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
Limit veto powers at UNSC
The United Nations human rights chief yesterday told Russia that air strikes on civilian targets in the Syrian city of Aleppo may
4 October 2016
Blast kills 34 at Syria wedding
A suicide bomber has struck a wedding in northeast Syria as the bride and groom were exchanging vows, killing 34 people
4 October 2016
Afghan forces flushing Taliban out of Kunduz
Fighting continued on the outskirts of Kunduz yesterday as some frightened residents fled the city a day after the Taliban
4 October 2016
Suicide attack on Syria wedding kills 32: medical source
A suicide bomber has struck a wedding in northeast Syria as the bride and groom were exchanging vows, killing 32 people and wounding dozens, according to a medical source and witnesses.
4 October 2016
IS suicide bombers kill 10 in Baghdad
Suicide bombers struck two Shia-majority areas of the Iraqi capital yesterday, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than
3 October 2016
Saudi abandons Islamic calendar for govt pay
Saudi government workers will be paid according to the Gregorian calendar instead of the Islamic Hijri calendar, making the
3 October 2016
80 jihadists killed in Sirte
Forces loyal to Libya's unity government said yesterday at least 80 jihadists were killed at the weekend in the city of Sirte, a
3 October 2016
Afghan Taliban enter Kunduz
Taliban fighters pushed into the centre of the northern Afghan city of Kunduz yesterday, taking control of the central intersection
3 October 2016
Israel okays 98 West Bank settler homes
Israel has approved the construction of 98 settler homes in the occupied West Bank and an industrial zone near
2 October 2016
Palestinians charged over IS ties: Israel
Israeli authorities have charged six Palestinians suspected of belonging to the Islamic State jihadist group and of
2 October 2016
UN laments living hell
Syrian regime forces advanced yesterday in Aleppo after Russia unleashed dozens of air strikes, as the UN's top aid official decried the "living hell" suffered by residents in the city's rebel-held east.
2 October 2016
Barrel bombs hit Aleppo hospital again
The largest hospital in rebel-held east Aleppo was bombed yesterday for the second time in days as Syrian
1 October 2016
'I lost the argument'
Even world's top diplomat can sometimes feel helpless. In a leaked audio released by the New York Times, Kerry is heard lamenting to a
1 October 2016
Duterte defiant over 'slaughter' call
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte refused to back down yesterday over his stated desire to slaughter millions of
1 October 2016
Duterte vows to kill 3m drug addicts
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday likened his deadly crime war to Hitler's efforts to exterminate Jews, as he declared he was
30 September 2016
Saudi condemns US 9/11 law
Saudi Arabia has warned of "disastrous consequences" from a United States law allowing 9/11 victims to sue the kingdom, in a major
30 September 2016
Turkey could extend emergency: Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday suggested it may be necessary to keep the state of emergency imposed after the July coup bid in place for at least a year.
29 September 2016
32,000 arrested in Turkey coup probe
Turkey said yesterday that courts have placed 32,000 suspects under arrest on charges of links to a group run by
28 September 2016
US strike on IS in Afghanistan kills 21
A suspected US drone strike against Islamic State in Afghanistan killed at least 21 people yesterday, most of them
28 September 2016
Worse than a slaughterhouse
Russian or Syrian warplanes knocked two hospitals out of service in the beseiged rebel sector of Aleppo yesterday and ground
28 September 2016