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23 June 2026, 21:41 PM
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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
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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
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92% Israelis believe Iran won war: poll
22 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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‘Fooling no one’ : Al Jazeera rejects Israeli accusations against journo killed in Gaza
22 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Middle East
Aleppo faces catastrophe
Syrian regime forces advanced quickly in rebel-held areas of Aleppo yesterday, pressing a new offensive in defiance of
21 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Yemen truce takes hold
Yemen saw a rare respite from fighting yesterday, the second day of a 48-hour ceasefire that followed a US push to
20 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Aleppo blitz kills 300
A renewed blitz on Syria's war-ravaged eastern Aleppo has killed almost 300 people in five days -- including
20 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Raids hit hospitals, schools
Syria's government pounded rebel-held Aleppo with air strikes and artillery fire yesterday, killing 27 people and prompting Washington to condemn the "heinous actions" of Damascus and its ally Russia.
19 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Fighting rages on despite new truce
Yemen rebels and loyalist forces battled Saturday around third city Taez even as a 48-hour ceasefire announced by a Saudi-led coalition
19 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Egypt journalist union head jailed
An Egyptian court yesterday sentenced the head of the journalists' union and two members to two years in prison for
19 November 2016, 18:00 PM
'New IS mass grave' found near Mosul
Iraqi forces have found another suspected mass grave containing the remains of victims of the Islamic State group in territory
19 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Protests as Marcos given hero's burial
Ex-Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos was buried in a secretive ceremony at the national heroes' cemetery
18 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Iraq dumps books of violence
The school walls have a fresh coat of paint and classrooms are crammed, but it will take longer to undo the damage
18 November 2016, 18:00 PM
'Send them to us'
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has offered to take in the world's refugees at a time many Western countries are closing
17 November 2016, 18:33 PM
'Scores dead' in Yemen fighting
Heavy fighting between government troops and opposition forces in various parts of Yemen has left 51 dead, according to
17 November 2016, 18:31 PM
Raids, shelling kill 25 in Aleppo
Syrian air strikes and shelling killed 25 civilians in eastern districts of Aleppo yesterday, a monitor said, on the third day of a
17 November 2016, 18:23 PM
Blast kills six in Kabul
A suicide bomber on foot struck a government vehicle in Kabul yesterday, killing at least six people and wounding 10 others, officials
16 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Israel MPs gives initial backing
The Israeli parliament yesterday gave initial approval to a bill to legalise thousands of West Bank settler homes, a measure
16 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Egypt court overturns Morsi death sentence
An Egyptian appeals court has overturned a death sentence handed down against ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in
15 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Syria resumes Aleppo raids
Syrian government air strikes and barrel bomb attacks hit residential neighbourhoods of rebel-held east Aleppo on Tuesday for
15 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Russian fighter from carrier crashes near Syria's shores
A Russian fighter jet based on an aircraft carrier currently near Syria's shores has crashed on a training mission, but its pilot has bailed out safely, the Defense Ministry says.
15 November 2016, 04:31 AM
15 dead in Iraq suicide bombings
Suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State group killed 15 people yesterday in an oasis town south of Baghdad and the city
14 November 2016, 21:29 PM
Palestinians criticise Israel bill
Palestinian leaders yesterday denounced an Israeli bill to legalise several thousand Jewish homes in the occupied West
14 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Rare suicide bombing kills 8 in Baghdad
A rare suicide bombing in an oasis town south of Baghdad killed eight people yesterday, Iraqi officials said, an attack
14 November 2016, 18:00 PM