‘Very close’ to Middle East deal
15 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Middle East
Erdogan, Netanyahu trade barbs on genocide
12 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Iran rejects idea of using its assets to pay damages to US allies
8 June 2026, 08:41 AM
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Israel and Lebanon agree to implement conditional ceasefire
4 June 2026, 08:38 AM
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Lebanon announces partial ceasefire between Israel, Hezbollah but attacks continue
2 June 2026, 08:47 AM
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US proposes new plan to ease Israel-Lebanon tensions amid fighting
1 June 2026, 08:51 AM
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Netanyahu orders deeper Israeli incursion into Lebanon to hit Hezbollah
1 June 2026, 08:37 AM
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LEBANON GROUND OPERATION / Israel seizes strategic Beaufort castle
1 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Lebanon warns Israeli strikes put heritage sites in 'serious danger'
29 May 2026, 15:22 PM
Middle East
UAE suspending export of Indian wheat for 4 months
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has ordered a four-month suspension in exports and re-exports of wheat and wheat flour originating from India, the world's second biggest producer of the grain, state news agency WAM said on Wednesday.
15 June 2022, 10:09 AM
Prince who's int'l face of Saudi business may no longer call the shots alone
The prince who's the international face of Saudi business may no longer be able to call all the shots.
15 June 2022, 08:08 AM
Kuwait to deport migrants protesting Prophet remarks
Expats in Kuwait City from the Fahaheel neighbourhood who organised a demonstration in support of Prophet Muhammad after Friday prayers were ordered to be arrested and brought in, reports Arab Times.
12 June 2022, 17:37 PM
"Blasphemous": Morocco bans British film on Prophet's daughter Fatimah
Morocco announced Saturday it had banned a British film about the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), which Muslims in a number of countries have denounced as blasphemous.
12 June 2022, 10:33 AM
1,200 Palestinians face risk of forced removal in West Bank
Some 1,200 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank region of Masafer Yatta face the risk of forced removal to make way for an army firing zone after a decades-long legal battle that ended last month in Israel's highest court.
12 June 2022, 10:20 AM
Syria says runways unusable after Israel hits airport
Syria has confirmed major damage including to runways at Damascus International Airport, which was closed for a second day yesterday for repairs after Israeli air strikes.
11 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Erdogan says he will run in 2023 presidential election
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday said he would run in next year’s presidential vote and brushed aside rumours of a snap poll in the economically-battered nation.
9 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Train derailment kills 17 in Iran
At least 17 people were killed and 86 were injured yesterday when a train derailed near the central Iranian city of Tabas after hitting an excavator beside the
8 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Israel mainly to blame for conflict
Israel’s occupation and discrimination against Palestinians are the main causes of the endless cycles of violence, UN investigators said yesterday, prompting angry Israeli protests.
7 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Indonesia, Malaysia summon India envoys
Indonesia and Malaysia have both summoned India’s envoys in their countries over “derogatory” remarks made about the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) by two officials with the South Asian nation’s ruling party, their foreign ministries said yesterday.
7 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Offensive tweets on Prophet don't reflect govt's view: India tells Qatar
Qatar today summoned Indian Ambassador Deepak Mittal and handed him an official note, expressing total condemnation of the controversial remarks made by a now-suspended BJP leader against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
5 June 2022, 15:40 PM
Iran supreme leader accuses ‘enemy’ of trying to use protests
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei yesterday accused the “enemy”, a reference mainly to the United States, of seeking to use protests to weaken the Islamic republic.
4 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Saudi receives first foreign hajj pilgrims since pandemic
Saudi Arabia yesterday welcomed its first batch of hajj pilgrims since before the coronavirus pandemic, which prompted authorities to sharply restrict the annual ritual.
4 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Israel warns over Iran nuclear programme
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett yesterday warned the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency that Israel was prepared to use it’s “right to self defense” to stop Iran’s nuclear programme.
3 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Yemen’s warring parties renew two-month truce: UN
Yemen’s warring parties have agreed to renew a two-month truce, the United Nations said yesterday, in an 11th-hour move on the day it was set to expire.
2 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Four Palestinians killed by Israel army in 2 days
Israeli troops shot dead a teen in the West Bank yesterday, the Palestinian health ministry said, the fourth Palestinian killed in the
2 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Israel troops kill ‘woman attacker’
A knife-wielding Palestinian woman, 31, threatened an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank and was shot dead yesterday, the army said, an account
1 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Israel signs first Arab free trade deal with UAE
Israel signed a free trade deal with the United Arab Emirates yesterday, its first with an Arab country, building on their US-brokered normalisation of diplomatic relations in 2020.
31 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Egypt unearths trove of ancient mummies
Archaeologists working near Cairo have uncovered hundreds of ancient Egyptian coffins and bronze statues of deities.
31 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Israel accuses Iran of stealing documents from UN nuke watchdog
Israel yesterday accused its arch-foe Iran of stealing classified documents from the International Atomic Energy Agency to help it hide evidence of its nuclear programme.
31 May 2022, 18:00 PM