Iraq arrests 47 officials in anti-graft campaign
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Middle East
Rubio warns Hormuz tolls would 'spread like contagion' to other waterways
25 June 2026, 14:39 PM
Middle East
Gulf states ‘dragging their feet’ as migrant workers face deadly heat: HRW
23 June 2026, 21:41 PM
Middle East
Iran says to oversee Hormuz as Swiss talks conclude
23 June 2026, 12:53 PM
Middle East
Iran chief negotiator says Hormuz will be administered by Tehran: state media
23 June 2026, 08:30 AM
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Qatar gas plant blast kills 13, injures dozens
23 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Middle East
Qatar factory explosion injures 54, 18 missing: interior ministry
22 June 2026, 08:36 AM
Middle East
Jordan hangs six after 9-year death penalty pause
22 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Middle East
92% Israelis believe Iran won war: poll
22 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Middle East
‘Fooling no one’ : Al Jazeera rejects Israeli accusations against journo killed in Gaza
22 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Middle East
Suicide bomber targets Egypt security base
A suicide bomber targets a security compound in Egypt's restive Sinai peninsula, injuring at least 24 people
10 March 2015, 09:58 AM
Air strike on Islamic State-run refinery in Syria kills 30
US-led coalition air strike in Syria hits an oil refinery run by the Islamic State militant group killing 30 people
9 March 2015, 07:49 AM
Thousands march against Israeli PM
Tens of thousands of people marched in Tel Aviv calling for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be replaced in the upcoming elections.
8 March 2015, 18:00 PM
UN slams ISIS over destruction of Hatra
The United Nations' cultural body has condemned the "destruction" by the Islamic State jihadist group of Hatra, a stunning Roman period ancient fortress city in the Iraqi desert.
8 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Palestinian fisherman killed in Israeli fires: Officials
The Israeli navy open fires on boats off the coast of the Gaza Strip killing one Palestinian fisherman
8 March 2015, 05:04 AM
Egypt carries out first hanging
Egypt on yesterday carried out the first death sentence handed down over the violence that erupted after the army's 2013 overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, the interior ministry said.
7 March 2015, 18:35 PM
Iraqi army drives IS out of key town
Iraqi forces pushes Islamic State (IS) fighters out of the western town of al-Baghdadi
7 March 2015, 04:39 AM
ISIS bulldozes Nimrud
Condemnation poured in yesterday of the Islamic State group's bulldozing of the ancient city of Nimrud, the jihadists' latest attack on
6 March 2015, 19:22 PM
28,000 flee drive: UN
Some 28,000 people have fled the Tikrit area as Iraqi forces battle the Islamic State jihadist group in a massive offensive aimed at retaking the city, the UN said.
6 March 2015, 19:11 PM
Syria's al-Nusra Front commander 'killed in strike'
The military chief of Syria's al-Nusra Front militant group is killed in an air strike, says the group
6 March 2015, 05:00 AM
Libya asks UN to approve arms contracts
Libya urged the UN Security Council on Wednesday to approve a request for military purchases as it struggles to combat Islamic State extremists and protect its oil fields.
5 March 2015, 19:26 PM
Palestinians to formally go to ICC in April
The Palestinians will formally approach the International Criminal Court on April 1 to complain about alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza and settlement activity, a senior official said.
3 March 2015, 19:09 PM
Iran should halt nuclear work for decade: Obama
Iran should agree to a decade-long freeze on its nuclear activity if deal is to be finally reached, Obama says
3 March 2015, 05:04 AM
'ISIS play Jihadi John like a piano - he's being used'
A former Isis fighter has described Mohammed Emwazi, the man revealed to be executioner
2 March 2015, 19:19 PM
ISIS is being defeated: Kerry
Secretary of State John Kerry insisted that the United States' allies in the Middle East remain on course to defeat ISIS
2 March 2015, 19:18 PM
Iraq launches Tikrit operation
Iraq has launched a military operation to recapture Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit from Islamic State (IS)
2 March 2015, 09:10 AM
Netanyahu takes off on 'fateful' US mission
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday headed to Washington on what he said was a "historic"
1 March 2015, 18:48 PM
ISIS using love as recruitment tool
In a few months' time, perhaps even weeks, you might remember the story, but will you remember the names?
1 March 2015, 18:47 PM
Saudi blogger now faces 'death penalty'
Raif Badawi, the Saudi Arabian blogger whose punishment of 1,000 lashes has prompted international condemnation,
1 March 2015, 18:46 PM
Court ruling jeopardizes Egypt polls timetable
Egypt's constitutional court yesterday ruled that parts of the law organising parliamentary elections starting March
1 March 2015, 18:46 PM