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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Xi eyes to boost ME clout with Saudi, Egypt deals
Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday signed a slew of trade deals with Egypt's leader as part of a regional tour aimed at bolstering Beijing's economic ties and clout in the Middle East.
21 January 2016, 18:27 PM
5 Egyptian cops killed in IS attack in Sinai
Gunmen have killed five Egyptian policemen at a checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula, the interior ministry said yesterday, in the latest attack claimed by the
21 January 2016, 18:21 PM
Iran says new US sanctions illegitimate
Iran says new US curbs on the Islamic Republic's ballistic missile programme were illegitimate, vowing to continue developing its conventional military deterrent.
18 January 2016, 07:35 AM
2 Palestinian attackers shot dead
Israeli troops killed two knife-wielding Palestinian assailants in the occupied West Bank yesterday, the army said, the latest in a months-long spate of street violence that Israel's defence minister described as declining.
14 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Jihadists retreating in Iraq
Members of the US-led coalition fighting Islamic State will meet in Paris next week to reinforce efforts against the group, France's defence minister said on Thursday, adding that the militants were clearly retreating in Iraq.
14 January 2016, 18:00 PM
UN appeals for nearly $8b for Syria aid
With the war in Syria headed for a sixth year, UN agencies on Tuesday appealed for $7.73 billion in funding to help 22.5 million people affected by the conflict.
13 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Israeli raid kills 1, wounds 3 in Gaza
An Israeli air raid yesterday in the northern Gaza Strip targeting alleged militants killed one Palestinian and wounded three others, the Israeli army and a Palestinian official said.
13 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Tension eases as Iran releases 10 US sailors
Iran yesterday released 10 US Navy sailors detained in the Gulf, heading off a potential crisis within days of the expected implementation of its nuclear deal with world powers.
13 January 2016, 18:00 PM
IS attacks kill 30 in Iraq
Jihadist gunmen and bombers killed at least 12 people in a busy market area of Baghdad while a double blast at a cafe north of the Iraqi capital claimed another 20 lives.
12 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Saudi Arabia will pay for executing militants
The Saudi-Yemeni and North African branches of al-Qaeda have threatened to avenge Saudi Arabia's execution of more than 40 jihadists, calling the measure a "foolish act."
11 January 2016, 18:08 PM
Saudi embassy attack: Iran sacks official
Iran has sacked a senior security official over his failure to stop the ransacking of Saudi Arabia's embassy, which led the Sunni-ruled kingdom to sever
11 January 2016, 18:04 PM
Deadly strike on Yemen MSF clinic
A missile strike on a Doctors Without Borders clinic in Yemen killed at least four people Sunday, the group said, condemning what it called a "worrying pattern"
11 January 2016, 18:03 PM
Madaya: Aid to be sent to besieged Syrian village Sunday
Aid including one month's worth of food and medicine can reach for 40,000 people trapped in Madaya, a besieged Syrian village as early as Sunday morning, the World Food Programme says.
9 January 2016, 12:38 PM
Heaviest air strikes yet hit capital
Dozens of air strikes hit the Yemeni capital Sanaa yesterday, in what residents described as the heaviest aerial attacks there in nine months of war, days after a Saudi-led coalition trying to restore a Saudi-backed government ended a fragile ceasefire.
7 January 2016, 18:23 PM
Arch foes by ancient rows
One can wonder what is going on in the Middle East these days, especially the civil and sectarian strife that are tearing Iraq, Syria and Yemen apart.
7 January 2016, 18:14 PM
Saudi FM visits Pakistan
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister arrived in Pakistan yesterday, where he will meet leaders of a government keen to defuse spiraling sectarian tension between the Sunni-majority kingdom and Shia Iran.
7 January 2016, 18:10 PM
Syrian govt 'to let aid into besieged Madaya'
The Syrian government agrees to allow aid into the besieged rebel-held village of Madaya, the UN says, amid reports of residents starving to death.
7 January 2016, 15:35 PM
Iran bans imports from KSA, faces Saudi boycotts
Iran and Saudi Arabia take further steps to sever commercial ties today, intensifying a feud between the regional rivals, as Tehran announced a ban on imports from Saudi Arabia and Saudi groups called for boycotts of Iranian products.
7 January 2016, 11:50 AM
Iran accuses Saudi of bombing embassy in Yemen
Saudi warplanes "deliberately" strike Iran's embassy in Yemen in an air raid that wounds staff, Tehran says as tensions between the two regional powers mount.
7 January 2016, 11:08 AM
Truck bomb kills 65 at Libyan police training centre
At least 65 people are killed when one of Libya's worst truck bombs in years exploded at a police training centre in the town of Zliten.
7 January 2016, 10:43 AM