Middle East

Saudi Arabia Pakistan Turkey Defence Pact Impact On US Iran Relations

Roadmap in works for new nations to join Makkah pact

Agencies

1 September 2026 • Middle East

MECCA DEFENCE PACT / Turkey, KSA, Pakistan to hold first meeting today

Reuters, Istanbul

31 August 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

OCCUPIED WEST BANK / Activists rush aid to Palestinians besieged by settlers

AFP, Qusra

15 August 2026 • Middle East

Trump ‘used a catering truck to sneak off Air Force One’

Agencies

12 August 2026 • Middle East

KSA-Pak-Turkey deal: A ‘change in perception’ of US - Iran

AFP, Tehran

11 August 2026 • Middle East

Syria reaches deal with Moscow on fate of Russian bases

AFP, Damascus

10 August 2026 • Middle East

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Iraqi security forces and Shiite fighters gesture

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

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

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

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