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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US lawmaker Tlaib scraps West Bank trip over Israeli demands
Palestinian-American lawmaker Rashida Tlaib yesterday turned down Israel’s offer to let her visit her grandmother in the occupied West Bank, owing to restrictions she termed oppressive.
16 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Released tanker poised to set sail
An Iranian tanker seized by Gibraltar last month is preparing to set sail after being released, a senior Iranian shipping official said yesterday.
16 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Taliban, US pact could boost IS
A deal between the Taliban and the United States for US forces to withdraw from their longest-ever war in Afghanistan could drive some diehard Taliban fighters into the arms of the Islamic State militant group, Afghan officials and militants say.
15 August 2019, 18:39 PM
US ‘piracy’ attempt failed
Iran’s top diplomat said a US attempt at “piracy” had failed after a Gibraltar court yesterday ordered the release of a tanker carrying Iranian oil despite a US detention request.
15 August 2019, 18:38 PM
Ex-Blackwater guard gets life in prison for 2007 massacre
A former Blackwater private security guard was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison after a retrial on murder charges for his role in the
15 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Regime forces inch closer to key jihadist-held town
Syrian regime forces captured a string of insurgent-held villages in northwest Syria yesterday, inching closer to a key jihadist-run town in the Idlib region, a war monitor said.
15 August 2019, 18:00 PM
‘They hate all Jewish people’
Israel would “show great weakness” if it allows a visit by two Muslim members of the US Congress who support a boycott of the Jewish state, US President Donald Trump said yesterday.
15 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Halt Afghan civilian casualties: UN
The United Nations yesterday said it was gravely concerned about reports indicating 11 civilians had been killed in an Afghan security force operation in an eastern province near the border with Pakistan. The government’s main security agency, the National Directorate of
14 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Clashes kill 59 fighters in northwest Syria
Clashes between regime loyalists and insurgents in rebel-held northwest Syria killed 59 combatants on Tuesday, a war monitor said. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a jihadist group led by Syria’s former al-Qaeda affiliate, has since January controlled most of Idlib province
14 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Khamenei meets Yemen rebels
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has held talks with a senior Yemeni rebel official just days after the long-running
14 August 2019, 18:00 PM
4 Palestinians killed on Gaza border
The Israeli army said its troops shot dead four heavily armed Palestinians on the Gaza border early yesterday, alleging one of them had managed to cross and throw a grenade at soldiers.
10 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Taliban warns Afghans against taking part in polls
The Taliban warned Afghans to keep away from election rallies and ordered its fighters to “stand against” the planned September vote.
6 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Iran ‘favours’ talks despite Trump snub
President Hassan Rouhani yesterday said that Iran favours talks with the US if it lifts sanctions against the Islamic republic, despite his
6 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Philippines declares nat’l epidemic
The Philippines yesterday stood firm on its ban on the world’s first dengue vaccine while declaring a nationwide epidemic from the
6 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Yemen rebel drones target Saudi airports
Saudi air defences intercepted Yemeni rebel drones targeting civilian airports yesterday, a Riyadh-led military coalition said, as the
5 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Palestinian app helps drivers avoid checkpoint bottlenecks
A new locally-developed app helps Palestinian drivers in the occupied West Bank negotiate traffic at Israeli military checkpoints and
5 August 2019, 18:00 PM
US acting alone against Iran
The US is acting alone against Tehran and its allies are too “ashamed” to join its forces in the Gulf, Iran’s top diplomat said yesterday,
5 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Millions hit by power blackout in Indonesia
Tens of millions of people on Indonesia’s heavily populated Java island were affected by a widespread electricity outage yesterday after the state utility
4 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Death toll in Philippine ferry accidents rises to 31
The death toll from the capsize of three Philippine ferries in bad weather rose to 31 yesterday as rescuers found more bodies, a coast
4 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Iran seizes third foreign ship in less than a month
Iran has seized a foreign tanker in the Gulf, state media said yesterday, in what would be the third such seizure in a month amid
4 August 2019, 18:00 PM