Middle East

Trump ‘used a catering truck to sneak off Air Force One’

Agencies

12 August 2026 • Middle East

Saudi Arabia Pakistan Turkey Defence Pact Impact On US Iran Relations

KSA-Pak-Turkey deal: A ‘change in perception’ of US - Iran

AFP, Tehran

11 August 2026 • Middle East

Syria reaches deal with Moscow on fate of Russian bases

AFP, Damascus

10 August 2026 • Middle East

Update / 16 Bangladeshis killed in Saudi factory fire

Star Online Report

10 August 2026 • Middle East

Hamas says still ready to go ahead with Gaza plan

AFP, Gaza City

9 August 2026 • Middle East

Middle east conflicts: KSA, Turkey, Pakistan sign defence deal

Agencies

8 August 2026 • Middle East

Saudi Arabia Turkey Pakistan Defence Agreement 2026

Pakistan says any attack under new tri-party defence pact is attack on all

AFP, Islamabad

7 August 2026 • Middle East

Houthis kill dozens of Saudi-backed Yemeni govt forces: medical sources

AFP, Dubai

7 August 2026 • Middle East

Iran threatens to hit Gulf states if US launches new strikes

Reuters

6 August 2026 • Middle East

Proposed Hormuz deal would give Iran control of inbound traffic, sources say

Reuters

6 August 2026 • World

Afghan plane forced to fly back home

Supporters of two Afghan MPs who missed a domestic flight from Kabul blocked an airport runway with rocks, forcing the plane to return

25 May 2017

Use of US warplanes in Afghanistan up sharply

US warplanes dropped more weapons on Afghanistan in April than in any other single month since 2012, according to new statistics,

25 May 2017

Egypt cracks down on news websites

Egypt's government, already accused of muzzling freedom of expression and opposition to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, has blocked

25 May 2017

Iran says it built third underground plant

Iran has built a third underground plant to manufacture ballistic missiles, the head of its Revolutionary Guards aerospace division

25 May 2017

IS in first suicide attack in Somalia

The Islamic State group has claimed its first suicide attack in Somalia yesterday, which police said killed five people at a checkpoint in the

24 May 2017

Past month 'deadliest on record'

US-led air strikes on Syria killed a total of 225 civilians over the past month, a monitor said on Tuesday, the highest 30-day toll since

24 May 2017

Five dead in Syria car bomb attacks

Five people were killed yesterday in two car bomb attacks targeting minority neighbourhoods in Syria and claimed by the Islamic State

23 May 2017

Palestinian stabs Israeli officer, is shot: police

A Palestinian stabbed and lightly wounded a border policeman in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya yesterday before being shot and

23 May 2017

Israel, India sign $630m defence deal

Israel announced Sunday it had reached a deal worth $630 million to provide India's navy with missile defence systems,

22 May 2017

Iran accuses US of 'Iranophobia', arming 'dangerous terrorists'

Iran accuses the United States of selling arms to "dangerous terrorists" in the Middle East and of spreading "Iranophobia" to encourage Arab states to purchase arms, state TV reports.

22 May 2017

Very encouraging

US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka said yesterday that ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia has made

21 May 2017

Iran at forefront of global terrorism: Saudi king

Iran's ruling powers represent the "tip of the spear" of global terrorism, Saudi King Salman says in a speech on Sunday during a visit of US President Donald Trump to the kingdom.

21 May 2017

PM accorded warm reception in Saudi Arabia

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is accorded a warm reception as she arrived Saudi Arabia on a four-day official visit to join the Arab Islamic-American (AIA) Summit at the invitation of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

21 May 2017