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
8 July 2017, 18:00 PM
'Graveyard' for foreign jihadists
The decaying bodies of foreign jihadists are piling up among the ruins of Mosul where the last few dozen Islamic State group fighters
8 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Mosul victory 'imminent'
Iraqi security forces expect to take full control of Mosul within hours as Islamic State's defensive lines crumble in its former de facto
8 July 2017, 18:00 PM
10 soldiers killed in Egypt bomb attacks
At least 10 Egyptian soldiers were killed and several injured when two suicide car bombers hit army checkpoints in
7 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Qatar using Twitter to stoke dissent
Saudi Arabia, which is leading a four-country blockade of Gulf neighbour Qatar, yesterday accused Doha of being behind over 23,000
6 July 2017, 18:55 PM
Ready to work with Russia
The United States is willing to work with Russia on establishing "no-fly zones" in Syria as part of a joint effort to stabilize the war-
6 July 2017, 18:46 PM
20,000 civilians trapped
Iraqi forces yesterday battled the last remaining Islamic State group fighters in Mosul's Old City, where the UN said up to 20,000
6 July 2017, 18:46 PM
Key powers thrash out Syria safe zones plan
Powerbrokers Russia, Iran and Turkey struggled yesterday to hammer out details on a plan for safe zones in Syria at a fifth round of
5 July 2017, 18:13 PM
300 IS fighters holed up in Iraq's Mosul
Some 300 Islamic State fighters remain in the small patch of territory still controlled by the group in Mosul's Old City, a senior Iraqi
5 July 2017, 18:12 PM
Qatar rivals look to next move in Cairo talks
Arab states that have cut ties with Qatar began talks in Egypt to discuss their next move in the Gulf diplomatic crisis, after Doha said their demands were impossible to meet.
5 July 2017, 13:02 PM
Boko Haram in Niger kidnap 37 women
Boko Haram jihadists have kidnapped 37 women and slit the throats of nine other people at a village in southeastern
4 July 2017, 18:00 PM
IS cornered in Syria, Iraq
US-backed forces have penetrated the heavily fortified heart of jihadist bastion Raqa for the first time, in a key
4 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Saudi king cancels visit to G20 summit
King Salman of Saudi Arabia has cancelled attendance at this week's G20 summit in Hamburg, the German government
3 July 2017, 18:00 PM