Rubio warns Hormuz tolls would 'spread like contagion' to other waterways
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Middle East
Gulf states ‘dragging their feet’ as migrant workers face deadly heat: HRW
23 June 2026, 21:41 PM
Middle East
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
World
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
Middle East
92% Israelis believe Iran won war: poll
22 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Middle East
‘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
IS-claimed blasts kill 35 in Iraq
Suicide bombings at checkpoints in Baghdad and south Iraq claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 35 people and wounded
20 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Iran decides in key polls
Iranians poured into polling stations yesterday to deliver their verdict on President Hassan Rouhani and his troubled efforts to rebuild
19 May 2017, 18:00 PM
60 killed in Libya factional clashes
At least 60 people were killed as rival Libyan forces clashed at a southern air base on Thursday, medical and military officials said,
19 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Rivals agree to draft charter
Syria's warring sides entered a final day of UN-backed talks yesterday with little sign of progress towards ending the conflict and with
19 May 2017, 18:00 PM
What to expect
Donald Trump heads to Saudi Arabia yesterday on his first foreign trip as president to repair relations with the United States' closest
19 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Palestinian killed by Israeli settler in WB
A Palestinian was killed by an Israeli settler during a clash near the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank yesterday. The clash near a
18 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Iran prepares to vote in presidential polls
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani staked his political future on opening Iran ever so slightly to the outside world and overcoming
18 May 2017, 18:00 PM
IS kills more than 50 in central Syria
The Islamic State group killed more than 50 people in an attack on two government-held villages in central Syria's Hama province
18 May 2017, 18:00 PM
UN: 200,000 more could flee Mosul
The United Nations yesterday said up to 200,000 more people could flee Mosul as Iraqi forces push into the last districts held by
18 May 2017, 18:00 PM
UN offers way forward to draft charter
Rival Syrian delegations yesterday weighed a UN proposal on developing a new constitution for the war-ravaged country, as a new round
17 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Syria peace talks restart in Geneva
A new round of Syria peace talks opened in Geneva yesterday, the latest United Nations push to resolve a six-year conflict that has
16 May 2017, 18:00 PM
IS 'on brink of defeat'
Iraqi forces have recaptured nearly 90 percent of west Mosul from the Islamic State group and jihadists in the city are on the "brink of total defeat," military spokesmen said yesterday.
16 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Quake kills 2 in Iran
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake near Iran's border with Turkmenistan killed two people, injured hundreds and caused widespread damage,
14 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Rebel evacuation deal takes effect
At least 1,500 civilians and rebels evacuated an opposition district in Damascus yesterday, state media said, bringing the government closer to cementing its control over the Syrian capital.
14 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Army seizes airbase from IS: sources
Syria's army captured an airbase in eastern Aleppo from the Islamic State group yesterday, after more than two months of fierce
13 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Jordanian stabs Israeli officer, shot dead
A Jordanian man stabbed and wounded an Israeli officer in annexed east Jerusalem yesterday before being shot dead, police said. The
13 May 2017, 18:00 PM
'IS beheads' Russian officer in Syria
Islamic State has issued a video showing the beheading of what it described as a Russian intelligence officer captured in Syria, the U.-
9 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Abbas says ready to meet Israel PM
Mahmud Abbas said yesterday Donald Trump was expected to visit the Palestinian territories "soon" and that he was ready to meet Israel's prime minister as part of the US president's peace efforts.
9 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Iran warns of hitting Pak 'terror safe heavens'
The head of the Iranian armed forces warned Islamabad on Monday that Tehran would hit bases inside Pakistan if the government does not confront Sunni militants who carry out cross-border attacks.
9 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Hunger-strike leader secretly filmed eating
Israel's prison authority on Sunday shared a video of what it says is jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti eating
8 May 2017, 18:00 PM