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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Middle East
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
IS bombings kill 25 people in Iraq
Suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 25 people and wounded more than 50 in two
6 November 2016
Humanitarian pause in Syria's Aleppo broken
Two Russian soldiers and a Syrian journalist were injured in Syria's Aleppo yesterday when mortar rounds struck one of the exit
4 November 2016
30 killed in Kunduz
US airstrikes early yesterday killed at least 30 Afghan civilians, including women and children, in the volatile northern province
3 November 2016
Israeli troops shoot dead Palestinian
Israeli troops yesterday shot dead a Palestinian who attempted to stab a soldier near the West Bank settlement of Ofra, the army
3 November 2016
Lebanon's Hariri named new PM
Leading Sunni political figure Saad Hariri was named as Lebanon's new prime minister yesterday, the office of President Michel
3 November 2016
Saudi women driving drive hits roadblock
Saudi Arabia's Shura Council, which advises the cabinet, has turned down a proposal to study the issue of women's
2 November 2016
Saudi prince flogged in prison
Saudi Arabia has flogged a prince convicted in a criminal case, a newspaper reported yesterday, two weeks after another was
2 November 2016
OIC chief quits
The world's largest pan-Islamic body, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, said its Saudi chief resigned Monday, days after
1 November 2016
Chance of Syria settlement slim
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu yesterday accused the US-led coalition in Syria of failing to rein in hardline rebels, and
1 November 2016
Surrender or die
Iraqi prime minister has urged the Islamic State group to surrender as government troops fought their way into jihadist-held
1 November 2016
Afghans losing war on drugs: minister
Afghanistan is losing a multi-billion dollar war on drugs as it combats terrorism, a minister warned, denouncing a lack of
31 October 2016
Assault on Aleppo slows
A rebel assault to break the siege of Syria's Aleppo slowed yesterday amid fierce resistance from regime forces, as the UN said
31 October 2016
Iraqi troops enter first district inside Mosul
Iraqi troops entered the Karama district of the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul yesterday, their first advance into the city
31 October 2016
Rebel rockets kill 38 civilians in Aleppo
Syria's regime and rebels were locked in fierce clashes yesterday on the western edges of Aleppo, where 38 civilians have been
30 October 2016
Saudi-led raid on prison kills 60 people in Yemen
Arab coalition warplanes bombed a security complex near the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah, killing 60 people including inmates of a prison on the site, a regional official, relatives and medical sources said yesterday.
30 October 2016
Palestinian 'attacker' shot dead
A Palestinian attacked Israeli troops with his car and then with a knife in the occupied West Bank before being shot and seriously
29 October 2016
Air strike kills 17 civilians in Yemen
At least 17 civilians were killed yesterday in Yemen's southwestern province of Taiz by a Saudi-led coalition air strike that struck
29 October 2016
Syria rebels battle to break Aleppo siege
Fresh fighting shook Aleppo yesterday as rebels battled to break a siege of the city by the Syrian regime, accused by
29 October 2016
No escape route for IS
Iraqi Shiia militias yesterday said they had launched an offensive towards the west of Mosul, an operation that would tighten the noose around Islamic
29 October 2016
Azerbaijan kills two suspected 'terrorists'
Azerbaijani security services have killed two men suspected of plotting "terrorist attacks" in the secular ex-Soviet country with a mainly
28 October 2016