Iran says to oversee Hormuz as Swiss talks conclude
AFP, Burgenstock
23 June 2026, 12:53 PM Middle East
Qatar gas plant blast kills 13, injures dozens
AFP, Doha
23 June 2026, 00:00 AM Middle East
Jordan hangs six after 9-year death penalty pause
AFP, Amman
22 June 2026, 00:00 AM Middle East
92% Israelis believe Iran won war: poll
AFP, Jerusalem
22 June 2026, 00:00 AM Middle East
Al Jazeera says Israeli strike kills journalist in Gaza
AFP, Doha, Qatar
21 June 2026, 10:33 AM Middle East

More than 1,500 children killed in two years

The conflict in Yemen has killed nearly 7,700 people, including at least 1,564 children, since a Saudi-led coalition
14 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Trump envoy meets Abbas

US President Donald Trump's administration waded into the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict yesterday as one
14 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Israeli patient burns nurse alive at clinic

An elderly man burns a nurse alive at a clinic in central Israel apparently being dissatisfied by the treatment he received, police say.
14 March 2017, 12:57 PM

Palestinian 'attacker' killed by Israeli forces

Israeli police yesterday killed a Palestinian who attacked and wounded two border guards with a knife near an entrance to the Old City in
13 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Forces gain more grounds

Iraqi forces yesterday said they had taken more territory from the Islamic State group as they press an offensive that has seen them
13 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Syria rebels won't attend Astana talks

Syrian rebel factions will not attend a new round of negotiations with government figures in the Kazakh capital, an opposition
13 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Third of west Mosul retaken

Iraqi security forces have seized control of more than a third of west Mosul, a commander said yesterday, after a week of steady gains in their battle to retake the city from the Islamic State group.
12 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Air strike kills 26 in Yemen

An air strike by a Saudi-led Arab coalition on a market in Yemen killed 20 civilians and six rebels on Friday, medical and military sources
11 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Trump invites Abbas to White House

Donald Trump on Friday invited Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas to visit the White House sometime soon, both sides said after the
11 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Mass grave of hundreds found in Mosul prison

Iraqi paramilitary forces announced Saturday that they had discovered a mass grave at Badush prison near Mosul containing the
11 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Bombs kill 44 in Damascus Old City: monitor

Twin bombs kill 44 people in the Old City of Damascus, according to the latest toll, in one of the bloodiest attacks in the heart of the Syrian capital.
11 March 2017, 11:02 AM

Iran successfully tests naval missile

Iran has successfully test-fired a naval missile which hit its target 250 kilometres away, local news agencies reported yesterday. The new
10 March 2017, 18:09 PM

Palestinian female MP arrested by Israel

A female member of the Palestinian parliament has been arrested by Israeli forces, Palestinian and Israeli security sources said yesterday.
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Israel MPs nod to bills quieting mosques

Israel's parliament gave preliminary approval Wednesday to two controversial measures that would limit calls to prayers from mosques,
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM

23 killed in air strikes

The toll in air strikes thought to have been conducted by a US-led coalition on a jihadist-held northern Syrian village yesterday has
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM

IS leader flees Mosul

US and Iraqi officials believe the leader of Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has left operational commanders behind
8 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Anti-IS assaults gain ground in Iraq, Syria

Iraqi forces advanced in west Mosul and fighters in Syria seized a key supply route to Raqa yesterday as twin US-backed offensives
6 March 2017, 18:10 PM

US govt warns against annexing West Bank

Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said yesterday that the United States has warned that annexing the West Bank would lead
6 March 2017, 18:09 PM

More than 65,000 flee fierce fighting

More than 65,000 people have been forced to flee fighting in northern Syria, ravaged in recent weeks by dual offensives on the
5 March 2017, 18:00 PM

BATTLE FOR WEST MOSUL

BATTLE FOR WEST MOSUL
5 March 2017, 18:00 PM