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Any new attack would be ‘another failure’: Iran

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Iran executes man over espionage

19 October 2025, 18:00 PM News

Netanyahu says will run for PM in next year's election

19 October 2025, 02:53 AM News

Nuclear deal with west / Iran ‘terminates’ all mechanisms

18 October 2025, 18:00 PM News

Israeli forces kill 11-year-old in West Bank

17 October 2025, 18:00 PM News

Palestinians touring Europe to boost state recognition

15 October 2025, 18:58 PM News

Iran says Trump's call for peace 'at odds' with US actions

14 October 2025, 06:08 AM News

Young Palestinians express little faith in first elections they have known

Facing the first elections they have ever been able to vote in, young Palestinians are demanding reforms in the parliamentary and presidential polls later this year.

5 April 2021, 14:03 PM

Jordan's Prince Hamza defies the military in new recording

Jordan’s estranged Prince Hamza said in a voice recording released on Monday that he would disobey orders by the army not to communicate with the outside world after he was put under house arrest and accused of trying to destabilise the country.

5 April 2021, 12:06 PM

Jordan in security sweep, king's half-brother says under 'house arrest'

A top former Jordanian royal aide was among several suspects arrested Saturday in a security sweep, as the army cautioned a half-brother of King Abdullah II against damaging the country's security.

4 April 2021, 05:42 AM

US open to discussing wider nuclear deal road map if Iran wishes

Efforts to sketch out initial US and Iranian steps to resume compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal have stalled and Western officials believe Iran may now wish to discuss a wider road map to revive the pact, something Washington is willing to do.

31 March 2021, 02:51 AM

UN seeks $10 billion for Syrians as humanitarian needs soar

The United Nations will urge international donors to pledge up to $10 billion to help Syrians fleeing a decade of civil war in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, saying that the need for humanitarian support has never been so great.

30 March 2021, 06:11 AM

Saudi man sentenced to death for killing Bangladeshi expat

A Saudi man has been sentenced to death by a court in the kingdom for killing a Bangladeshi expatriate in Dammam 15 years ago.

29 March 2021, 15:17 PM

China, Iran expected to sign 25-year accord: Iranian state media

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Iran for a visit that Iranian state media said would see the signing of a 25-year cooperation agreement between the two countries, which are both under US sanctions.

27 March 2021, 02:16 AM

Netanyahu’s future unclear as exit polls forecast stalemate in Israel’s election

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s prospects for retaining power were uncertain after exit polls in the country’s fourth national election in two years projected yet another stalemate.

24 March 2021, 02:32 AM

Israelis vote on Netanyahu again, after vaccination success

Israelis vote on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political survival in a fourth election in two years, with the veteran leader hoping his role in a rapid Covid-19 vaccine campaign will win him another term.

23 March 2021, 02:35 AM

Erdogan says Saudi Arabia wants to buy armed drones from Turkey

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia is seeking to buy armed unmanned aerial vehicles from Turkey, after years of tension between the two regional powers.

17 March 2021, 11:13 AM

Iran enriching uranium with new advanced machine type at underground plant: IAEA

Iran has started enriching uranium at its underground Natanz plant with a second type of advanced centrifuge, the IR-4, the UN nuclear watchdog said in a report reviewed by Reuters, in a further breach of Tehran’s deal with major powers.

17 March 2021, 00:58 AM

Lebanon's protesters back on streets as currency hits new low

Protesters burned tyres and blocked roads in Beirut today as the Lebanese currency crashed past a new milestone.

16 March 2021, 17:46 PM

French tourist jailed in Iran charged with spying, lawyer says

Iranian authorities have charged French tourist Benjamin Briere, arrested 10 months ago, with espionage and “propaganda against the system”, one of his lawyers told Reuters.

16 March 2021, 01:31 AM

Yemen Houthis target Saudi airport, air base with armed drones - spokesman

Yemen’s Houthi movement launched on Monday armed drones on Abha airport and an air base in the southern town of Khamis Mushait in Saudi Arabia, a spokesman of the group’s military said.

15 March 2021, 07:20 AM

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Netanyahu to visit UAE Thursday, may meet Saudi crown prince: Israel's Kan

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the United Arab Emirates on Thursday and may meet the Saudi crown prince there in an opportunity to showcase new Gulf ties before a closely contested election in Israel, its public broadcaster Kan said.

10 March 2021, 19:26 PM

Yunus, Charter, and Our Future

Robert Redford, Hollywood’s ‘Sundance Kid’, rides into the sunset at 89

Trump: India has offered US a trade deal with no tariffs

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