Iran threatens to hit Gulf states if US launches new strikes
Reuters
6 August 2026, 09:15 AM Middle East
No pullout from Gaza before Hamas disarms
AFP, Jerusalem
5 August 2026, 00:00 AM Middle East
Israel objects to Gaza plan
AFP, Jerusalem
4 August 2026, 00:00 AM Middle East
Iran targets US base in Kuwait
Agencies
1 August 2026, 00:00 AM Middle East
Israeli strike kills top Hamas security official in Gaza
Reuters, Cairo
27 July 2026, 00:00 AM Middle East
Houthis hit Saudi Arabia
Agencies
26 July 2026, 00:00 AM Middle East
IRGC commanders flown into Yemen
Reuters
25 July 2026, 00:00 AM Middle East
Saudi confirms vessel hit in Red Sea: state media
AFP, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
23 July 2026, 08:44 AM Middle East

Iranian riot police shoot at mourners gathered at Mahsa Amini's grave: Witness

Iranian security forces opened fire at mourners who gathered in Mahsa Amini's Kurdish home town of Saqez to mark 40 days since she died in police custody, a witness said on Wednesday, while state media said people at the cemetery had clashed with riot police.
26 October 2022, 14:36 PM

Iran tensions mount as students protest ahead of Mahsa Amini ceremony

Iranian students yesterday protested at multiple universities, defying a bloody crackdown as tensions mount on the eve of planned ceremonies marking 40 days since Mahsa Amini’s death.
25 October 2022, 18:00 PM

US ‘dragging feet’ over nuclear deal

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi yesterday accused the United States of “dragging their feet” instead of making a decision to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran.
25 October 2022, 18:00 PM

‘World’s dirtiest man’ dies in Iran at 94

An Iranian man nicknamed the “dirtiest man in the world” for not taking a shower for decades has died at the age of 94, state media reported yesterday.
25 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Israeli raid on West Bank kills 6 Palestinians

Six Palestinians were killed in sweeping Israeli raids yesterday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, in what the army described as an assault targeting the emerging “Lion’s Den” armed group.
25 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Iran charges 300 in Tehran protests

More than 300 people have been indicted over Tehran protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, including four charged with an offence that
24 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Israel to spend millions on Einstein museum

The Israeli government yesterday decided to allocate millions of dollars for a museum to house the world’s largest collection of Albert Einstein documents, the Hebrew University said.
23 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Israeli forces shot dead Palestinian in West Bank

Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, Palestinian health officials said, and a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli in Jerusalem, police said.
22 October 2022, 19:47 PM

Masha Amini’s death: Family rejects official medical report

Lawyers for Mahsa Amini’s family have rejected an official Iranian medical report that found her death was not caused by beatings, they said in comments
20 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Khamenei advisor calls for reopening of Saudi, Iranian embassies

Iran and Saudi Arabia must reopen their embassies to facilitate a rapprochement between the two regional rivals, a top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader said
20 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Iran planning to criminalise sale of VPNs amid protests

Iran is planning to criminalise the sale of virtual private networks (VPNs) used to skirt internet restrictions, a minister said on Wednesday, amid protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death.
19 October 2022, 11:26 AM

Fears rise as climber Rekabi returns to Iran

An Iranian rock climber who competed in an international contest without a headscarf said she had done so unintentionally, after she was widely assumed to
18 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Iraq probes $2.5b ‘theft’ from tax agency

Iraqi authorities are investigating the “theft” of $2.5 billion from the tax authority, officials said yesterday, in the latest corruption case to hit the country.
16 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Another Palestinian killed in West Bank

Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian during a clash in the occupied West Bank and he later died of his wounds, Palestinian health officials said yesterday.
16 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Iran prison fire kills 4, hurts 61

A fire at Iran’s Evin prison late on Saturday killed four detainees and injured 61, state media reported, as anti-government protests sparked by a woman’s death in police custody continued yesterday, including at several universities.
16 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Raisi accuses Biden of fuelling "chaos and terror" in Iran

President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday blamed his U.S. counterpart for inciting "chaos, terror, and destruction" in Iran, the official IRNA news agency reported, amid protests that have rocked the country for the past four weeks.
16 October 2022, 16:57 PM

Iran prison fire: 4 killed, 61 injured as protests continue

A fire at Iran's Evin prison late on Saturday killed four detainees and injured 61, state media reported, as anti-government protests sparked by a woman's death in police custody continued on Sunday, including at several universities.
16 October 2022, 13:16 PM

Blaze, gunshots heard from prison in Iran's capital amid Mahsa Amini protests

A huge fire blazed Saturday at a notorious prison where political prisoners and anti-government activists are kept in the Iranian capital. Online videos and local media reported gunshots, as nationwide protests entered a fifth week.
16 October 2022, 03:28 AM

Tensions soar as West Bank violence rages on

Two Palestinians were critically wounded yesterday by Israeli military fire in the northern West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said, amid heightened tensions in the occupied territory.
15 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Iran is a ‘mighty tree’ that can’t be uprooted

Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that no one should dare think they can uproot the Islamic Republic, in his toughest warning to protesters since Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody ignited nationwide unrest now in its fourth week.
15 October 2022, 18:00 PM