Yemen's ex-president killed

Yemen's rebel-controlled interior ministry yesterday announced the "killing" of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh,
4 December 2017

Iran opens new Indian Ocean port

Iran inaugurated a long-awaited new port at Chabahar in the southeast yesterday, which it is hoped will be a major
3 December 2017

Egypt presidential hopeful goes missing

The family of former Egyptian prime minister Ahmed Shafik yesterday said it has lost contact with him since they say
3 December 2017

N Korea slams US 'warmongering'

North Korea yesterday blasted the United States and South Korea as "warmongers" on the eve of their largest-ever joint
3 December 2017

Yemen rebel unity falters

The rebel alliance controlling Yemen's capital appeared to crumble Saturday as a strongman opposed to the
3 December 2017

Hamas warns of intifada

The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas which controls Gaza called Saturday for a new "intifada" if Washington
3 December 2017

Shallow 6.0 quake strikes eastern Iran

Three earthquakes hit eastern Iran in quick succession, the first a fairly strong magnitude 6.0 tremor that struck at a shallow depth close to the populous city of Kerman, the US Geological Survey says.
1 December 2017

Avert Yemen 'catastrophe'

British Prime Minister Theresa May has implored Saudi leaders to ease a blockade on war-torn Yemen to "avert a humanitarian catastrophe", her office said yesterday, echoing urgent appeals from the United Nations.
30 November 2017

Delay raises fresh doubts

Palestinian rival factions have delayed the handover of power in the Gaza Strip by at least 10 days, stoking fears yesterday that a landmark deal to end their decade-long feud may be set to fail.
30 November 2017

Regime team joins Syria peace talks

Syrian government negotiators arrived in Geneva yesterday to join United Nations-backed peace talks to end the civil
29 November 2017

Senior Saudi prince freed in $1b settlement agreement

Senior Saudi Arabian prince Miteb bin Abdullah, once seen as a leading contender to the throne, has been freed after
29 November 2017

S Arabia vows to 'wipe terrorists from earth'

Saudi Arabia's crown prince vowed to "pursue terrorists until they are wiped from the face of the earth" as officials
27 November 2017

10 Qaeda suspects killed in Yemen

Ten suspected al-Qaeda members in southern Yemen were killed in drone strikes over the weekend, government
27 November 2017

11m children desperately need aid: UN

More than 11 million children in war-torn Yemen are in desperate need of humanitarian aid, the United Nations
27 November 2017

Iran blames US for Saudi 'atrocities'

Iran yesterday accused the United States of responsibility for "atrocities" in Yemen through its support for Saudi
26 November 2017

23 civilians killed

Syrian regime air strikes and artillery fire killed 23 civilians yesterday across the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region
26 November 2017

Deadly attacks since 9/11

Friday's attack on a mosque in Egypt's Sinai, which killed at least 305 people, is among the deadliest since the
25 November 2017

2 more migrant tragedies

A 10-year-old Afghan boy was crushed to death Saturday on board an overcrowded boat carrying scores of migrants
25 November 2017

Kurds won't get US arms

President Donald Trump told Ankara on Friday that the US will no longer supply arms to the Syrian Kurdish militia
25 November 2017

Blast kills at least eight in Afghanistan

A suicide bomber struck at a crowd of people in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar yesterday killing at least
23 November 2017