Roadmap in works for new nations to join Makkah pact
Agencies
1 September 2026 Middle East
Israeli airstrike kills two people in Gaza
Reuters, Cairo
31 August 2026 Middle East
Israeli strikes kill three in Gaza
AFP, Gaza City
29 August 2026 Middle East
New US threats: Iran warns of ‘crushing’ response
Agencies
22 August 2026 Middle East
Iran fishermen venture back to Hormuz despite fears of new fighting
AFP, Bandar Abbas
18 August 2026 Middle East
Syria reaches deal with Moscow on fate of Russian bases
AFP, Damascus
10 August 2026 Middle East

More than 30 jihadist groups support ISIS

More than 20 jihadist groups have pledged their allegiance to the Islamic State movement and 10 others have voiced their support for
1 April 2015

Attackers killed at Turkey police HQ

One assailant was killed yesterday when Turkish security forces opened fire on two armed individuals who sought to attack the police
1 April 2015

Govt calls for ground troops

Dozens of civilians were reported killed yesterday after a dairy plant was bombed in Yemen as the war-torn country's foreign
1 April 2015

Explosion at Yemen factory kills 25

Explosion at a dairy factory in Yemen's Hodaida has left 25 workers dead, medical sources said, with conflicting accounts attributing the blast to an air strike by a Saudi-led alliance or to a rocket landing from a nearby army base.
1 April 2015

Palestinians formally join International Criminal Court

The Palestinians have formally joined the International Criminal Court (ICC), a key step towards being able to pursue Israelis for alleged war crimes.
1 April 2015

Israel expects hundreds of civilian casualties in next war with Hezbollah

According to Israeli military assessment, Israel could suffer hundreds of civilian dead if it fights another war with Hezbollah.
1 April 2015

Fighting in Aden as Yemen's Houthis make gains

Iran-allied Houthi militiamen pushed into the northeastern outskirts of the Yemeni port city of Aden on Monday amid heavy clashes with loyalists of President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi
30 March 2015

Arab League agrees to create joint military force

The heads of Arab League countries meeting in Egypt have agree to create a joint Arab military force.
29 March 2015

Iran, powers close in on nuclear deal: officials

Iran and major powers are close to agreement on a 2- or 3-page accord with specific numbers that would form the basis of a long-term settlement aimed at ending a 12-year standoff over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, officials said
28 March 2015

Fresh air strikes hit Yemen rebels

Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition are bombing Yemen for a third night, targeting Shia Houthi rebels as they advance in and around the port of Aden
28 March 2015

UN says Palestinian death toll highest since 1967

The long-running conflict with Israel claimed the lives of more Palestinian civilians in 2014 than any year since 1967, the United
26 March 2015

Iran upbeat as nuke deadline looms

Iran's president yesterday appealed to global leaders including Barack Obama as negotiators raced against the clock to agree the outlines
26 March 2015

Kerry brands Assad as 'a brutal dictator'

US Secretary of State John Kerry branded Bashar al-Assad "a brutal dictator" Wednesday, a week after suggesting that it would be
26 March 2015

US strikes ISIS in Tikrit

Iraqi forces buoyed by the first US-led coalition air strikes on Tikrit made a final push yesterday to flush diehard jihadists out of Saddam Hussein's hometown.
26 March 2015

Amnesty accuses Hamas of Gaza war crimes

In a damning report released yesterday, Amnesty International said Palestinian rocket fire during the 2014 summer war in Gaza had
26 March 2015

Two Al-Jazeera journos detained in NE Nigeria

Nigeria's military has detained two Al-Jazeera television journalists in the country's northeast, where troops have been battling Boko
26 March 2015

KSA launches military operation in Yemen: Envoy

Saudi Arabia has launched a military operation including air strikes in Yemen against Houthi Shia rebels, say the Saudi Ambassador.
26 March 2015

Netanyahu takes U-turn on Palestine

Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday Israel wants peace with the Palestinians as he was tasked to form a government a week after
25 March 2015

Taliban slams US troops plan

A suicide car bomber killed seven people in Kabul yesterday as the Taliban warned that Washington's decision to slow the withdrawal
25 March 2015

Hadi 'flees' as Huthis close in on Aden

Yemen's leader was rushed to a "secure location" yesterday as rebel forces bore down on his southern stronghold and a warplane
25 March 2015