Israeli air strikes hit Gaza

Two Palestinians were killed yesterday as Israel unleashed a wave of air strikes against the Gaza Strip, while scores of rockets were fired back from the Hamas-run territory.
14 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Civilians among 54 dead in anti-IS strike: monitor

An air strike on one of the last holdouts of the Islamic State group in Syria has killed 54 people, more than half of them civilians, a war monitor said yesterday.
13 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Syria regime hits IS pocket in southwest

The Syrian government widened its offensive to recover the southwest yesterday, extending it to an enclave held by Islamic State-affiliated fighters as Russian warplanes targeted the area, a war monitor said.
11 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Afghan blast kills 12

A suicide attacker blew himself up near an Afghan security forces vehicle yesterday, killing at least 12 people, mostly civilians, officials
10 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Rebels kill 27 regime fighters in Syria

More than two dozen pro-government fighters were killed in northwestern Syria overnight in a joint attack by rebel and Islamist forces, a
10 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Iranians outraged over arrest of teenage for Instagram dancing clips

Iranians on social media mocks clerical rulers on Monday after the hardline judiciary arrested a teenage girl for posting on Instagram videos of herself dancing in her room.
10 July 2018, 05:30 AM

Fraud trial of Israel PM's wife postponed: court

The trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife Sara, charged with fraud and breach of trust, has been postponed for three
9 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Bangladeshi killed in Saudi terror attack at security checkpoint

A Bangladeshi man and a security official are killed in a terrorist attack at a security checkpoint in Buraidah of northcentral Saudi Arabia.
9 July 2018, 06:38 AM

24 killed as Turkish train derails after heavy rain

Twenty-four people are killed when a train derailed in northwest Turkey this weekend, Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdag says.
9 July 2018, 05:10 AM

East Syria car bomb kills at least 18

A car bombing in eastern Syria on Friday killed at least 18 people including 11 members of a US-backed force that has fought the Islamic
7 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Iran executes 8 IS men

Iran has executed eight people convicted over two deadly attacks claimed by the Islamic State group in Tehran last year, the judiciary's
7 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Son of IS chief killed in Syria's Homs

Ason of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in the city of Homs in Syria, the group's news channel reported
4 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Indonesia ferry tragedy toll hits 34

At least 34 people have died after a ferry ran aground off the coast of Indonesia, according to an updated official toll yesterday. The KM
4 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Saudi woman's car set on fire after driving ban lifted

Saudi police are hunting for arsonists who torched a woman's car, only a week after the kingdom lifted a decades-long ban on female
4 July 2018, 18:00 PM

5 Bangladeshis killed in Saudi crash

At least five expatriate Bangladeshis are killed and 11 others injured in a road crash in the middle-eastern country of Saudi Arabia.
4 July 2018, 13:37 PM

SEA OF DEATH

A migrant intercepted aboard a dinghy off the coast in the Strait of Gibraltar, smiles as she rests after arriving on a rescue boat at the
2 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Rouhani flies to Europe to rally support

President Hassan Rouhani yesterday departed Iran for a trip to Europe billed as of "prime importance" after the US pulled out of the
2 July 2018, 18:00 PM

UAE announces pause in Yemen offensive

The United Arab Emirates yesterday announced a pause in the offensive it is backing against Huthi rebels in Yemen's port city of Hodeida,
1 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Israeli forces kill two more Gaza protesters

Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinians, one of them a 14-year-old boy, and wounded 415 others with live fire and tear gas during
30 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Afghan leader ends truce against Taliban

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani declared a formal end to his government's ceasefire with the Taliban yesterday but called on the
30 June 2018, 18:00 PM