MECCA DEFENCE PACT / Turkey, KSA, Pakistan to hold first meeting today
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Israeli airstrike kills two people in Gaza
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Israeli strikes kill three in Gaza
29 August 2026
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New US threats: Iran warns of ‘crushing’ response
22 August 2026
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Iran fishermen venture back to Hormuz despite fears of new fighting
18 August 2026
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OCCUPIED WEST BANK / Activists rush aid to Palestinians besieged by settlers
15 August 2026
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Trump ‘used a catering truck to sneak off Air Force One’
12 August 2026
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KSA-Pak-Turkey deal: A ‘change in perception’ of US - Iran
11 August 2026
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Syria reaches deal with Moscow on fate of Russian bases
10 August 2026
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Update / 16 Bangladeshis killed in Saudi factory fire
10 August 2026
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30 migrants from Libya feared dead
Migrants rescued from a rubber boat that left Libya last week said as many as 30 people were trampled or drowned during their
30 May 2017
Baghdad blasts kill 27
Suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 27 people in Baghdad, officials said yesterday, as Iraqi forces fight
30 May 2017
Tunisia security forces kill IS fugitive
Tunisian security forces have killed a leader of the Islamic State group who was plotting attacks during the Muslim fasting month of
29 May 2017
Libya's Ansar al-Sharia announces dissolution
The Libyan jihadist group Ansar al-Sharia, which is linked to Al-Qaeda and deemed a terrorist organisation by the UN and United States,
28 May 2017
Dozens killed as Ramadan begins in Afghanistan
A suspected suicide bomber killed as many as 14 people in Afghanistan yesterday and fighting between militants and security forces
27 May 2017
Palestinians inmates end hunger strike
Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails on hunger strike since April 17 have ended their mass protest after Israel agreed a deal
27 May 2017
Afghan plane forced to fly back home
Supporters of two Afghan MPs who missed a domestic flight from Kabul blocked an airport runway with rocks, forcing the plane to return
25 May 2017
Use of US warplanes in Afghanistan up sharply
US warplanes dropped more weapons on Afghanistan in April than in any other single month since 2012, according to new statistics,
25 May 2017
Egypt cracks down on news websites
Egypt's government, already accused of muzzling freedom of expression and opposition to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, has blocked
25 May 2017
Iran says it built third underground plant
Iran has built a third underground plant to manufacture ballistic missiles, the head of its Revolutionary Guards aerospace division
25 May 2017
IS in first suicide attack in Somalia
The Islamic State group has claimed its first suicide attack in Somalia yesterday, which police said killed five people at a checkpoint in the
24 May 2017
Past month 'deadliest on record'
US-led air strikes on Syria killed a total of 225 civilians over the past month, a monitor said on Tuesday, the highest 30-day toll since
24 May 2017
Five dead in Syria car bomb attacks
Five people were killed yesterday in two car bomb attacks targeting minority neighbourhoods in Syria and claimed by the Islamic State
23 May 2017
Palestinian stabs Israeli officer, is shot: police
A Palestinian stabbed and lightly wounded a border policeman in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya yesterday before being shot and
23 May 2017
Israel, India sign $630m defence deal
Israel announced Sunday it had reached a deal worth $630 million to provide India's navy with missile defence systems,
22 May 2017
Iran accuses US of 'Iranophobia', arming 'dangerous terrorists'
Iran accuses the United States of selling arms to "dangerous terrorists" in the Middle East and of spreading "Iranophobia" to encourage Arab states to purchase arms, state TV reports.
22 May 2017
Very encouraging
US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka said yesterday that ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia has made
21 May 2017
Iran at forefront of global terrorism: Saudi king
Iran's ruling powers represent the "tip of the spear" of global terrorism, Saudi King Salman says in a speech on Sunday during a visit of US President Donald Trump to the kingdom.
21 May 2017
PM accorded warm reception in Saudi Arabia
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is accorded a warm reception as she arrived Saudi Arabia on a four-day official visit to join the Arab Islamic-American (AIA) Summit at the invitation of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
21 May 2017
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