Iraq arrests 47 officials in anti-graft campaign
AFP, Baghdad
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Iran says to oversee Hormuz as Swiss talks conclude
AFP, Burgenstock
23 June 2026, 12:53 PM Middle East
Qatar gas plant blast kills 13, injures dozens
AFP, Doha
23 June 2026, 00:00 AM Middle East
Jordan hangs six after 9-year death penalty pause
AFP, Amman
22 June 2026, 00:00 AM Middle East
92% Israelis believe Iran won war: poll
AFP, Jerusalem
22 June 2026, 00:00 AM Middle East

'Terrorist' shot after stabbing Israeli soldier

An assailant believed to be Palestinian stabbed and wounded an Israeli officer in a West Bank settlement early yesterday
18 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Iran must stand strong against US

Iran's supreme leader said the Islamic republic must stand strong against Washington on the region's conflicts, in an
18 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Ceasefire teeters on brink

Syria's ceasefire was hanging by a thread yesterday, after tensions escalated between Moscow and Washington over a
18 September 2016, 18:00 PM

2 police shot dead in Saudi Arabia

Unidentified gunmen killed two Saudi policemen in the mainly Shia eastern city of Dammam late on Saturday, the
18 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Pak blast toll hits 36

The death toll from a Taliban suicide bomb attack on a mosque in northwest tribal Pakistan has risen to 36, including
18 September 2016, 18:00 PM

62 Syria troops killed in US-led strikes: Russia

More than 60 Syrian government soldiers were killed and dozens of others injured yesterday in US-led coalition air strikes on
17 September 2016, 20:59 PM

Peres condition stable after stroke: doctor

Former Israeli president and Nobel laureate Shimon Peres remained stable yesterday, four days after a major stroke, his
17 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Sunnis riven anew by ancient dispute

An old rift at the heart of Sunni Islam that once saw clerics brawl outside a mosque in medieval Baghdad has emerged again,
17 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Tension high as violence spikes

A Palestinian stabbed an Israeli soldier yesterday in the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron before he was shot dead,
17 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Israeli missiles down rockets fired from Syria

Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system destroyed two rockets fired from Syria at the Israeli-held zone of the
17 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Israeli forces kill two assailants

Israeli forces shot dead a knife-wielding assailant in East Jerusalem yesterday and killed another attacker in a car that
16 September 2016, 18:00 PM

40 killed in clashes in Yemen

Forty people were killed in fighting between Shia Huthi rebels and pro-government forces around southwest Yemen's
16 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Yazidi slave becomes UN ambassador

A young Yazidi woman who survived trafficking and gang-rape by so-called Islamic State militants is to be
16 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Syria ceasefire extended

The United Nations yesterday urged Syria's government to allow immediate aid deliveries to hunger-stricken civilians after a fragile ceasefire was extended for 48 hours by Russia and the United States.
15 September 2016, 18:16 PM

Israeli jets hit Gaza after rocket fire

Israel's air force hit the Hamas-run Gaza Strip early yesterday after Palestinians fired a rocket into southern Israel, the military
15 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Syria truce brings 'significant drop' in fighting

The UN's Syria envoy applauds a "significant drop" in violence through the first 24 hours of a fragile ceasefire but says security concerns meant aid convoys stayed on hold.
14 September 2016, 06:37 AM

Syria war death toll now more than 300,000: monitor

More than 300,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict since March 2011, according to a monitor in a new toll, the first full day of an internationally-brokered truce.
13 September 2016, 11:28 AM

Turkey ousts 28 mayors

Turkey yesterday ousted 28 mayors accused of links to Kurdish militants or US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen,
11 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Violence rages before truce

Syria's opposition was weighing whether to take part in a truce brokered by Russia and the United States due to start
11 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Air strikes kill 21 civilians in Yemen

At least 21 civilians were killed in two separate air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition in northern Yemen on Saturday,
11 September 2016, 18:00 PM