Any new attack would be ‘another failure’: Iran
23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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‘Keep dreaming’
20 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Iran executes man over espionage
19 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Netanyahu says will run for PM in next year's election
19 October 2025, 02:53 AM
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Nuclear deal with west / Iran ‘terminates’ all mechanisms
18 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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‘Just a wasteland’
18 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Israeli forces kill 11-year-old in West Bank
17 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Palestinians touring Europe to boost state recognition
15 October 2025, 18:58 PM
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Aid trucks roll into Gaza
15 October 2025, 18:50 PM
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Iran says Trump's call for peace 'at odds' with US actions
14 October 2025, 06:08 AM
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Yemenis fear cuts to imports, remittances after US blacklists Houthis
Yemenis fear a U.S. decision to blacklist the Houthi movement could further isolate them from the global financial system, depriving the war-battered country of vital remittances and hampering the flow of imports.
14 January 2021, 18:50 PM
Iran commander vows 'resistance' a year after Soleimani killing
The US killing of top general Qassem Soleimani will not deter Iranian resistance, a senior commander said today as tensions mounted in the build-up to the first anniversary of the drone strike.
1 January 2021, 12:48 PM
Blast, gunfire at Aden airport after plane carrying new government lands, 5 killed
At least five people have been killed and dozens more wounded in an attack on Aden airport, shortly after a plane carrying a newly formed government for Yemen arrived from Saudi Arabia.
30 December 2020, 13:31 PM
Saudi court hands prison sentence to women’s rights activist, UN seeks ‘early release’
A Saudi court sentenced prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to five years and eight months in prison in a trial that has drawn international condemnation as Riyadh faces renewed US scrutiny.
28 December 2020, 14:26 PM
Saudi Crown Prince Salman receives Covid-19 vaccine
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has received his first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, as part of a national Covid-19 vaccination plan being implemented by the ministry of health, according to state news agency SPA.
25 December 2020, 18:38 PM
Israel working to formalise relations with another Muslim country, possibly in Asia
Israel is working towards formalising relations with a fifth Muslim country, possibly in Asia, during US President Donald Trump’s term, an Israeli cabinet minister has said.
23 December 2020, 16:36 PM
Many imams fired for failing to warn against terrorist group: Saudi minister
Saudi Arabia’s Islamic affairs minister confirmed that many imams were fired in recent weeks after failing to follow the directive of warning citizens against the group called Muslim Brotherhood and its ideology.
23 December 2020, 06:26 AM
Iran builds at underground nuclear facility amid US tensions
Iran has begun construction on a site at its underground nuclear facility at Fordo amid tensions with the US over its atomic program, satellite photos obtained Friday by The Associated Press show.
18 December 2020, 10:44 AM
Iran summons German ambassador over EU criticism of journalist’s execution: media
Iran has summoned the ambassador of Germany, current holder of the European Union’s rotating presidency, over EU criticism of the execution of an Iranian journalist, Iranian media reported.
13 December 2020, 13:02 PM
Israel, Morocco agree to normalise relations in latest US-brokered deal
Israel and Morocco have agreed to normalise relations in a deal brokered with US help, making Morocco the fourth Arab country to set aside hostilities with Israel in the past four months.
10 December 2020, 17:52 PM
Lebanese judge charges PM, ex-ministers over Beirut port blast: sources
Lebanon’s investigating judge charged caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab and three former ministers with negligence over the Beirut port blast that killed 200 people and ravaged the capital in August, a judicial source and an official source have said.
10 December 2020, 14:14 PM
Iran says ‘smart satellite-controlled machine gun’ killed top nuclear scientist
The killing of Iran’s top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was carried out remotely with artificial intelligence and a machine gun equipped with a “satellite-controlled smart system”, Tasnim news agency has quoted a senior commander as saying.
7 December 2020, 14:50 PM
Kuwaitis go to polls as economy poses challenge for new emir
Kuwaitis voted in legislative polls today with the Gulf state mired in its worst economic crisis in decades, which poses a challenge for the government’s often stormy relationship with a parliament blamed for blocking reforms.
5 December 2020, 12:51 PM
Bahrain open to imports from Israeli settlements, Palestinians fume
Bahrain’s imports from Israel will not be subject to distinctions between products made within Israel and those from settlements in occupied territory, the Bahraini trade minister has said, drawing a rebuke from the Palestinians.
3 December 2020, 13:13 PM
Iran watchdog passes law on hardening nuclear stance, halting UN inspections
Iran’s Guardian Council watchdog body approved a law on Wednesday that obliges the government to halt UN inspections of its nuclear sites and step up uranium enrichment beyond the limit set under Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal if sanctions are not eased in two months.
3 December 2020, 06:32 AM
5 Bangladeshis held by Houthi rebels to return home soon
Five Bangladeshi sailors, who were being held by Houthi rebels in Yemen capital Sana’a since February this year, will return home through India soon.
2 December 2020, 12:56 PM
Take urgent steps so expats can return to work: Dhaka urges Doha
Dhaka has urged Doha to take urgent measures so that the stranded Bangladeshi expatriates can return to work in Qatar.
1 December 2020, 13:02 PM
Iran’s parliament advances bill to stop nuclear inspections
Iran’s parliament Tuesday advanced a bill that would end UN inspections of its nuclear facilities and require the government to boost its uranium enrichment if European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal do not provide relief from oil and banking sanctions.
1 December 2020, 11:51 AM
At least 1 Bangladeshi among seamen held captive by Houthi rebels in Yemen
At least one Bangladeshi citizen is among a crew of 20 seamen, most of them Indian nationals, who have been detained by Houthi rebels in Yemen capital Sana’a since February this year.
29 November 2020, 20:03 PM
Iran mulls response as it prepares to bury killed nuclear scientist
Iran was weighing its response Sunday to the killing of its top nuclear scientist, which it blames on arch-foe Israel, as his body was taken to Shiite shrines ahead of being buried.
29 November 2020, 16:04 PM