Roadmap in works for new nations to join Makkah pact
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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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Israel moves to calm US over settlement plan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken by phone to US Secretary of State John Kerry in a bid to calm
9 October 2016
Violence rages after UN impasse
Syrian government forces yesterday kept up their blistering assault on rebel-held eastern Aleppo after a divided UN
9 October 2016
Russia vetoes defying West
Russia yesterday vetoed a United Nations draft resolution demanding an end to the bombing of Syria's war-battered city of Aleppo, despite an appeal from France to save the city from destruction.
8 October 2016
No more joint sea patrols
The Philippines announced yesterday it had officially informed the United States that joint patrols in the South China
7 October 2016
Iraq warns of 'regional war' over Turkey meddlings
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has warned Turkey that it risks triggering a regional war by keeping troops in
5 October 2016
Syria to ease Aleppo air campaign
Syria's military yesterday announced a surprise reduction in bombardment of rebel groups in devastated Aleppo, nearly two weeks after declaring an all-out assault to capture the city.
5 October 2016
Turkey sacks 540 more soldiers in coup purge
Turkey dismissed 540 soldiers from its naval and air forces command over suspected links with US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen and his
5 October 2016
Limit veto powers at UNSC
The United Nations human rights chief yesterday told Russia that air strikes on civilian targets in the Syrian city of Aleppo may
4 October 2016
Blast kills 34 at Syria wedding
A suicide bomber has struck a wedding in northeast Syria as the bride and groom were exchanging vows, killing 34 people
4 October 2016
Afghan forces flushing Taliban out of Kunduz
Fighting continued on the outskirts of Kunduz yesterday as some frightened residents fled the city a day after the Taliban
4 October 2016
Suicide attack on Syria wedding kills 32: medical source
A suicide bomber has struck a wedding in northeast Syria as the bride and groom were exchanging vows, killing 32 people and wounding dozens, according to a medical source and witnesses.
4 October 2016
80 jihadists killed in Sirte
Forces loyal to Libya's unity government said yesterday at least 80 jihadists were killed at the weekend in the city of Sirte, a
3 October 2016
Afghan Taliban enter Kunduz
Taliban fighters pushed into the centre of the northern Afghan city of Kunduz yesterday, taking control of the central intersection
3 October 2016
IS suicide bombers kill 10 in Baghdad
Suicide bombers struck two Shia-majority areas of the Iraqi capital yesterday, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than
3 October 2016
Saudi abandons Islamic calendar for govt pay
Saudi government workers will be paid according to the Gregorian calendar instead of the Islamic Hijri calendar, making the
3 October 2016
Israel okays 98 West Bank settler homes
Israel has approved the construction of 98 settler homes in the occupied West Bank and an industrial zone near
2 October 2016
Palestinians charged over IS ties: Israel
Israeli authorities have charged six Palestinians suspected of belonging to the Islamic State jihadist group and of
2 October 2016
UN laments living hell
Syrian regime forces advanced yesterday in Aleppo after Russia unleashed dozens of air strikes, as the UN's top aid official decried the "living hell" suffered by residents in the city's rebel-held east.
2 October 2016
Barrel bombs hit Aleppo hospital again
The largest hospital in rebel-held east Aleppo was bombed yesterday for the second time in days as Syrian
1 October 2016
'I lost the argument'
Even world's top diplomat can sometimes feel helpless. In a leaked audio released by the New York Times, Kerry is heard lamenting to a
1 October 2016