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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UN ‘disturbed’ by Israeli calls for Gazans’ emigration
UN human rights chief Volker Turk said yesterday he was “very disturbed” after comments by senior Israeli officials calling for Palestinians to leave Gaza.
4 January 2024, 18:00 PM
IS claims Iran twin blasts
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.
4 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Twin blasts kill 103 in Iran
At least 103 people were killed in Iran yesterday as two bombs in quick succession struck a crowd commemorating slain general Qasem Soleimani on the anniversary of his killing, state media reported.
3 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Killing of Hamas leader raises fears of wider conflict
Israeli forces intensified their bombing of the Gaza Strip yesterday and told civilians to leave a refugee camp in the north of the Palestinian enclave after the offensive stretched into Lebanon with the killing in Beirut of the Hamas deputy leader.
3 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Turkey detains 56 Interpol suspects
Turkey said yesterday it had detained 56 high-priority suspects wanted by 18 countries for crimes ranging from drug dealing and money laundering to murder, counterfeiting and assault.
3 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Huthi rebels fire on commercial ships
Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels fired two missiles late Tuesday toward merchant ships travelling in the Red Sea near the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the US military said following a report by the British maritime security agency UKMTO.
3 January 2024, 18:00 PM
KSA officially joins BRICS bloc: state TV
Saudi state TV said yesterday that the kingdom had officially joined the BRICS bloc of countries.
2 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Drone shot down over air base housing US forces
An armed drone was shot down over Erbil airport in northern Iraq yesterday, where US and other international forces are stationed, two security sources said.
2 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Israel launches air strikes in Syria
Israel launched pre-dawn air strikes near the Syrian capital yesterday, state media said citing a military source, at a time of heightened regional tensions over the Gaza war.
2 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Israeli drone kills Hamas leader in Beirut
Israel killed Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in a drone strike in Lebanon’s capital Beirut yesterday, Lebanese and Palestinian security sources said, as its forces kept pummelling parts of Gaza, vowing further “high-intensity” warfare against Hamas in the enclave.
2 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Turkey detains 33 accused of spying for Israel
Turkey yesterday announced the detention of 33 people suspected of planning abductions and spying on behalf of Israel’s Mossad intelligence service.
2 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Turkey detains 33 accused of spying for Israel
Turkey on Tuesday announced the detention of 33 people suspected of planning abductions and spying on behalf of Israel's Mossad intelligence service
2 January 2024, 11:08 AM
Israel’s offensive in Gaza enters new phase
Israeli tanks pulled out of some Gaza City districts yesterday while remaining in others, residents said, ahead of a planned troop reduction in the offensive, but fighting raged elsewhere in the Palestinian enclave along with intense bombardment.
1 January 2024, 18:00 PM
KSA executes 170 people in 2023
Saudi Arabia executed 170 people in 2023, including four on New Year’s Eve -- an increase on the previous year, according to an AFP tally based on announcements by Saudi authorities.
1 January 2024, 18:00 PM
2023 worst year for Israeli settler violence
Israeli settlers killed at least 10 Palestinians and torched dozens of homes in the occupied West Bank in 2023, making it the “most violent” year on record for settler attacks, an Israeli watchdog said yesterday.
1 January 2024, 18:00 PM
150 Palestinians killed in 24 hours
The health ministry in Gaza Strip said yesterday at least 150 people have been killed in 24 hours in the Palestinian territory as Israeli jets intensified attacks, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retake control of the enclave’s border with Egypt.
31 December 2023, 18:00 PM
More than 4,360 people dead in 2023
More than 4,360 people, including combatants and civilians, were killed in Syria’s civil war in 2023, in the thirteenth year since fighting began, a war monitor said yesterday.
31 December 2023, 18:00 PM
WHO chief ‘very concerned’
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday he was “very concerned” about the growing threat of infectious diseases in the Gaza Strip.
30 December 2023, 18:00 PM
S Africa files genocide case against Israel
Israeli tanks pushed deeper into central and southern Gaza yesterday under heavy air and artillery fire, residents said, pressing a deadly offensive that has razed much of the enclave and that Israel has said may last months more.
30 December 2023, 18:00 PM
35 killed as Israeli strikes hit Gaza refugee camps
At least 35 people were killed in Nuseirat and Maghazi refugee camps following Israeli bombings in central Gaza yesterday, as the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said an aid convoy came under fire by the Israeli military in the enclave.
29 December 2023, 18:00 PM