Iraq arrests 47 officials in anti-graft campaign
29 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Middle East
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
Iran signs contract to buy 80 Boeing planes
Iran Air said yesterday it had finalised a contract to buy 80 planes from US firm Boeing, the official IRNA news agency reported.
11 December 2016, 18:04 PM
142 killed in Yemen, Turkey, Egypt, Somalia blasts
At least 142 people are killed and several hundreds are injured in separate deadly bomb attacks in Yemen, Turkey, Egypt and Somalia.
11 December 2016, 11:01 AM
World talks on as Aleppo bleeds
Air strikes pummelled the shrinking rebel enclave in Aleppo yesterday as US Secretary of State John Kerry said the Syrian
10 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Cairo blast kills 6 cops
A bombing killed six policemen at a checkpoint in Cairo yesterday, the latest in a series of attacks in the capital targeting security forces
9 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Aleppo win will be a 'huge step'
President Bashar al-Assad said victory for his forces in Aleppo would be a "huge step" in ending Syria's war, as government troops battled yesterday to retake more rebel ground.
8 December 2016, 18:23 PM
Israel votes to advance bill
Israeli lawmakers voted Wednesday to advance a bill legalising some 4,000 settler homes in the occupied West Bank despite
8 December 2016, 18:16 PM
Saudi, Iran engaging in 'proxy wars': UK FM
Britain's foreign minister Boris Johnson has accused Saudi Arabia and Iran of "puppeteering" and engaging in "proxy wars" in the
8 December 2016, 18:06 PM
Kidnapped journo appears in IS video
The Islamic State group has released a video showing John Cantlie, a British journalist kidnapped in Syria four years ago, alive in
8 December 2016, 18:06 PM
Palestinian tries to stab Israeli, shot dead
An 18-year-old Palestinian threatened Israeli border police with a knife at a flashpoint junction in the occupied West Bank
8 December 2016, 18:04 PM
40 missing after ship sinks off Yemen
Around 40 people were missing off the Yemeni island of Socotra yesterday after a cargo vessel carrying islanders home from the
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Forces push deep, face IS resistance
Iraqi forces battled jihadists deep inside Mosul yesterday, edging closer to the River Tigris that divides the city and looking for
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Regime retakes Aleppo Old City
Rebels in Aleppo called for a five-day truce and the evacuation of civilians yesterday after losing more than three quarters of their territory including the Old City to a Syrian army offensive.
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM
15 get death in S Arabia for spying
The Saudi Arabian government has sentenced 15 people to death and jailed many more over an alleged spy ring that handed
6 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Army seize key ground in fierce Aleppo battle
Syria's army seized key ground in its battle to retake Aleppo yesterday, capturing five more districts including a strategic
6 December 2016, 18:00 PM
IS loses Sirte
Forces loyal to Libya's UN-backed government said Monday they had seized full control of Sirte from the Islamic State group,
6 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Raids kill 73 in Idlib
Air strikes killed at least 73 people in rebel-held Idlib province, including 38 in the city of Maarat al-Numan, on Sunday night,
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Islamic State identifies Abi al-Hassan al-Muhajer as new spokesman
Islamic State has identified a new media spokesman for the group for the first time in an audio message released online.
5 December 2016, 15:28 PM
Half of Aleppo retaken
Syria's army advanced overnight deeper into east Aleppo where it now controls more than half of the former rebel stronghold
3 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Fighting rages in Aleppo
Rebels put up fierce resistance yesterday in a key district of Syria's battered Aleppo, where a regime offensive has left bodies
2 December 2016, 18:14 PM
IS tactics evolving
Islamic State is likely to launch more attacks in Europe, the EU police agency Europol warned yesterday, with several dozen
2 December 2016, 18:13 PM