Middle East

Any new attack would be ‘another failure’: Iran

23 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

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

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

14 October 2025, 06:08 AM News

Iran arrests Mahsa Amini uncle ahead of death anniversary

Iranian authorities yesterday arrested an uncle of Mahsa Amini, the young Iranian Kurdish woman who died in custody sparking months of protests, just ahead of the first anniversary of her death, reports said yesterday.

5 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Iran sentences two women journos to jail time

Two female Iranian journalists will spend around a month behind bars as part of a three-year partly suspended prison sentence for “conspiracy” and “collusion”, local media reported yesterday.

3 September 2023, 18:00 PM

More than 100 injured in Eritrean clashes in Tel Aviv

More than 100 people were injured in violent clashes in Tel Aviv between Eritrean government supporters celebrating an Eritrea Day event and opponents of President Isaias Afwerki.

2 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Work begins on Iraq-Iran rail link

Iraq’s prime minister yesterday inaugurated construction work on what is slated to become the first railway line connecting the country to neighbouring Iran, a major political and economic partner.

2 September 2023, 18:00 PM

‘Mystery’ ducts found near biblical relics in Jerusalem

An almost three millennia-old network of hewn-rock ducts unearthed in Jerusalem has baffled archaeologists, given the lack of comparable biblical finds, or obvious links to an ancient Jewish temple and palace that once stood nearby.

1 September 2023, 18:00 PM

9 soldiers killed in northwest Syria rebel attack

Nine Syrian soldiers and three jihadist fighters were killed yesterday, a war monitor said, in the second significant rebel attack on government positions in northwest Syria in a week.

1 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Israeli PM thanks Saudi after emergency landing

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday thanked authorities in Saudi Arabia -- with which his country has no formal ties -- for their “warm attitude” following an emergency aircraft landing in Jeddah.

29 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Social Media Posts: Saudi critic sentenced to death

Saudi Arabia has sentenced to death a government critic who denounced alleged corruption and human rights abuses on social media, his brother and others familiar with the case told AFP yesterday.

28 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Iran files legal case against singer urging veil removal

Authorities in Iran have begun legal proceedings against a prominent pop singer over his latest song urging women to take off their mandatory headscarves, the judiciary said yesterday.

27 August 2023, 18:00 PM

UAE fines 225 firms 77m dirhams for violating anti-money laundering laws

The UAE's Ministry of Economy hasimposed administrative penalties on 225 companies with value of about 76.9 million dirhams (Tk 229.57 crore) this year to combat money laundering and terror financing, reports the UAE-based Khaleej Times

23 August 2023, 07:05 AM

Iran unveils its latest attack drone

Iran yesterday unveiled its latest domestically built drone that can fly at a higher altitude and for a longer duration with enhanced weapons capabilities, state media reported.

22 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Palestinian teen killed in West Bank

Israeli troops killed a Palestinian teenager near the West Bank city of Jenin yesterday, the Palestinian health ministry said, as violence surged in the occupied territory.

22 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Ethiopian Migrants: Saudi border guards killed hundreds since last year

Saudi border guards fired “like rain” on Ethiopian migrants trying to cross through Yemen into the Gulf kingdom, killing hundreds since last year, Human Rights Watch said in a report yesterday.

20 August 2023, 18:00 PM

UN forced to cut Yemen rations

More than four million Yemenis will receive less food assistance as a result of funding shortages, compounding one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, the UN’s food agency warned yesterday.

18 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Restoration of Ties: Iran FM touts unity on first Saudi visit

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian preached unity and dialogue during a visit to Saudi Arabia yesterday, his first since the two Middle East rivals announced a surprise rapprochement in March.

17 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli army

Israeli forces killed a Palestinian gunman during a raid that set off clashes in the flashpoint town of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, medical officials and militant groups said.

17 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Syria doubles pay for civil servants, military personnel

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has decreed a 100-percent pay rise for civil servants and pensioners while fuel subsidies were lifted in a country ravaged by 12 years of war.

16 August 2023, 18:00 PM

IS kills 3 pro-govt fighters in Syria desert

Islamic State jihadists killed three fighters loyal to the Damascus government in an attack in the Syrian desert yesterday, a war monitor said, the latest such deadly assault.

15 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Israel troops kill two Palestinians

Israeli troops killed two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank yesterday, in the first deadly raid in the Jericho area for months.