Iran warns US, Israel against making ‘a mistake’
1 February 2026, 05:27 AM
Middle East
World must act to ease Gaza’s ‘dire’ conditions
31 January 2026, 07:37 AM
World
Diplomacy gains as US-Iran tensions rise
31 January 2026, 05:09 AM
Middle East
With Iran weakened, Trump’s end goal may now be regime change. It’s an incredibly risky gamble
29 January 2026, 12:25 PM
Middle East
Military intervention in Iran ‘not the preferred option’
26 January 2026, 01:02 AM
Middle East
US envoys in Israel to discuss Gaza’s future
25 January 2026, 01:01 AM
US urges Syria to support jihadist transfer to Iraq
23 January 2026, 05:18 AM
Iran to consider lifting internet ban; state TV hacked
20 January 2026, 08:54 AM
Middle East
Iran executions seemingly ‘tool of state intimidation’
20 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Iran protest toll climbs to 5,000
19 January 2026, 04:50 AM
Trump’s Gaza plan will pour ‘oil on fire’
Palestinian group Hamas yesterday lashed out at President Donald Trump’s shock proposal for the United States to take over the Gaza Strip and resettle its people in other countries, seemingly whether they want to leave or not.
5 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Israeli raid in west bank: Jenin camp going in ‘catastrophic direction’
The Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank is heading in a “catastrophic direction”, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said yesterday, after a new Israeli military operation levelled several buildings.
4 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Ethnic cleansing going on in West Bank
The office of Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas denounced an Israeli operation in the occupied West Bank as ethnic cleansing yesterday, urging the United States to intervene.
3 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Hamas-Israel complete 4th hostage-prisoner swap
Freed Palestinian inmates were greeted by a cheering crowd in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah yesterday, after Hamas released three Israeli hostages from the Gaza Strip in the fourth exchange under the group’s ceasefire deal with Israel.
1 February 2025, 18:00 PM
2,500 Gaza children at ‘imminent risk’ of death
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has demanded that 2,500 children be immediately evacuated from Gaza for medical treatment after meeting with US doctors who said the children were at imminent risk of death in the coming weeks.
31 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Israel military intercepts Hezbollah drone
The Israeli military said it intercepted a surveillance drone launched by Lebanese militant group Hezbollah yesterday amid a fragile ceasefire.
30 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Ready for nuke talks if West is ‘serious’: Iran
Iran is ready to discuss its nuclear programme if Western countries show they are “serious”, the foreign ministry spokesman was quoted as saying in an interview published yesterday.
30 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Israel cuts ties with UN aid agency
Israel cut ties with the UN agency for Palestinian refugees yesterday following accusations it provided cover for Hamas, a move likely to hamper delivery of its vital services after 15 months of offensive in Gaza.
30 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Israeli drone strike injures five people
Five people were injured in an Israeli drone strike targeting the southern Lebanese town of Majdal Selm yesterday, the Lebanese health ministry said.
29 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Israel delaying aid delivery to Gaza
Two Hamas officials yesterday accused Israel of delaying the delivery of vital humanitarian aid to Gaza, as agreed in the ceasefire deal, and warned that it could impact the release of hostages.
29 January 2025, 18:00 PM
300,000 Palestinians return to north Gaza
More than 300,000 Palestinians have crossed from southern Gaza into the north, the Hamas-run Gaza media authority said in a statement early yesterday, as the United Nations warned that “needs on the ground remain immense”.
28 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Gaza residents stream home to the north
Tens of thousands of Palestinians streamed along the main roads leading north in Gaza yesterday after Hamas agreed to hand over three Israeli hostages later this week and Israeli forces began to withdraw from a main corridor across the enclave.
27 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Trump floats plan to ‘clean out’ Gaza
US President Donald Trump floated a plan to “just clean out” Gaza, and said he wants Egypt and Jordan to take Palestinians from the territory, as a fragile truce between Israel and Hamas aimed at permanently ending the war entered its second week yesterday.
26 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Israeli forces kill 15 in south Lebanon
Israeli forces killed 15 people in south Lebanon yesterday as a deadline for their withdrawal passed and thousands of people tried to return to their homes in defiance of Israeli military orders, Lebanese authorities said.
26 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Gaza development put back 60 years by war: UN
The Israel-Hamas war has put back development in Gaza by 60 years and mobilising the tens of billions of dollars needed for reconstruction will be an uphill task, the United Nations said.
25 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Second hostage-prisoner swap: Four Israeli soldiers, 200 Palestinians freed
Palestinian militants and Israel carried out a hostage-prisoner swap yesterday under a Gaza ceasefire deal, but a last-minute dispute blocked the expected return of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to devastated northern Gaza.
25 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Violence in West Bank imperils Gaza truce
Israeli operations in the West Bank have killed at least 12 Palestinians since Tuesday and could threaten the newly agreed ceasefire in Gaza, United Nations Human Rights office spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan said yesterday.
24 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Israel continues West Bank raids after Gaza carnage
A Palestinian official said hundreds of residents of the occupied West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp were leaving their homes yesterday, days into a large-scale Israeli raid in the area.
23 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Israel presses on with raid in West Bank
A Palestinian official reported shooting and explosions in the flashpoint West Bank town of Jenin yesterday as Israeli forces pressed on with a raid that the military described as a “counterterrorism” operation.
22 January 2025, 18:00 PM
‘My children are still under rubble’
Guns may have fallen silent in Gaza, but for Mahmoud Abu Dalfa, the agony is not over. He is desperately searching for the bodies of his wife and five children trapped under the rubble of his house since the early months of the war.
22 January 2025, 18:00 PM