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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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Iran nuke review panel says deal flawed
A panel of Iranian lawmakers said yesterday that the inspections regime underpinning the country's nuclear deal with world powers represented a security
4 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Israelis killed in Jerusalem attacks
Israel took the rare and drastic step of barring Palestinians from Jerusalem's Old City yesterday as tensions mounted following attacks that killed two Israelis and wounded a child.
4 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Obama pledges probe into fatal airstrike
US President Barack Obama has promised a full investigation into an apparent US air strike on an Afghan hospital that killed 19 people, a bombing which the UN said could amount to a war crime.
4 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Afghan forces claim Kunduz control
Afghan forces pushed into the centre of Kunduz yesterday, triggering pitched gunfights as they sought to flush out Taliban insurgents who held the northern city for three days in a stinging blow to the country's Nato-trained military.
1 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Iran rejects claims it sent arms to Yemen
Iran rejected as "propaganda" yesterday claims that a seized fishing boat loaded with weapons heading to Yemen was Iranian, the official IRNA news agency reported.
1 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Abbas threatens to upturn peace deals
Mahmud Abbas's UN declaration that he is no longer bound by accords with Israel has the potential to upturn what remains of the peace process, but there are doubts whether concrete actions will follow.
1 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Israeli air raids hit Gaza after rocket fire
Israeli air raids have hit the Gaza Strip in response to a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave that was intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defence system,
30 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Weapons bound for Yemen seized on Iran boat: coalition
Arab coalition forces waging a military campaign against Houthi fighters in Yemen seized an Iranian boat loaded with weapons in the Arabian Sea on its way to deliver supplies to the group, the Saudi-led alliance said yesterday.
30 September 2015, 18:00 PM
$5m bounty for tips on disrupting ISIS
The war against ISIS is expanding to a new frontier: its finances. As the terror group plunders archaeological sites and oil fields in Iraq and Syria, the United States is offering a $5 million reward for tips to stop the smuggling of gas and antiquities.
30 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Taliban tighten grip on Afghan city
Taliban fighters yesterday seized a military hilltop site in Kunduz, tightening their grip on the northern Afghan city. The capture of the Bala Hisar fortress came despite efforts by government reinforcements, backed by Nato airstrikes and special forces, to retake the city.
30 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Hajj stampede: Saudi mufti says deaths 'beyond human control'
Saudi Arabia's most senior cleric, the grand mufti, has said Thursday's stampede that killed more than 700 people at the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca was beyond human control.
26 September 2015, 11:30 AM
Syria intensifies raids on ISIS-held Palmyra
The Syrian regime has intensified its air strikes on the jihadist-held ancient city of Palmyra, killing more than 100 people including civilians in recent days, a
23 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Egypt to buy Mistral warships: France
Egypt has agreed to buy two Mistral warships which France built for Russia before scrapping the sale over the Ukraine crisis, the French presidency said in a
23 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Sisi pardons 2 Jazeera journalists
Egypt's president yesterday pardoned Al-Jazeera's jailed Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy and his colleague Baher Mohamed, who were sentenced last month to three years in prison, the presidency said.
23 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Hadi returns to Yemen to seal authority
Yemen's President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi yesterday worked to restore his authority after returning from six months of exile with a vow to liberate the country from Shia Huthi rebels.
23 September 2015, 18:00 PM
53 militants killed in Afghanistan
At least 53 Taliban militants have been killed in military operations in 15 provinces of Afghanistan, the defence ministry said yesterday. "The Afghan Army
20 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Anger as Saudi gets key UN rights post
The United Nations is coming under fire for handing Saudi Arabia a key human rights role even though the Kingdom has “arguably the worst record in the world” on freedoms for women, minorities and dissidents.
20 September 2015, 18:00 PM
US-trained rebels enter Syria
Seventy-five Syrian rebels trained to fight jihadists under a beleaguered US programme have crossed from Turkey into northern Syria, a US-backed rebel faction and a monitoring group said yesterday.
20 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Syria crisis: 'Deadly air raids' against IS in Palmyra
Syrian government war planes have launched one of the heaviest bombardments yet on the city of Palmyra, which is held by Islamic State (IS) militants, activists say.
19 September 2015, 04:30 AM
US, Russia militaries launch talks
The United States and Russia renewed high-level contacts between their militaries on Friday to discuss how to deal with the war in Syria.
US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke by telephone, spokesmen from their ministries said.
18 September 2015, 18:00 PM