Middle East

Any new attack would be ‘another failure’: Iran

23 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Iran executes man over espionage

19 October 2025, 18:00 PM

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

19 October 2025, 02:53 AM

Nuclear deal with west / Iran ‘terminates’ all mechanisms

18 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Israeli forces kill 11-year-old in West Bank

17 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Palestinians touring Europe to boost state recognition

15 October 2025, 18:58 PM

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

14 October 2025, 06:08 AM

12 dead in air strikes on pro-Iranian fighters in Syria

Twelve pro-Iranian fighters have been killed in air strikes of unknown origin in eastern Syria, a war monitor said yesterday, adding that a large number of people were wounded.

28 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Tens of thousands protest against Lebanon 'bloodbath' in Iran, Yemen

Tens of thousands protested in Iranian cities and in the rebel-held Yemeni capital on Friday to condemn Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Gaza, AFP journalists and state media reported

28 September 2024, 04:07 AM

Israel hits Hezbollah HQ in Beirut with heavy airstrikes

The Israeli military said it had targeted Hezbollah’s central headquarters in Beirut’s southern suburbs yesterday in an attack that shook the Lebanese capital and sent thick clouds of smoke over the city.

27 September 2024, 18:33 PM

Over 30,000 crossed into Syria from Lebanon

Well over 30,000 people, mainly Syrians, have crossed into Syria from Lebanon in the past 72 hours, the UN refugee agency said yesterday, amid an escalating conflict between Israeli forces and Hezbollah that has killed hundreds of people in Lebanon.

27 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Israeli strikes kill 92 in Lebanon in past 24 hours: ministry

Israeli strikes have killed 92 people in Lebanon over the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said late Thursday

27 September 2024, 04:38 AM

Israel rejects truce proposal from US

Israel yesterday rejected global calls for a ceasefire with Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, defying its biggest ally the US and pressing ahead with strikes that have killed hundreds in Lebanon and heightened fears of an all-out regional war.

26 September 2024, 18:22 PM

Israel says operations in Lebanon will continue until safe for evacuees to return

Hezbollah deputy chief Naim Qassem said, "We have entered a new phase, the title of which is the open-ended battle of reckoning"

23 September 2024, 03:25 AM

Hezbollah, Israel trade heavy border barrages

Israel and Hezbollah exchanged heavy fire into yesterday, with Israeli warplanes carrying out the most intense bombardment in almost a year of conflict across Lebanon’s south and Hezbollah firing rockets deep into northern Israel.

22 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Death toll from Iran mine blast rises to 51: state media

A mine blast in eastern Iran has killed 51 people, state media said Sunday, revising an earlier toll of 30 dead

22 September 2024, 05:56 AM

Iran unveils new drone, missile amid rising tensions

Iran unveiled a new ballistic missile and an upgraded one-way attack drone at a military parade yesterday, state media said, amid soaring regional tensions and allegations of arming Russia.

21 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Iran summons Afghan envoy for ‘disrespecting’ anthem

Iran summoned the acting head of Afghanistan’s embassy yesterday after saying a visiting Afghan official disrespected the country’s national anthem by not standing, days after a similar incident in Pakistan.

20 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Lebanon walkie-talkie blasts: Death toll hits 20

A second deadly wave of unprecedented explosions in the strongholds of Lebanon's Hezbollah left it in disarray on Thursday

19 September 2024, 02:44 AM

Israel planted explosives in 5,000 Hezbollah's pagers, say sources

The operation was an unprecedented Hezbollah security breach that saw thousands of pagers detonate across Lebanon

18 September 2024, 03:49 AM

Iran puts 2nd satellite this year in orbit

Iran yesterday launched a research satellite into orbit with a rocket built by the Revolutionary Guards, its state media reported.

14 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Iran president deepens Iraq ties on first foreign trip

Iran and Iraq on Wednesday signed more than a dozen agreements to deepen already strong ties as Masoud Pezeshkian visited Baghdad on his first foreign trip as president of the Islamic republic.

11 September 2024, 18:00 PM

More than 400 people executed in Iran this year: UN experts

UN experts voiced alarm Monday at a surge in executions in Iran last month that pushed the total in the country so far this year to over 400

2 September 2024, 19:00 PM

Iraq-US joint raid kills 15 IS fighters

A joint operation by US and Iraqi forces killed 15 Islamic State group fighters in Iraq’s western desert, with seven US troops hurt during the operation, US Central Command said.

31 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Iran will seek to ‘manage tensions’ with US: top diplomat

Iran’s new government will seek to “manage tensions” with its arch-enemy the United States to help reduce pressure and neutralise crippling sanctions, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said.

24 August 2024, 18:00 PM

In rare move, UAE accepts Taliban govt ambassador

The United Arab Emirates has accepted the credentials of an ambassador from Afghanistan’s Taliban government, officials said, becoming just the second country after China to do so.

23 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Israeli strikes on Lebanon’s south kill seven people

Lebanon’s health ministry said yesterday Israeli strikes killed seven people including a child in different parts of the south, with Hezbollah saying three of its fighters were among the dead.