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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Israel faces genocide charges at World Court
Israel yesterday faced accusations at the World Court of genocide in its offensive in Gaza, as the first residents returned to scenes of total devastation in northern areas where Israeli forces have begun withdrawing this week.
11 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Magnitude 6.4 quake rattles Afghanistan
An earthquake hit northeastern Afghanistan yesterday, shaking buildings from the capital Kabul to Islamabad in neighbouring Pakistan.
11 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Iran seizes tanker with Iraqi crude oil
Iran seized a tanker with Iraqi crude destined for Turkey yesterday in what appeared to be a retaliation for the seizure last year of the same vessel by Tehran’s arch foe the United States, Iranian media reported.
11 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Despair in Gaza as fighting intensifies
Israeli strikes in southern and central Gaza intensified yesterday despite a pledge by Israel that it would pull out some troops and shift to a more targeted campaign, and pleading from its ally Washington to kill fewer civilians.
10 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Afghan women detained over improper hijab
A Taliban official has said several girls and women were detained recently in Kabul for not covering themselves properly, after reports circulated of a crackdown in Kabul.
10 January 2024, 18:00 PM
‘Keep Palestinian state hope alive’
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on his latest mission to rein in the Gaza offensive, told Israeli leaders yesterday there was still a chance of winning acceptance from their Arab neighbours, if they create a path to a viable Palestinian state.
9 January 2024, 18:00 PM
249 more killed in Gaza in 24 hrs
At least 249 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza in 24 hours, the enclave’s health ministry said yesterday, as WHO cancelled delivery of medical supplies to north of Gaza after failing to receive security guarantees.
8 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Patients, staff forced to leave Al-Aqsa Hospital
Hundreds of patients and staff are reported to be missing from Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza, which is struggling to cope amid intense air strikes across the enclave.
8 January 2024, 18:00 PM
IS kills two pro-Iran fighters in Iraq
Two pro-Iranian fighters from the Hashed al-Shaabi alliance were killed in an attack in Iraq, the Hashed and an Iraqi security source said yesterday, blaming the Islamic State group (IS).
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Iranian woman gets 74 lashes for ‘violating public morals’
Iranian authorities have whipped a woman 74 times for “violating public morals” and fined her for not covering her head, the judiciary said.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Western diplomats seek to prevent Gaza spillover
Top US and European diplomats yesterday sought ways to keep the Gaza offensive from spreading further in the Middle East, but three months after the start of the conflict, more bloodshed underlined the difficulties they face.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Israel, Hezbollah trade fire across Lebanon border
Lebanon’s Iranian-backed Hezbollah group yesterday said it had fired rockets at Israel and its arch-foe said it had struck a “terrorist cell” in retaliation, as top US and EU diplomats visited the region to seek ways to halt spillover from the war.
6 January 2024, 18:00 PM
UAE orders trial of 84 people
The United Arab Emirates is to put 84 people on trial for terror-related offences, state media said yesterday, a decade after a similar mass trial of government critics.
6 January 2024, 18:00 PM
West Bank sees ‘unmatched surge’ in Israeli settlements
The West Bank has experienced an “unmatched surge” in the number of new Israeli settlements since the start of the war in Gaza, an Israel-based NGO has said.
6 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Israel blocking medical aid, water purifiers
Water purifiers, medical supplies and tent poles are among items Israel has blocked from entering Gaza on aid trucks, according to an Egyptian Red Crescent document seen by Reuters and sources in Gaza, but Israel denied blocking any such items.
6 January 2024, 18:00 PM
162 Palestinians killed, 296 hurt in 24 hours
The Israeli military yesterday launched air, land and sea attacks on more than 100 targets across the Gaza Strip, forcing displaced families to flee for safety riding donkey carts loaded with belongings and children.
5 January 2024, 18:00 PM
More than 76,000 people displaced in Lebanon: IOM
More than 76,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon in almost three months of near-daily fighting along the border with Israel, the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said.
5 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Iran arrests suspects over bomb blasts
Mourners yesterday wept over the coffins of victims of two deadly blasts in Iran, and the interior minister said a number of suspects had been arrested over the attacks claimed by Islamic State.
5 January 2024, 18:00 PM
IS claims Iran twin blasts that killed 84
The Islamic State jihadist group yesterday said that it carried out the twin bombings which killed at least 84 people at a memorial ceremony in Iran..The claim from IS came as Iran observed a day of national mourning for those killed in Wednesday's blasts. The blast also wounded 284 people
4 January 2024, 18:27 PM
Israel focuses assault on southern Gaza
Israeli shelling killed 14 Palestinians yesterday in Khan Younis in a southern coastal area of the Gaza Strip packed with people who had fled attacks in other parts of the enclave, Gaza health ministry officials said.
4 January 2024, 18:00 PM