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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Wars and Refugee crisis
World leaders are gathering in New York today for a major UN summit on tackling the refugee and migrant crisis.
18 September 2016
'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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Turkey ousts 28 mayors
Turkey yesterday ousted 28 mayors accused of links to Kurdish militants or US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen,
11 September 2016
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
Muslims climb Mount Arafat in Hajj high point
Annual Hajj pilgrimage reaches its climax when Muslims from across the world climbed a stony hill in western Saudi Arabia to pray and recite from the Quran.
11 September 2016