MECCA DEFENCE PACT / Turkey, KSA, Pakistan to hold first meeting today
31 August 2026
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Israeli airstrike kills two people in Gaza
31 August 2026
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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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'We can cut funding routes'
Indonesia and Australia yesterday pledged to "choke off" funding to terrorist groups planning attacks, as fears grow
2 February 2017
Regime advances against IS in Aleppo
Syria's military said yesterday it had captured a string of towns and part of a key highway from the Islamic State group
2 February 2017
US travel ban not anti-Islam
US President Donald Trump's travel ban on citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations is not anti-Islam, the United Arab Emirates foreign minister said yesterday.
1 February 2017
Israel plans 3000 new homes
Israel announced plans for 3,000 more settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, the third such declaration in eleven days since US
1 February 2017
Iran confirms missile test, says didn’t violate nuclear deal
Iran's defense minister says it had tested a new missile but this did not breach the Islamic Republic's nuclear accord with world powers or a UN Security Council resolution endorsing the pact.
1 February 2017
Iran test-fires missile
Iran yesterday warned the United States against "creating new tensions" over its ballistic missile tests as Washington called for urgent talks at the UN Security Council on the issue.
31 January 2017
Two Saudis killed in Yemen rebel sea strike
Yemeni rebel "suicide" boats attacked a Saudi warship on patrol in the Red Sea, killing two sailors in a rare naval clash in the nearly two-
31 January 2017
Banned countries have no terror link in US, critics say
Critics are pointing out that Donald Trump’s immigration restriction has excluded countries where citizens have terrorism records in the US.
31 January 2017
'Gift to extremists'
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif yesterday said that US President Donald Trump's decision to ban arrivals from seven
29 January 2017
'57 dead' in US raid on Qaeda in Yemen
A US raid in Yemen killed 41 suspected al-Qaeda militants and 16 civilians yesterday, an official said, in what would be America's first
29 January 2017
Palestinian killed in WB
A Palestinian, 19, was shot dead and five others were wounded by Israeli soldiers yesterday at the Jenin camp in the occupied West Bank,
29 January 2017
Air raids kill 10 in Syria
Air strikes killed 10 civilians including seven children in areas near a town held by the Islamic State group in north Syria on Saturday, a
29 January 2017
Israeli cops grill PM
Israeli police on Friday grilled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Jerusalem residence in a third round of questioning over
28 January 2017
Palestinian attacker shot dead: Israel
Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank shot dead a Palestinian who drove at a bus stop in an attempted car-ramming attack
26 January 2017
Heavy snowfall kills 27 Afghan children
Heavy snowfall and freezing weather has killed 27 children, all under the age of five, in a remote district in northern
26 January 2017
Daughter receives Maksuda’s body
The body of Maksuda Begum, who died in Beirut of Lebanon allegedly due to the negligence of the Bangladesh embassy there, is handed over to her family.
26 January 2017
Kuwait hangs seven people including royal
Kuwait yesterday hanged seven people including a member of the ruling family and a woman who burned dozens of
25 January 2017
Syria girl pens letter to Trump
Seven-year-old Syrian girl Bana al-Abed, who came to international attention with her tweets giving a tragic account of
25 January 2017
Kuwait executes seven prisoners, including a member of ruling family
Kuwait executes seven people at its central prison, including a member of the ruling Al-Sabah family, according to a statement carried by state news agency KUNA.
25 January 2017
Israel approves 2,500 WB settler homes
Israel's Defence Ministry yesterday announced plans to build 2,500 more settlement homes in the West Bank, the second announcement
24 January 2017