Trump ‘used a catering truck to sneak off Air Force One’
12 August 2026
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Middle East
KSA-Pak-Turkey deal: A ‘change in perception’ of US - Iran
11 August 2026
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Middle East
Syria reaches deal with Moscow on fate of Russian bases
10 August 2026
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Middle East
Update / 16 Bangladeshis killed in Saudi factory fire
10 August 2026
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Middle East
Hamas says still ready to go ahead with Gaza plan
9 August 2026
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Middle East
Middle east conflicts: KSA, Turkey, Pakistan sign defence deal
8 August 2026
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Pakistan says any attack under new tri-party defence pact is attack on all
7 August 2026
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Middle East
Houthis kill dozens of Saudi-backed Yemeni govt forces: medical sources
7 August 2026
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Middle East
Iran threatens to hit Gulf states if US launches new strikes
6 August 2026
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Middle East
Proposed Hormuz deal would give Iran control of inbound traffic, sources say
6 August 2026
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World
Palestinian tries to stab Israeli, shot dead
An 18-year-old Palestinian threatened Israeli border police with a knife at a flashpoint junction in the occupied West Bank
8 December 2016
Forces push deep, face IS resistance
Iraqi forces battled jihadists deep inside Mosul yesterday, edging closer to the River Tigris that divides the city and looking for
7 December 2016
Regime retakes Aleppo Old City
Rebels in Aleppo called for a five-day truce and the evacuation of civilians yesterday after losing more than three quarters of their territory including the Old City to a Syrian army offensive.
7 December 2016
40 missing after ship sinks off Yemen
Around 40 people were missing off the Yemeni island of Socotra yesterday after a cargo vessel carrying islanders home from the
7 December 2016
15 get death in S Arabia for spying
The Saudi Arabian government has sentenced 15 people to death and jailed many more over an alleged spy ring that handed
6 December 2016
Army seize key ground in fierce Aleppo battle
Syria's army seized key ground in its battle to retake Aleppo yesterday, capturing five more districts including a strategic
6 December 2016
IS loses Sirte
Forces loyal to Libya's UN-backed government said Monday they had seized full control of Sirte from the Islamic State group,
6 December 2016
Raids kill 73 in Idlib
Air strikes killed at least 73 people in rebel-held Idlib province, including 38 in the city of Maarat al-Numan, on Sunday night,
5 December 2016
Islamic State identifies Abi al-Hassan al-Muhajer as new spokesman
Islamic State has identified a new media spokesman for the group for the first time in an audio message released online.
5 December 2016
Half of Aleppo retaken
Syria's army advanced overnight deeper into east Aleppo where it now controls more than half of the former rebel stronghold
3 December 2016
Fighting rages in Aleppo
Rebels put up fierce resistance yesterday in a key district of Syria's battered Aleppo, where a regime offensive has left bodies
2 December 2016
IS tactics evolving
Islamic State is likely to launch more attacks in Europe, the EU police agency Europol warned yesterday, with several dozen
2 December 2016
UN warns of 'giant graveyard'
Hundreds of elite Syrian troops moved into east Aleppo yesterday ahead of a push into the most densely populated areas,
1 December 2016
Aleppo exodus grows
More than 50,000 Syrians have joined a growing exodus of terrified civilians from east Aleppo, a monitor said
30 November 2016
Mosul siege develops
A full siege is developing in Mosul as poor families struggle to feed themselves after prices rose sharply following
29 November 2016
1,000 IS men killed in Mosul Offensive
Iraqi special forces battling to clear Islamic State from eastern Mosul have killed nearly 1,000 militants but fighting has
28 November 2016
Rebels suffer heavy defeats
Syria's rebels lost all of the northern neighbourhoods of their stronghold in east Aleppo yesterday, as the army made
28 November 2016
Indonesia nabs 3 suspects
Indonesian police arrested a third Islamic State-linked militant yesterday accused of plotting to bomb the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta, as anger grows at a violent military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.
27 November 2016
Hundreds flee amid Aleppo blitz
Thousands of civilians have fled rebel-held east Aleppo after government forces, determined to retake all of Syria's second city, seized its largest rebel-controlled district and advanced into two other areas.
27 November 2016
Formula One: Rosberg, Hamilton primed for desert duel
Nico Rosberg starts Sunday's season-closing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with the Formula One world title he covets so keenly tantalisingly within his grasp.
27 November 2016