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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IS blasts near Iraq mall kill 13 people
Two bomb blasts outside a shopping mall in central Baghdad claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 13
10 September 2016
Top three obstacles
The complex Syria ceasefire deal aims to enforce a cessation of hostilities and increased aid access to desperate
10 September 2016
Palestinian court suspends local polls
A Palestinian court yesterday suspended municipal elections set for October 8 following disputes between the rival Fatah and
8 September 2016
Taliban push into southern Afghan city
The Taliban stormed into Tarin Kot yesterday, triggering heavy fighting around government buildings as panicked residents
8 September 2016
Abbas was a KGB agent!
Israeli researchers say they have uncovered a document showing Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas was a Soviet agent in
8 September 2016
Powers in fresh Syria peace push
The US and Russia conducted last-minute negotiations yesterday over a fresh bid for a Syrian peace deal ahead of an expected
8 September 2016
Iraq, Syria might splinter: CIA chief
Iraq and Syria have been so thoroughly damaged by warfare, sectarian conflict and killing that it is unclear they "can be put back together again," CIA Director John Brennan said.
8 September 2016
OPCW warns on Aleppo barrel bomb attacks
The world's chemical weapons watchdog said yesterday it was "disturbed" by the alleged use of toxic chemicals in
7 September 2016
'Turkey, US ready to work on ousting IS'
Washington and Ankara are ready to work together to push Islamic State jihadists out of their de facto capital of
7 September 2016
China under pressure over South China sea row
Beijing yesterday came under pressure at an Asian summit over its "illegal" island-building in the South China Sea,
7 September 2016
Indonesia drug chief moots crackdown
Indonesia's anti-drugs chief has supported implementing a bloody crackdown on traffickers like the war on crime in
7 September 2016
Dozens choke in Aleppo
Dozens of people had to be treated for breathing problems in the Syrian battlefront city of Aleppo after regime helicopters
6 September 2016
IS car bomb kills 7 in Baghdad
A car bomb attack claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 7 people near a hospital in central Baghdad late
6 September 2016
Aussie IS jihadist killed in Syria
The Islamic State group has announced the death in Syria of an Australian jihadist convicted over a 2005 plot to bomb
6 September 2016
'Chem attack' chokes dozens In Aleppo
Dozens of people had to be treated for breathing problems in the Syrian battlefront city of Aleppo after regime
6 September 2016
Global charity hit in deadly Kabul violence
Militants attacked an international charity in Kabul yesterday during an hours-long assault labelled a "war crime" by
6 September 2016
Obama a 'son of a whore': Duterte
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte called Barack Obama a "son of a whore" yesterday as he vowed not to be lectured
5 September 2016
Twin Taliban suicide blasts in Kabul kill 24
At least 24 people were killed and 91 wounded yesterday in a Taliban double suicide bombing in central Kabul during
5 September 2016
Blasts kill 48 in Syria
A string of bomb attacks hit across mostly government-controlled areas of Syria yesterday, killing several dozen
5 September 2016
Saudi Arabia should not run pilgrimage
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei renewed criticism of Saudi Arabia over how it runs the hajj after a
5 September 2016