Middle East

Any new attack would be ‘another failure’: Iran

23 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Iran executes man over espionage

19 October 2025, 18:00 PM

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

19 October 2025, 02:53 AM

Nuclear deal with west / Iran ‘terminates’ all mechanisms

18 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Israeli forces kill 11-year-old in West Bank

17 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Palestinians touring Europe to boost state recognition

15 October 2025, 18:58 PM

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

14 October 2025, 06:08 AM

Israel’s security cabinet approved plans for an expanded operation in the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported on Friday, adding to signs that attempts to stop the fighting and return hostages held by Hamas have made no progress.

3 May 2025, 18:25 PM

Iran ‘has every right’ to enrich uranium: FM

Iran yesterday defended its “right” to enrich uranium despite growing Western concern that Tehran may be seeking nuclear weapons, and as talks with the United States were delayed.

3 May 2025, 18:00 PM

Israel strikes Syria, saying it hit group that attacked Druze

Israel said it carried out a strike in Syria against "an extremist group" that attacked members of the Druze community, following through on a promise to defend the minority group as deadly sectarian violence spread near Damascus.

1 May 2025, 16:28 PM

Qatar PM sees ‘a bit of progress’ on Gaza truce

Gaza mediator Qatar yesterday said there was some progress in talks in Doha this week aimed at securing a new truce in the Israel-Hamas war.

27 April 2025, 18:02 PM

Death toll from blast at Iran's Bandar Abbas port rises to 40

The death toll from a powerful explosion at Iran's biggest port of Bandar Abbas has risen to at least 40, with more than 1,200 people injured, state media reported on Sunday, as firefighters worked to fully extinguish the fire

27 April 2025, 16:14 PM

Hamas open to long Gaza truce but not to disarming

Hamas is open to a years-long truce with Israel in Gaza but is not willing to lay down its arms, an official said yesterday, as leaders of the Palestinian Islamist militant group met mediators in Cairo for ceasefire talks.

26 April 2025, 19:18 PM

Huge blast at key Iran port kills 18, hurts hundreds

A powerful explosion ripped through a key port in southern Iran yesterday, killing five people and injuring more than 500, state media said.

26 April 2025, 18:00 PM

Progress made in nuclear talks

The United States and Iran reported progress in their latest round of nuclear talks yesterday and agreed to meet again next week as they pursue a deal that could help ease soaring Middle East tensions.

26 April 2025, 18:00 PM

Iraqi politicians oppose Syrian leader’s possible visit to Baghdad

Several powerful pro-Iran Iraqi politicians have in recent days voiced opposition to a potential visit by Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa to Iraq for the upcoming Arab League summit.

20 April 2025, 18:00 PM

Iran, US end talks in Rome

Iran and the United States yesterday agreed to hold another round of talks next week over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, Iranian state TV reported, as they ended their second round of negotiations in Rome over their decades-long standoff.

19 April 2025, 18:00 PM

‘Deprivation by design’: UN 92 killed by Israel in two days

Israeli strikes killed at least 92 people in the Gaza Strip in the last 48 hours, the health ministry said yesterday, as UN said the tiny Palestinian territory is being subjected to “deprivation by design”.

19 April 2025, 18:00 PM

US strike on Yemen fuel port kills 74

US strikes on a fuel port in Yemen killed at least 74 people yesterday, Houthi-run media said, one of the deadliest days since the United States began its attacks on the Iran-backed militants.

18 April 2025, 18:01 PM

Lebanon says two killed in Israeli strikes

Lebanon reported two dead in separate Israeli strikes on the country’s south yesterday, as Israel’s military said it had killed a Hezbollah operative, despite a ceasefire between the two sides.

16 April 2025, 18:00 PM

Medicine critically low due to Gaza aid block

Medicine stocks are critically low due to the aid block in Gaza, making it hard to keep hospitals even partially operational, the World Health Organization said yesterday.

11 April 2025, 18:01 PM

Iran vows ‘good faith’ in nuke talks with US

Iran said yesterday it was giving high-level nuclear talks with the United States today “a genuine chance”, after President Donald Trump threatened bombing if discussions failed.

11 April 2025, 18:00 PM

37 more Gazans killed in Israeli strikes

At least 37 people, including a journalist, were killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza yesterday as French President Emmanuel Macron said that he strongly opposes any displacement of Palestinians or annexation in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

7 April 2025, 18:00 PM

‘Everything gets mowed down’

Israeli troops flattened farmland and cleared entire residential districts in Gaza to open a “kill zone” around the enclave, according to a report published yesterday that quoted soldiers testifying about the harsh methods used in the operation.

7 April 2025, 18:00 PM

Wave of Israeli strikes kill at least 46 in Gaza

A wave of Israeli strikes on Gaza yesterday targeted residential buildings and makeshift tents sheltering forcibly displaced families, killing at least 46 people.

6 April 2025, 18:00 PM

Iran rejects US’s direct talks offer

Iran’s top diplomat has dismissed direct negotiations with the United States as pointless over nuclear talks, his office said yesterday.