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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Duterte defiant over 'slaughter' call
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte refused to back down yesterday over his stated desire to slaughter millions of
1 October 2016
Duterte vows to kill 3m drug addicts
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday likened his deadly crime war to Hitler's efforts to exterminate Jews, as he declared he was
30 September 2016
Saudi condemns US 9/11 law
Saudi Arabia has warned of "disastrous consequences" from a United States law allowing 9/11 victims to sue the kingdom, in a major
30 September 2016
Turkey could extend emergency: Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday suggested it may be necessary to keep the state of emergency imposed after the July coup bid in place for at least a year.
29 September 2016
US strike on IS in Afghanistan kills 21
A suspected US drone strike against Islamic State in Afghanistan killed at least 21 people yesterday, most of them
28 September 2016
Worse than a slaughterhouse
Russian or Syrian warplanes knocked two hospitals out of service in the beseiged rebel sector of Aleppo yesterday and ground
28 September 2016
32,000 arrested in Turkey coup probe
Turkey said yesterday that courts have placed 32,000 suspects under arrest on charges of links to a group run by
28 September 2016
17 killed in IS Baghdad blasts
Bombings claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group hit shopping areas in Shia districts of the Iraqi capital yesterday, killing at
27 September 2016
Regime forces launch Aleppo ground attack
Syria's army took control of a rebel-held district in central Aleppo yesterday, after days of heavy air strikes that have killed
27 September 2016
'Insider attack' kills 12 Afghan troops
Two Afghan soldiers with suspected Taliban links killed at least 12 of their comrades as they slept in the volatile northern
27 September 2016
Peres 'fighting for his life': source
Israeli ex-president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres-- the last of Israel's founding fathers -- was "fighting for his
27 September 2016
IS suicide bomber kills 6 in Baghdad
A suicide bomber killed six people in western Baghdad yesterday, an Iraqi security spokesman said, in an attack
25 September 2016
Saudi-led strike kills family of 9
A Saudi-led coalition air strike in Yemen yesterday killed nine members of the same family, including several children,
25 September 2016
Top Pak Taliban leader killed in Afghanistan
Afghan security forces have killed one of the top Pakistani Taliban commanders along with at least 10 other militants
25 September 2016
Jordan writer shot dead outside court
A prominent Jordanian writer was yesterday shot dead on the steps of a court where he was facing charges for
25 September 2016
War of Words at UN over Syria
"What Russia is sponsoring and doing is not counter-terrorism, it is barbarism. Instead of pursuing peace, Russia and Assad make war.
25 September 2016
Gun attack, blast kill 12 in Tikrit
Militants yesterday killed 12 people in a shooting and a suicide bombing in the northern city of Tikrit, which was
24 September 2016
Palestinian 'attacker' wounded in W Bank
Israeli troops yesterday shot and wounded a Palestinian who the army said was attempting to stab Israelis at a bus stop
23 September 2016
Toll hits 162
Rescuers recovered at least 162 bodies from a migrant shipwreck off Egypt's coast by yesterday evening, as the search for victims entered
23 September 2016
Rouhani at UN calls on Saudi to cease 'divisive policies'
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday called on regional rival Saudi Arabia to "cease and desist" from
23 September 2016