OCCUPIED WEST BANK / Activists rush aid to Palestinians besieged by settlers
15 August 2026
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Trump ‘used a catering truck to sneak off Air Force One’
12 August 2026
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KSA-Pak-Turkey deal: A ‘change in perception’ of US - Iran
11 August 2026
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Syria reaches deal with Moscow on fate of Russian bases
10 August 2026
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Update / 16 Bangladeshis killed in Saudi factory fire
10 August 2026
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Hamas says still ready to go ahead with Gaza plan
9 August 2026
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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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Houthis kill dozens of Saudi-backed Yemeni govt forces: medical sources
7 August 2026
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Iran threatens to hit Gulf states if US launches new strikes
6 August 2026
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ISIS bulldozes Nimrud
Condemnation poured in yesterday of the Islamic State group's bulldozing of the ancient city of Nimrud, the jihadists' latest attack on
6 March 2015
28,000 flee drive: UN
Some 28,000 people have fled the Tikrit area as Iraqi forces battle the Islamic State jihadist group in a massive offensive aimed at retaking the city, the UN said.
6 March 2015
Syria's al-Nusra Front commander 'killed in strike'
The military chief of Syria's al-Nusra Front militant group is killed in an air strike, says the group
6 March 2015
Libya asks UN to approve arms contracts
Libya urged the UN Security Council on Wednesday to approve a request for military purchases as it struggles to combat Islamic State extremists and protect its oil fields.
5 March 2015
Palestinians to formally go to ICC in April
The Palestinians will formally approach the International Criminal Court on April 1 to complain about alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza and settlement activity, a senior official said.
3 March 2015
Iran should halt nuclear work for decade: Obama
Iran should agree to a decade-long freeze on its nuclear activity if deal is to be finally reached, Obama says
3 March 2015
'ISIS play Jihadi John like a piano - he's being used'
A former Isis fighter has described Mohammed Emwazi, the man revealed to be executioner
2 March 2015
ISIS is being defeated: Kerry
Secretary of State John Kerry insisted that the United States' allies in the Middle East remain on course to defeat ISIS
2 March 2015
Iraq launches Tikrit operation
Iraq has launched a military operation to recapture Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit from Islamic State (IS)
2 March 2015
Netanyahu takes off on 'fateful' US mission
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday headed to Washington on what he said was a "historic"
1 March 2015
ISIS using love as recruitment tool
In a few months' time, perhaps even weeks, you might remember the story, but will you remember the names?
1 March 2015
Saudi blogger now faces 'death penalty'
Raif Badawi, the Saudi Arabian blogger whose punishment of 1,000 lashes has prompted international condemnation,
1 March 2015
Court ruling jeopardizes Egypt polls timetable
Egypt's constitutional court yesterday ruled that parts of the law organising parliamentary elections starting March
1 March 2015
Sierra Leone vice president in quarantine
Sierra Leone's Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana has placed himself in 21-day quarantine after one of his bodyguards died of Ebola.
1 March 2015
Egypt court lists Hamas as 'terrorist' group
An Egyptian court yesterday branded the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas a "terrorist" organisation, a judicial source said,
28 February 2015
Dozens killed as Qaeda takes rebel base
Al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate yesterday drove US-backed rebels out of a strategic northern military base in fierce fighting that left dozens dead, a monitor said.
28 February 2015
In Algeria, women 'imams' battle evil
Hundreds of female religious guides have been at the forefront of Algeria's battle against Islamic radicalisation since the civil war that devastated the North African country in the 1990s.
28 February 2015
ISIS erases 'history' in Mosul
ISIS militants have reportedly ransacked Mosul library, burning over a hundred thousand rare manuscripts and documents spanning centuries of human learning.
25 February 2015
Mosque torched near Bethlehem in hate crime
A West Bank mosque was set alight in a village near Bethlehem Tuesday with anti-Arab slogans in Hebrew sprayed on a nearby wall, Palestinian witnesses said.
25 February 2015
NZ to send non-combat troops to Iraq
New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key announces plans to send 143 non-combat troops to Iraq to help the fight against Islamic State (IS) militants
24 February 2015