Iran agrees to reconnect cameras at nuke sites: IAEA

Iran has agreed to reconnect surveillance cameras at several nuclear sites and increase the pace of inspections, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Saturday evening.
5 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Earthquake caused direct damage of $5.1b in Syria

A massive earthquake and aftershocks in February caused an estimated $5.1 billion in direct physical damage in Syria, the World Bank has said.
4 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Indonesia fuel depot fire kills 17

Residents yesterday searched through the remains of their charred homes after a fuel storage depot fire in Jakarta left at least 17 people dead, including two children.
4 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Rich nations using ‘predatory’ tactics

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday slammed the world’s rich countries and energy giants for throttling poor nations with “predatory” interest rates and crippling fuel prices.
4 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Egypt unveils hidden corridor in Giza pyramid

Scientists have discovered a hidden passage inside Egypt’s Great Pyramid, the authorities have announced.
3 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Turkey’s opposition alliance fractures ahead of vote

Turkey’s opposition alliance fractured yesterday after one of the leaders refused to endorse a joint candidate against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
3 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Iran arrests 4 over assault linked to school poisonings: media

Iranian authorities yesterday arrested four people in connection with an assault on a woman outside a girls’ school targeted in a wave of poisoning attacks, a news agency said.
2 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Dozens of Iran girls hospitalised

Dozens of schoolgirls in Iran were hospitalised yesterday after a mysterious poisoning, an Iranian news agency reported, the latest in a spate of suspected attacks in the Islamic republic.
28 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Palestinians count cost of Israeli reprisals

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank yesterday counted the cost of deadly violence and arson by Israeli settlers targeting a town where two Israeli brothers were killed.
27 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Jordan hosts Israeli -Palestinian talks

Jordan hosted a meeting between top Israeli and Palestinian officials yesterday to try to halt surging violence, an official said, as Washington and its Arab allies seek to defuse tensions that have led to concern of a wider escalation.
26 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Turkey-Syria Quake: Death toll tops 50,000

Turkey has begun work to rebuild homes following this month’s devastating earthquakes, as the combined death toll in Turkey and Syria surpassed 50,000.
25 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes central Turkey

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Central Turkey yesterday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said.
25 February 2023, 18:00 PM

‘Tehran still seeking to kill Trump’

An Iranian general warned his country is still seeking to kill former US president Donald Trump and his secretary of state Mike Pompeo in revenge for assassinating top commander Qasem Soleimani. Tehran has repeatedly vowed to avenge the killing of
25 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Violence flares around Gaza

Israel launched air strikes on Gaza in return for rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave yesterday, a day after the deadliest Israeli army raid in the occupied West Bank in nearly 20 years.
24 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Violence flares around Gaza

Israel launched air strikes on Gaza in return for rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave yesterday, a day after the deadliest Israeli
23 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Israel bombs Gaza after rocket fire, deadly raid

Hours earlier, rockets fired from Gaza lit up the night sky and triggered sirens in the Israeli cities of Sderot and Ashkelon, Al Jazeera said adding there were no reports of casualties at the time
23 February 2023, 07:45 AM

West Bank Raid: Israeli troops kill 10 Palestinians

Israeli troops killed ten Palestinians, including at least three gunmen and three civilians, and wounded over 100 others during a raid on a flashpoint city in the occupied West Bank yesterday, witnesses and medical officials said.
22 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Iran slaps sanctions on EU, Britain

Iran imposed sanctions Tuesday on 36 individuals and entities from the European Union and Britain in reaction to similar measures against Tehran over its response to months-long protests.
22 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Turkey bans layoffs, offers salary support

Turkey has launched a temporary wage support scheme and banned layoffs in 10 cities yesterday to protect workers
22 February 2023, 18:00 PM

10 Palestinians killed, dozens shot in West Bank raid

The Israeli army said the raid targeted militant suspects "in a hideout apartment" accused of shootings in the West Bank, and that its troops came under live fire but suffered no casualties
22 February 2023, 15:10 PM