Rubio warns Hormuz tolls would 'spread like contagion' to other waterways
25 June 2026, 14:39 PM
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
S-300 defence system now 'operational': Iran
Iran's advanced S-300 air defence system, delivered by Russia following a July 2015 nuclear deal after years of delay, is
4 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Tens of thousands flee clashes in Syria's north
Tens of thousands of Syrian civilians have fled ferocious fighting between Russian-backed regime forces and Islamic
4 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Jordan hangs 15 in mass execution
Jordan hanged 15 death row prisoners including convicted "terrorists" at dawn yesterday, its information minister said,
4 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Rebels liken battle to 'Tom and Jerry' show
Syria's opposition yesterday refused to hail the Damascus regime's recapture of Palmyra from the Islamic State group, calling both
3 March 2017, 18:26 PM
Mubarak acquitted over protester deaths
Egypt's top appeals court on Thursday acquitted Hosni Mubarak of involvement in the killing of protesters during a 2011 revolt, ending
3 March 2017, 18:21 PM
Football: Qatar population booms on back of 2022 World Cup
Qatar's population has swollen by almost 40 per cent since the emirate was chosen to the host the 2022 World Cup, official government figures have revealed.
3 March 2017, 03:51 AM
Israeli army strikes Hamas in Gaza
Israeli forces struck Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip yesterday after soldiers were fired at along the border, the Israeli army said.
2 March 2017, 20:41 PM
Hungry and afraid, Mosul civilians flee
The gunshot rang out as civilians tried to escape the west of Mosul, where Iraqi forces are battling jihadists, killing a father as he fled with his family.
2 March 2017, 18:32 PM
Syrian troops take Palmyra
Syrian troops backed by Russian jets completed the recapture of the historic city of Palmyra from the Islamic State group yesterday,
2 March 2017, 18:26 PM
Afghan-based IS expands
An Islamic State offshoot based near the Afghan-Pakistan border is expanding to new areas, recruiting fighters and widening the
2 March 2017, 18:21 PM
US drone strikes kill 7 'Qaeda men' in Yemen
Four separate US drone strikes killed at least seven suspected al-Qaeda members in Yemen yesterday, security officials said, barely a
2 March 2017, 18:11 PM
Philippines signs Paris pact on climate change
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change restricting greenhouse gas
1 March 2017, 18:00 PM
All sides committed war crimes
Both sides in the battle for Aleppo committed war crimes, including Syrian government aircraft that "deliberately"
1 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Blasts, gunfire rock Kabul
Explosions and gunfire echoed through Kabul after near-simultaneous Taliban assaults on two security compounds
1 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Saudi King brings 460 tonnes of luggage
Cheering crowds welcomed King Salman yesterday as he began the first visit by a Saudi monarch to Indonesia for
1 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Insider attack: 11 Afghan cops killed
An Afghan policeman linked to the Taliban shot dead 11 of his colleagues at a checkpoint in the southern province of Helmand, officials
28 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Israeli PM under fire
An Israeli state inquiry accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top army brass yesterday of being unprepared for the strategic
28 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Iraqi forces seize key Mosul bridge
Iraqi forces seized a damaged Mosul bridge yesterday which could link up their units on either side of the Tigris river,
27 February 2017, 18:00 PM
11 killed in govt raids on northwest Syria
Government air raids on northwest Syria killed at least 11 people overnight, mostly civilians, a monitoring group said
27 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Air strike kills Afghan Taliban leader
An air strike has killed an Afghan Taliban commander who twice oversaw the capture of a strategic northern city,
27 February 2017, 18:00 PM