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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France softens tone on Assad's future
The departure of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is no longer necessary before any political transition in the war-torn country, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said in an interview published yesterday.
5 December 2015, 18:13 PM
Afghan Taliban chief 'seriously wounded'
Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was seriously injured in a firefight following a heated argument at a gathering of militant commanders, officials said yesterday, exposing deepening divisions within the fractious militant movement.
2 December 2015, 20:08 PM
US embassy warns of attack in Kabul
The United States warned its citizens in Kabul yesterday of an "imminent attack" in the city within the next two days, amid renewed official efforts to revive
30 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Saudi women begin polls campaigns
Saudi women began their first-ever campaigns for public office yesterday, in a step forward for women's rights in the conservative kingdom's slow reform process.
29 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Israel 'to open UAE diplomatic mission'
Israel is to open its first diplomatic mission in the UAE, Israel says, despite the absence of diplomatic relations between the two
27 November 2015, 18:00 PM
2 Palestinians shot dead in West Bank
Israeli troops shot and killed two Palestinians after they rammed their cars into soldiers in separate attacks in the West Bank yesterday as the country's defense minister urged Israelis to brace themselves for more violence, saying he cannot see an end to the near-daily Palestinian attacks.
27 November 2015, 18:00 PM
S Arabia to behead 50 men for terrorist acts
Saudi authorities appear set in the next few days to carry out a series of beheadings across the country of more than 50 men convicted of terrorism offences. Among those facing execution are three young men who were juveniles when they were arrested.
27 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Israel shuts second Hebron radio station
Israeli forces Saturday raided and shut down a Palestinian radio station accused of incitement in the West Bank city of Hebron, the army said, in the second such case this month.
21 November 2015, 18:00 PM
IS 'aggressively pursuing chem weapons'
IS is “aggressively pursuing the development of chemical weapons”, creating a team dedicated to research and experiments, according to Iraqi and US intelligence officials.
21 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Palestinian poet gets death in Saudi for apostasy: HRW
A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced a Palestinian poet to death for apostasy, abandoning his Muslim faith, according to trial documents seen by Human Rights Watch, its Middle East researcher Adam Coogle said yesterday.
20 November 2015, 18:00 PM
IS again kills foreign hostages
The Islamic State jihadist group yesterday said it has killed a Chinese and a Norwegian hostage, two months after it had demanded a ransom for the pair's release.
18 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Iran has begun dismantling nuke facilities
Iran has begun dismantling parts of its nuclear programme, as agreed under July's landmark deal with major powers, a UN atomic watchdog report showed yesterday.
18 November 2015, 18:00 PM
US-led strikes destroy 116 IS fuel trucks
Strikes by the US-led air coalition fighting the Islamic State group destroyed 116 fuel trucks used by the jihadist organisation in eastern Syria, the Pentagon said yesterday.
16 November 2015, 20:27 PM
Israeli cops interrogate 13-year-old
In video footage obtained by Ma'an news agency, Israeli officials have been captured on film hurling abuse at a 13-year-old Palestinian child accused of stabbing two Israelis in East Jerusalem last month during the child's interrogation.
15 November 2015, 18:00 PM
IS hits Hezbollah bastion in Beirut
At least 41people have been killed and more than 180 wounded after twin suicide bombings claimed by Islamic State militants rocked a stronghold of Lebanon's Shia Hezbollah movement in south Beirut, officials said.
12 November 2015, 21:03 PM
Air strikes, fighting kill 24 Yemen rebels
At least 24 rebels were killed yesterday in Saudi-led coalition air strikes and attacks by pro-government forces in Yemen's south, military sources said. Around
12 November 2015, 20:58 PM
No immediate way forward for ME peace
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on a visit to Washington, on Tuesday voiced pessimism about the prospect of peace with the Palestinians, suggesting the current stalemate was likely to remain in place.
11 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Russia reveals peace talk plan
A Russian document circulating at the United Nations has proposed a constitutional reform process in Syria, lasting 18 months, to be followed by presidential elections.
11 November 2015, 18:00 PM
'90 percent sure' of bomb on jet
Investigators of the Russian plane crash in Egypt are "90 percent sure" the noise heard in the final second of a cockpit recording was an explosion caused by a bomb, a member of the investigation team said yesterday.
8 November 2015, 18:02 PM
Iran appoints woman ambassador
Iran has appointed its first woman ambassador since the 1979 Islamic revolution, naming foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh
8 November 2015, 18:00 PM