Middle East

Any new attack would be ‘another failure’: Iran

23 October 2025, 18:00 PM News

‘Keep dreaming’

20 October 2025, 18:00 PM News

Iran executes man over espionage

19 October 2025, 18:00 PM News

Netanyahu says will run for PM in next year's election

19 October 2025, 02:53 AM News

Nuclear deal with west / Iran ‘terminates’ all mechanisms

18 October 2025, 18:00 PM News

‘Just a wasteland’

18 October 2025, 18:00 PM News

Israeli forces kill 11-year-old in West Bank

17 October 2025, 18:00 PM News

Palestinians touring Europe to boost state recognition

15 October 2025, 18:58 PM News

Aid trucks roll into Gaza

15 October 2025, 18:50 PM News

Iran says Trump's call for peace 'at odds' with US actions

14 October 2025, 06:08 AM News

Islamic State kills 'Israeli spy'

Islamic State (IS) jihadists have posted a video online appearing to show the killing of an Israeli Arab man whom they accused of being a spy

11 March 2015, 04:32 AM

Thousands march against Israeli PM

Tens of thousands of people marched in Tel Aviv calling for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be replaced in the upcoming elections.

8 March 2015, 18:00 PM

UN slams ISIS over destruction of Hatra

The United Nations' cultural body has condemned the "destruction" by the Islamic State jihadist group of Hatra, a stunning Roman period ancient fortress city in the Iraqi desert.

8 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Egypt carries out first hanging

Egypt on yesterday carried out the first death sentence handed down over the violence that erupted after the army's 2013 overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, the interior ministry said.

7 March 2015, 18:35 PM

'Dozens killed' in Nigeria attacks

Dozens of people are reported to have died in Nigeria in three separate attacks in the key north-eastern city of Maiduguri.

7 March 2015, 14:11 PM

ISIS bulldozes Nimrud

Condemnation poured in yesterday of the Islamic State group's bulldozing of the ancient city of Nimrud, the jihadists' latest attack on

6 March 2015, 19:22 PM

Libya asks UN to approve arms contracts

Libya urged the UN Security Council on Wednesday to approve a request for military purchases as it struggles to combat Islamic State extremists and protect its oil fields.

5 March 2015, 19:26 PM

Palestinians to formally go to ICC in April

The Palestinians will formally approach the International Criminal Court on April 1 to complain about alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza and settlement activity, a senior official said.

3 March 2015, 19:09 PM

'ISIS play Jihadi John like a piano - he's being used'

A former Isis fighter has described Mohammed Emwazi, the man revealed to be executioner

2 March 2015, 19:19 PM

ISIS is being defeated: Kerry

Secretary of State John Kerry insisted that the United States' allies in the Middle East remain on course to defeat ISIS

2 March 2015, 19:18 PM

Netanyahu takes off on 'fateful' US mission

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday headed to Washington on what he said was a "historic"

1 March 2015, 18:48 PM

ISIS using love as recruitment tool

In a few months' time, perhaps even weeks, you might remember the story, but will you remember the names?

1 March 2015, 18:47 PM

Court ruling jeopardizes Egypt polls timetable

Egypt's constitutional court yesterday ruled that parts of the law organising parliamentary elections starting March

1 March 2015, 18:46 PM

Saudi blogger now faces 'death penalty'

Raif Badawi, the Saudi Arabian blogger whose punishment of 1,000 lashes has prompted international condemnation,

1 March 2015, 18:46 PM

Egypt court lists Hamas as 'terrorist' group

An Egyptian court yesterday branded the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas a "terrorist" organisation, a judicial source said,

28 February 2015, 18:01 PM

Dozens killed as Qaeda takes rebel base

Al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate yesterday drove US-backed rebels out of a strategic northern military base in fierce fighting that left dozens dead, a monitor said.

28 February 2015, 18:00 PM

In Algeria, women 'imams' battle evil

Hundreds of female religious guides have been at the forefront of Algeria's battle against Islamic radicalisation since the civil war that devastated the North African country in the 1990s.