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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
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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
Middle East
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
Laptop ban sparks ire among ME travellers
Travellers across the Middle East expressed frustration Wednesday at a ban on large electronic devices for flights to the United States
23 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Blast kills 10 Egypt soldiers in Sinai
Ten Egyptian soldiers were killed in two roadside bombings as they clashed with Islamic State group jihadists in the Sinai Peninsula, the
23 March 2017, 18:00 PM
2,630 units built in WB
Construction on new Israeli settlement homes in the occupied West Bank rose by 40 percent in 2016 compared with the previous year,
23 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in Gaza
A Palestinian was killed and two others injured before dawn on Wednesday by Israeli artillery fire in Gaza, according to
22 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Rebels launch fresh assault on capital
Rebels and jihadists launched a fresh assault on east Damascus yesterday, just two days before another round of
21 March 2017, 18:00 PM
More than 180,000 displaced
More than 180,000 people have fled west Mosul as Iraqi forces battle to retake it from the Islamic State group, the
20 March 2017, 18:00 PM
'Intense' strikes pound rebel-held Damascus
Syrian government forces clashed with rebels and hammered opposition-held areas of east Damascus yesterday
20 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Forces close in on Mosul mosque
Iraqi army helicopters strafed and fired rockets at Islamic State positions in Mosul's Old City yesterday as troops on
19 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Israel shells Gaza after rocket fire
A rocket fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip slammed into southern Israel yesterday, prompting retaliatory Israeli tank fire, sources on
18 March 2017, 18:00 PM
UN official quits amid pressure
UN official Rima Khalaf announced her resignation on Friday, saying the secretary general had asked her to withdraw a report in which
18 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Rebels leave Homs dist after deal
Hundreds of rebels and civilians left the last opposition-held district of Homs yesterday under a controversial Russian-supervised deal
18 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Forces seize ground in Mosul Old City
Elite Iraqi forces battled house by house in the Old City of Mosul yesterday, inching towards the mosque where the Islamic State group
18 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Iran pilgrims to join hajj: Saudi
Iranian pilgrims will participate in this year's annual hajj, Saudi Arabia said yesterday, despite ruptured ties between the regional rivals.
17 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Syria-Israel tensions flare
Israeli warplanes struck several targets in Syria early yesterday, prompting retaliatory missile launches, in the most serious incident
17 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Israelis imposing 'apartheid regime'
The United States on Wednesday demanded that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres withdraw a report by a UN body accusing
16 March 2017, 18:00 PM
US may send 1,000 more troops to Syria
Up to 1,000 additional US troops could deploy to northern Syria under provisional plans drawn up by the Pentagon, a US defense official
16 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Nearly 100,000 fled in 3 weeks as fighting rages
Nearly 100,000 people have poured out of west Mosul in less than three weeks as Iraqi forces fought to retake the
15 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Suicide bomber kills 25 in Damascus
At least 25 people are killed in a suicide bomb attack at a court house in Damascus, state media reports, the second bomb attack in the Syrian capital in five days.
15 March 2017, 12:21 PM
IS Mosul commander killed, government forces battle for bridge
Iraqi government forces kill the Islamic State commander of Mosul's Old City as the battle for the militants' last stronghold in Iraq focuses on a bridge crossing the Tigris river.
15 March 2017, 10:44 AM
Hosni Mubarak to be released
Hosni Mubarak, overthrown as president of Egypt in 2011 and the first leader to go on trial in the wake of the Arab
14 March 2017, 18:00 PM