Iran warns US, Israel against making ‘a mistake’
1 February 2026, 05:27 AM
Middle East
World must act to ease Gaza’s ‘dire’ conditions
31 January 2026, 07:37 AM
World
Diplomacy gains as US-Iran tensions rise
31 January 2026, 05:09 AM
Middle East
With Iran weakened, Trump’s end goal may now be regime change. It’s an incredibly risky gamble
29 January 2026, 12:25 PM
Middle East
Military intervention in Iran ‘not the preferred option’
26 January 2026, 01:02 AM
Middle East
US envoys in Israel to discuss Gaza’s future
25 January 2026, 01:01 AM
US urges Syria to support jihadist transfer to Iraq
23 January 2026, 05:18 AM
Iran to consider lifting internet ban; state TV hacked
20 January 2026, 08:54 AM
Middle East
Iran executions seemingly ‘tool of state intimidation’
20 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Iran protest toll climbs to 5,000
19 January 2026, 04:50 AM
Huthi rebels fire on commercial ships
Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels fired two missiles late Tuesday toward merchant ships travelling in the Red Sea near the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the US military said following a report by the British maritime security agency UKMTO.
3 January 2024, 18:00 PM
KSA officially joins BRICS bloc: state TV
Saudi state TV said yesterday that the kingdom had officially joined the BRICS bloc of countries.
2 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Drone shot down over air base housing US forces
An armed drone was shot down over Erbil airport in northern Iraq yesterday, where US and other international forces are stationed, two security sources said.
2 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Israel launches air strikes in Syria
Israel launched pre-dawn air strikes near the Syrian capital yesterday, state media said citing a military source, at a time of heightened regional tensions over the Gaza war.
2 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Israeli drone kills Hamas leader in Beirut
Israel killed Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in a drone strike in Lebanon’s capital Beirut yesterday, Lebanese and Palestinian security sources said, as its forces kept pummelling parts of Gaza, vowing further “high-intensity” warfare against Hamas in the enclave.
2 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Turkey detains 33 accused of spying for Israel
Turkey yesterday announced the detention of 33 people suspected of planning abductions and spying on behalf of Israel’s Mossad intelligence service.
2 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Turkey detains 33 accused of spying for Israel
Turkey on Tuesday announced the detention of 33 people suspected of planning abductions and spying on behalf of Israel's Mossad intelligence service
2 January 2024, 11:08 AM
Israel’s offensive in Gaza enters new phase
Israeli tanks pulled out of some Gaza City districts yesterday while remaining in others, residents said, ahead of a planned troop reduction in the offensive, but fighting raged elsewhere in the Palestinian enclave along with intense bombardment.
1 January 2024, 18:00 PM
KSA executes 170 people in 2023
Saudi Arabia executed 170 people in 2023, including four on New Year’s Eve -- an increase on the previous year, according to an AFP tally based on announcements by Saudi authorities.
1 January 2024, 18:00 PM
2023 worst year for Israeli settler violence
Israeli settlers killed at least 10 Palestinians and torched dozens of homes in the occupied West Bank in 2023, making it the “most violent” year on record for settler attacks, an Israeli watchdog said yesterday.
1 January 2024, 18:00 PM
150 Palestinians killed in 24 hours
The health ministry in Gaza Strip said yesterday at least 150 people have been killed in 24 hours in the Palestinian territory as Israeli jets intensified attacks, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retake control of the enclave’s border with Egypt.
31 December 2023, 18:00 PM
More than 4,360 people dead in 2023
More than 4,360 people, including combatants and civilians, were killed in Syria’s civil war in 2023, in the thirteenth year since fighting began, a war monitor said yesterday.
31 December 2023, 18:00 PM
WHO chief ‘very concerned’
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday he was “very concerned” about the growing threat of infectious diseases in the Gaza Strip.
30 December 2023, 18:00 PM
S Africa files genocide case against Israel
Israeli tanks pushed deeper into central and southern Gaza yesterday under heavy air and artillery fire, residents said, pressing a deadly offensive that has razed much of the enclave and that Israel has said may last months more.
30 December 2023, 18:00 PM
35 killed as Israeli strikes hit Gaza refugee camps
At least 35 people were killed in Nuseirat and Maghazi refugee camps following Israeli bombings in central Gaza yesterday, as the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said an aid convoy came under fire by the Israeli military in the enclave.
29 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Iran executes 4 over Israel ‘collaboration’
Iran yesterday hanged four people convicted of spying for arch foe Israel, the judiciary said, less than two weeks after authorities had executed a man on similar grounds.
29 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Saudi mining company Maaden finds new gold deposits
Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) said on Thursday it had discovered multiple gold deposits south of its existing Mansourah Massarah gold mine, indicating the potential to expand gold mining in the area.
29 December 2023, 11:07 AM
Israeli strikes wipe out ‘entire families’ in Gaza
Israeli forces continued with the offensive in besieged Gaza Strip as relentless strikes killed more than 200 people including entire families over the past 24 hours across the Palestinian territory.
28 December 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Worse than genocide’
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas yesterday said the Israeli offensive in Gaza is worse than genocide as the death toll in the besieged Palestinian territory surged above 21,000.
27 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Israeli PM no different from Hitler
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was no different from Adolf Hitler and likened Israel’s attacks on Gaza to the treatment of Jewish people by the Nazis.
27 December 2023, 18:00 PM