US aircraft carrier arrives in Middle East: military

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and accompanying destroyers have arrived in the Middle East, the US military said Wednesday, after the country's defense secretary ordered the strike group to accelerate its speed
22 August 2024, 03:11 AM

28 killed as bus overturns in Iran

A bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims overturned in central Iran, killing 28 passengers and injuring another 23 people, state media reported yesterday.
21 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Blinken leaves ME without Gaza truce

Top US diplomat Antony Blinken headed home yesterday after failing to secure a Gaza ceasefire, warning both Israel and Hamas his plan may be the last chance to avert a broader war.
21 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Gaza’s undertakers stack ‘graves on top of graves’

Undertakers are working like bricklayers in a Gaza cemetery, piling cinder blocks into tight rectangles, side by side, for freshly dug graves.
16 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Tensions with israel: Iran rejects Western calls for restraint

Iran yesterday rejected Western calls to stand down its threat to retaliate against Israel for the killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran late last month.
13 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Israel faces anger over Gaza school ‘massacre’

Israel yesterday faced international condemnation for its strikes on a school in Gaza used for internally displaced people.
11 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Iran Guards hold military drill in western Iran

Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards are holding military drills in the western parts of the country that will continue until Tuesday, Iran’s official news agency announced on Sunday.
11 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Iran to ‘harshly punish’ Israel

Iran is set to carry out an order by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to “harshly punish” Israel over the assassination of a Hamas leader in Tehran, a Revolutionary Guards deputy commander was quoted as saying on Friday by local news agencies.
10 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Escalations in Middle East serve no one

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in a phone call on Friday that the escalation of tensions in the Middle East was “in no party’s interest” while also stressing the need for a Gaza ceasefire, the State Department said.
10 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Deadly Israeli strike on Gaza school

Deadly Israeli strike on Gaza school
10 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Multiple attacks target ship off Yemen: agency

A series of attempted attacks using missiles and a sea drone targeted a merchant vessel off areas of Yemen held by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, a British maritime security agency said yesterday.
9 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Israel revokes status of Norway envoys to Palestinians

Israel said yesterday it was revoking the diplomatic status of Norway’s envoys to the Palestinian Authority accusing Oslo of “anti-Israel behaviour” during the Gaza war and drawing a formal protest.
8 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Turkey joins South Africa’s Israel ‘genocide’ case at ICJ

Turkey yesterday joined South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.
7 August 2024, 18:00 PM

US working ‘round the clock’ to avert Middle East war

The United States said it was working “round the clock” to avert an all-out war in the Middle East, as Israel remained on high alert yesterday for potential Iranian retaliation for two high-profile killings.
6 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Israel presses on with deadly raids in Gaza

An Israeli airstrike hit a tent inside a hospital compound in central Gaza, killing at least five people, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed yesterday to 33, Gaza health officials said, after another round of talks ended without result.
4 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Aftermath of hamas leader’s killing: Fears of Middle East war grow

Fears of a regional Middle East war grew yesterday after the assassination of Hamas’s political leader, blamed on Israel, triggered vows of vengeance from Iran-backed Middle East groups.
3 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Israel’s ‘end getting closer than ever’

Hamas’ top leader Ismail Haniyeh was buried in Qatar yesterday following his assassination in the Iranian capital Tehran as senior officials of Hamas and other mourners said their fight against Israel would intensify.
2 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Airlines avoid some Mideast airspace

Airlines are avoiding Iranian and Lebanese airspace and cancelling flights to Israel and Lebanon, as concerns grow over a possible conflict in the region after the killing of senior members of Hamas and Hezbollah this week.
2 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Hezbollah resumes steady artillery fire against Israel

Hezbollah forces yesterday resumed rocket and artillery attacks against Israel, ending the lull along the border following Israel’s killing of the Lebanese group’s military commander in Beirut.
2 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Nearly two-thirds of Gaza buildings damaged: UN

Nearly two-thirds of the buildings in the Gaza Strip have been damaged or destroyed since the Gaza offensive began in October, the United Nations said yesterday.
2 August 2024, 18:00 PM