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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Jihadists' slave markets sell girls at any price: UN envoy
Teenage girls abducted by Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria are being sold in slave markets "for as little as a pack of cigarettes," the UN envoy on sexual violence said Monday.
9 June 2015, 07:05 AM
Israeli planes hit Gaza after rocket attack
The Israeli air force hit the Gaza Strip early yesterday for the second time in three days after new rocket fire from the territory hit southern Israel, raising fears of a new
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Saudi SC upholds jail, lashes for blogger
Saudi Arabia's supreme court has upheld a sentence of 10 years in jail and 1,000 lashes against blogger Raif Badawi on charges of insulting Islam, his wife said yesterday. The
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
ISIS militants suffer blow in Syria, Iraq
The Syrian army yesterday said it had repulsed a major offensive by Islamic State militants in the northeastern city of Hasaka and driven out fighters who had taken over key
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Saudi-led air raids kill 45 in Sanaa
Twenty civilians were among at least 45 people killed in Saudi-led air strikes on the rebel-held armed forces headquarters in the Yemeni capital early yesterday, a medic said.
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Turkey vote in election key to Erdogan's dream
Turkey yesterday voted in a general election which will determine whether the ruling party can change the constitution.
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
ISIS advances in Syria against regime and rival rebels
The Islamic State group seized territory from both Syrian government forces and rival rebels over the weekend further expanding the caliphate it has proclaimed straddling Iraq and Syria.
1 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Iran warns against 'excessive demands' in nuclear talks
Iran yesterday warned global powers against making "excessive demands" in talks aimed at sealing a ground-breaking nuclear deal,
28 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Syria al-Qaeda pledges no attacks on West
Al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate would not use Syria as a launching pad for attacks on the West, its chief said in a wide-randing televised interview late Wednesday.
28 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Kurds oust ISIS from Christian villages in Syria
Kurdish forces have driven the Islamic State group from more than a dozen Assyrian Christian villages that the jihadists had captured in northeastern Syria, a monitor said yesterday.
27 May 2015, 18:00 PM
ISIS kills 20 men in ruins of Palmyra
The Islamic State jihadist group shot dead at least 20 men in the ruins of Syria's ancient city Palmyra yesterday, accusing them of fighting for the government, a monitor said.
27 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Iraq forces tighten noose around ISIS
Iraqi forces closed in on Ramadi yesterday and launched an operation aimed at cutting off the jihadists in Anbar province before a major offensive to retake the city.
26 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Taliban-ISIS turf war kills 27 in Afghanistan
Ongoing clashes between Taliban and Islamic State jihadists in western Afghanistan have left at least 27 insurgents dead and 20 other people injured, officials told Efe news agency.
26 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Fierce clashes in Yemen after UN talks failure
Rebel forces and loyalist fighters were locked in fierce fighting in Yemen yesterday as hopes of a political solution faded after the United Nations postponed peace talks.
25 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Israel ex-PM Olmert jailed for graft
Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced to eight months in prison for corruption yesterday, the latest legal blow in a spectacular fall from grace.
25 May 2015, 18:00 PM
US did 'nothing' to save Ramadi
Iran accused United States of doing nothing to help Iraq's army battle jihadists in Ramadi, as Iraq yesterday rejected accusations by the US defence chief that its security forces dodged the battle and lack the will to fight the Islamic State group.
25 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Qatar 'still failing' migrant workers: Amnesty
Qatar has made little progress improving migrant workers' rights, despite promises to do so, the rights group Amnesty International has said.
21 May 2015, 04:51 AM
ISIS rakes in $1m per day in extortion
The Islamic State rakes in over $1 million per day in extortion and taxation and the dreaded terror group has enough assets to cover its expenses despite falling oil prices, according to a media report.
20 May 2015, 18:00 PM
US mulls enhanced support for Sunnis
The United States said it is considering accelerating the training and equipping of Iraqi tribal forces to fight the Islamic State group after the fall of the city of Ramadi.
20 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Palmyra falls under ISIS control
Islamic State group fighters recaptured the north of Syria's historic city of Palmyra yesterday in another setback to efforts to repel the advancing jihadists after the fall of Iraq's Ramadi.
20 May 2015, 18:00 PM