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Erdogan, Netanyahu trade barbs on genocide
12 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Iran rejects idea of using its assets to pay damages to US allies
8 June 2026, 08:41 AM
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Israel and Lebanon agree to implement conditional ceasefire
4 June 2026, 08:38 AM
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Lebanon announces partial ceasefire between Israel, Hezbollah but attacks continue
2 June 2026, 08:47 AM
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US proposes new plan to ease Israel-Lebanon tensions amid fighting
1 June 2026, 08:51 AM
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Netanyahu orders deeper Israeli incursion into Lebanon to hit Hezbollah
1 June 2026, 08:37 AM
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LEBANON GROUND OPERATION / Israel seizes strategic Beaufort castle
1 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Lebanon warns Israeli strikes put heritage sites in 'serious danger'
29 May 2026, 15:22 PM
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Israel says killed new chief of Hamas armed wing in Gaza strike
27 May 2026, 12:05 PM
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Palestinian teen killed in West Bank
Israeli troops killed a Palestinian teenager near the West Bank city of Jenin yesterday, the Palestinian health ministry said, as violence surged in the occupied territory.
22 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Ethiopian Migrants: Saudi border guards killed hundreds since last year
Saudi border guards fired “like rain” on Ethiopian migrants trying to cross through Yemen into the Gulf kingdom, killing hundreds since last year, Human Rights Watch said in a report yesterday.
20 August 2023, 18:00 PM
UN forced to cut Yemen rations
More than four million Yemenis will receive less food assistance as a result of funding shortages, compounding one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, the UN’s food agency warned yesterday.
18 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Restoration of Ties: Iran FM touts unity on first Saudi visit
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian preached unity and dialogue during a visit to Saudi Arabia yesterday, his first since the two Middle East rivals announced a surprise rapprochement in March.
17 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli army
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian gunman during a raid that set off clashes in the flashpoint town of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, medical officials and militant groups said.
17 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Syria doubles pay for civil servants, military personnel
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has decreed a 100-percent pay rise for civil servants and pensioners while fuel subsidies were lifted in a country ravaged by 12 years of war.
16 August 2023, 18:00 PM
IS kills 3 pro-govt fighters in Syria desert
Islamic State jihadists killed three fighters loyal to the Damascus government in an attack in the Syrian desert yesterday, a war monitor said, the latest such deadly assault.
15 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Israel troops kill two Palestinians
Israeli troops killed two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank yesterday, in the first deadly raid in the Jericho area for months.
15 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Iran arrests 9 Bahais over corruption charges
Iranian authorities yesterday arrested nine followers of the Bahai faith over a host of corruption charges including money laundering and tax evasion, the intelligence ministry said.
13 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Death toll in IS attack on Syria army bus rises to 33: monitor
An attack by Islamic State group jihadists on Syrian government forces in the war-torn country’s east has killed 33 soldiers, a monitor said yesterday, revising an earlier toll of 26 deaths.
12 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Saudi names ambassador for Palestinian Territories
Saudi Arabia yesterday named a non-resident ambassador for the Palestinian Territories who will also serve as consul general in Jerusalem, a new position announced amid speculation about possible future ties with Israel.
12 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Palestinian shot dead by Israeli troops
Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded at least eight others during an operation in a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank yesterday, Palestinian officials said.
11 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Israeli forces kill Palestinian man
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man in a clash in the occupied West Bank yesterday, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade armed group said.
10 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Yemen commander among 4 dead in suspected Qaeda attack
A bombing in southern Yemen yesterday killed four fighters loyal to a secessionist force, including a prominent commander who previously survived assassination attempts by Al-Qaeda, a security official said.
10 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Reached deal with Syria over key aid crossing: UN
The United Nations has said it reached agreement with the Syrian government on aid deliveries to rebel-held areas from Turkey, raising concern among relief groups who had wanted Damascus kept out.
9 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Saudi embassy in Iran resumes work after 7yrs
Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Tehran has resumed operations, state media in Iran reported yesterday, following a thaw in ties seven years after the mission was closed.
9 August 2023, 18:00 PM
IS attack kills 10 Syria pro-govt troops
Islamic State group militants killed 10 Syrian troops and pro-government fighters in the former jihadist stronghold of Raqa province, a war monitor said yesterday, displaying their ability to keep mounting deadly attacks.
8 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Sudan at risk of disease as corpses litter streets: charity
War-torn Sudan is at risk of major disease outbreaks, with thousands of unburied corpses remaining out in the open and country’s health and sanitation infrastructure destroyed, Save the Children warned yesterday.
8 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Thousands of US sailors, Marines reach Red Sea
More than 3,000 United States military personnel have arrived in the Red Sea aboard two warships, part of a beefed up response from Washington after tanker seizures by Iran, the US Navy said yesterday.
7 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Four Syria soldiers killed in Israeli strikes near Damascus
Four Syrian soldiers were killed and four others wounded in Israeli air strikes near the capital Damascus early Monday, state media said, citing a military source
7 August 2023, 02:24 AM