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
IS tortures Sunni Arab women too: HRW
Fighters from the Islamic State group, whose abuses against Yazidi women have been well documented, are raping and torturing Sunni
20 February 2017, 18:12 PM
Israel-US team to discuss settlements: Netanyahu
Israel and the US will set up a joint team to discuss Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, Prime Minister
19 February 2017, 18:00 PM
'Where is US in all this?'
UN envoy Staffan de Mistura yesterday questioned US President Donald Trump's engagement in solving the Syrian
19 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Iran in military drills despite US warnings
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard is to conduct military drills next week, a senior commander announced Saturday, despite warnings from
18 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Roadside bomb kills 8 Afghan school children
The UN has condemned the killing of 12 Afghans, including eight children returning from school, by a roadside bomb in the country's
18 February 2017, 18:00 PM
'Daddy, pick me up!'
In the aftermath of a barrel bomb attack in Syria's Idlib, nine-year-old Abdel Basset Al-Satuf tries to sit up, his legs blown off, and
18 February 2017, 18:00 PM
IS 'business model' failing
IS' “business model” is failing as jihadists lose their grip on territory and the vital oil and tax revenue it brings, a new report has found.
18 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Israel 'biggest threat' to world peace
Iran yesterday said that Israel's atomic arsenal is the biggest danger to world peace, a day after US President Donald Trump vowed to
16 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Air raid on Yemen funeral kills eight
An air strike killed eight women and a child at a funeral reception near the Yemeni capital, witnesses said yesterday, adding to the
16 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Assad hails US travel ban
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad defended President Donald Trump's ban on Syrians entering the US, saying it targeted "terrorists" and
16 February 2017, 18:00 PM
West Mosul bracing for worse
As the noose tightens around holdout jihadists in west Mosul, so does the belt around the waists of hundreds of
15 February 2017, 18:00 PM
UN warns of 'catastrophe'
The top UN official in Damascus has warned of a "looming humanitarian catastrophe" in four besieged towns in Syria, calling for
14 February 2017, 18:27 PM
Iraqi airstrike hits IS commanders
The Iraqi air force has targeted a meeting of commanders from the Islamic State group that its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi may have
14 February 2017, 18:14 PM
Trump sons to launch Dubai golf course
US President Donald Trump's sons are to inaugurate a branded golf course in Dubai on Saturday, the first public launch for the business
14 February 2017, 18:07 PM
IS to destroy more of Palmyra in Syria
ISIS' vandalism of one of Syria's most important historic sites looks set to escalate as Russian intelligence suggests that
13 February 2017, 18:00 PM
HRW raps Pak for 'forced' repatriation of Afghans
The number of Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan, already at the highest level in years, may increase this year if
13 February 2017, 18:00 PM
'Islamophobia' fuelling terrorism: UN chief
"Islamophobia" in parts of the world is fuelling terrorism, the head of the United Nations said on a visit to Saudi Arabia
13 February 2017, 18:00 PM
CIA chief honours Saudi crown prince
The heir to Saudi Arabia's throne has been awarded a medal by the new director of the US Central Intelligence Agency,
12 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Rockets hit Iraq Green Zone
Rockets were fired at Baghdad's Green Zone Saturday after Iraq's most violent protest in years saw seven people
12 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Turkish troops, rebels enter key IS-held town
Turkish troops and Syrian rebels yesterday entered the Islamic State-held town of Al-Bab in northern Syria, as government forces also approached the jihadist bastion, a monitor said.
11 February 2017, 18:00 PM