Six Afghan Red Cross workers 'killed by IS'

Suspected Islamic State gunmen killed six Afghan employees of the Red Cross delivering relief supplies in snowbound
8 February 2017

NGOs challenge settler law in SC

Israeli and Palestinian rights groups petitioned the Supreme Court yesterday asking it to strike down a new law
8 February 2017

Saudi attempts self-immolation in Makkah

Saudi police arrested an apparently "mentally disturbed" man who tried to set himself on fire at Islam's holiest site, the
7 February 2017

20 killed, 41 injured

A suicide bomber on foot ripped through a crowd of Afghan Supreme Court employees yesterday, killing at least 20
7 February 2017

Trump reveals US's 'real face'

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei yesterday said he was grateful to US President Donald Trump for
7 February 2017

IS besieged in last bastion

The Islamic State group is "completely besieged" in its last major stronghold in Syria's Aleppo province, a monitor said yesterday, as
6 February 2017

Dozens of people killed

Dozens of people in Afghanistan and Pakistan were killed after heavy snow and avalanches hit over the weekend.
5 February 2017

Iran vows to missile strike if security threatened

A Revolutionary Guards commander said Iran would use its missiles if its security is under threat, as the elite force defied new US
4 February 2017

Iran vows 'roaring missiles' if threatened, defies new sanctions

A Revolutionary Guards commander says Iran will use its missiles if its security is under threat, as the elite force defies new US sanctions on its missile programme by holding a military exercise.
4 February 2017

Qaeda overruns 3 Yemeni towns

Al-Qaeda in Yemen overran three southern towns just days after a deadly US raid targeting its commanders, before withdrawing from
3 February 2017

Air raids cut water to IS Syria bastion

Water to the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion of Raqa has been cut after suspected coalition raids on the city's main pipeline, a
3 February 2017

UN rights expert for stopping illegal Israeli settlement

United Nations rights expert Michael Lynk calls on UN Security Council and the General Assembly to explore effective diplomatic and political measures to stop Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory.
3 February 2017

'We can cut funding routes'

Indonesia and Australia yesterday pledged to "choke off" funding to terrorist groups planning attacks, as fears grow
2 February 2017

Regime advances against IS in Aleppo

Syria's military said yesterday it had captured a string of towns and part of a key highway from the Islamic State group
2 February 2017

Saudi soldier killed in Yemen border

A Saudi soldier has been killed in a firefight on the border with Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition has been battling
2 February 2017

Kuwait bans visa for five nations

Kuwait has suspended the issuance of visas for nationals of Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran.
2 February 2017

US travel ban not anti-Islam

US President Donald Trump's travel ban on citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations is not anti-Islam, the United Arab Emirates foreign minister said yesterday.
1 February 2017

Israel plans 3000 new homes

Israel announced plans for 3,000 more settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, the third such declaration in eleven days since US
1 February 2017

Iran confirms missile test, says didn’t violate nuclear deal

Iran's defense minister says it had tested a new missile but this did not breach the Islamic Republic's nuclear accord with world powers or a UN Security Council resolution endorsing the pact.
1 February 2017

Iran test-fires missile

Iran yesterday warned the United States against "creating new tensions" over its ballistic missile tests as Washington called for urgent talks at the UN Security Council on the issue.
31 January 2017