‘None of your concern’
AFP, Rome
20 June 2026, 00:00 AM Europe
Israeli strikes kill 9 more in Gaza
Reuters, Cairo
20 June 2026, 00:00 AM Middle East
UN envoy calls for release of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi on 81st birthday
AFP, United Nations
20 June 2026, 00:00 AM World
Hormuz closes again as dozens killed in Lebanon
Agencies
20 June 2026, 00:00 AM US-Israel war on Iran
US slams Cuba reforms as ‘superficial’
AFP, Washington
20 June 2026, 00:00 AM USA
Pakistan says US-Iran technical talks to be held Sunday in Switzerland
AFP, Islamabad
10 hour(s) ago US-Israel war on Iran
Iran says Hormuz closed again after Israel strikes Lebanon
AFP, Tehran
10 hour(s) ago US-Israel war on Iran

Pollution exposure linked to mental health problems: EU agency

Environmental pollution is linked to several mental health disorders in Europe, the European Environment Agency (EEA) warned yesterday, arguing that enforcing legislation would result in Europeans being both less depressed and less anxious.
4 March 2026, 02:00 AM

US-Bangla to operate special flights on Dhaka-Dubai route

Two special flights arranged to repatriate stranded Bangladeshis amid Middle East crisis
4 March 2026, 01:49 AM

Golestan Palace in Tehran damaged

Iran’s Unesco-listed Golestan Palace in Tehran has been damaged in US and Israeli strikes, local media reported Monday.
4 March 2026, 00:00 AM

UN calls for probe into deadly strike

The UN human rights office yesterday urged what it called the forces behind a deadly attack on a girls’ school in Iran to investigate and share insights into the incident, without saying who it believed was responsible.
4 March 2026, 00:00 AM

US-UK ties ‘not like it used to be’

US President Donald Trump said the historical relationship between his country and Britain was “not like it used to be”, in an interview to British daily newspaper The Sun, amid a major transatlantic fall out over US-Israeli strikes against Iran.
4 March 2026, 00:00 AM

How Khamenei was killed

Nearly all the traffic cameras in Tehran had been hacked for years. And when the senior Iranian officials came to work near Pasteur Street in Tehran - where Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a US-Israeli air strike on Saturday - the Israelis were watching, according to a Financial Times report.
4 March 2026, 00:00 AM

Israel’s strike plan triggered US attack on Iran: Rubio

Planned Israeli action against Iran that would have seen retaliation against American forces prompted the United States to launch its weekend strikes against Tehran, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday.
4 March 2026, 00:00 AM

France to boost nuclear arsenal

President Emmanuel Macron said Monday evening that France will expand its atomic arsenal and could deploy nuclear-armed aircraft to allied countries for the first time, as he unveiled an unprecedented plan to bolster security on the continent.
4 March 2026, 00:00 AM

Iran Red Crescent says 787 killed so far since war began

AFP was not in a position to verify the toll given by the organisation
3 March 2026, 15:34 PM

Private jet prices soar as wealthy rush to leave Dubai

Guardian reports airport closures and regional conflict leave tourists stranded
3 March 2026, 14:38 PM

Qatar extends entry visas by one month amid Middle East air traffic disruption

Move aims to ease pressure on travellers affected by flight disruptions
3 March 2026, 14:04 PM

How Dubai's safe-haven status is being put to the test

For decades, Dubai's sales pitch featured gleaming skylines, tax-free salaries, ease of doing business and something far more intangible: the unspoken promise that whatever was happening elsewhere in the Middle East, this city was different
3 March 2026, 13:20 PM

Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's Aceh

Quake's epicentre was at a depth of 13 kilometres, agency says
3 March 2026, 11:33 AM

Trump says US 'not where we want to be' on highest end weapon stockpiles

"At the highest end, we have a good supply, but are not where we want to be," he wrote on Truth Social
3 March 2026, 11:32 AM

US says 'destroyed' command facilities of Iran's Guards

US Central Command wrote in an X post.
3 March 2026, 11:28 AM

Netanyahu says Iran conflict won't be 'endless war': Fox News interview

He later qualified that the conflict "may take some time, but it's not going to take years."
3 March 2026, 09:55 AM

Iran 'will burn any ship' in Hormuz: IRGC general

The strait is especially key to the world energy markets, with around 20 percent of global seaborne oil passing through.
3 March 2026, 09:52 AM

Kuwait mistakenly shot down 3 US F-15E fighter jets

Six US service personnel have been killed so far, all in Iran's retaliatory attacks over the weekend on Kuwait.
3 March 2026, 09:03 AM

Trump's Republicans defend Iran strikes as Democrats push for war powers vote

Six US service members killed in the conflict so far
3 March 2026, 08:25 AM

US embassy in Riyadh hit by two drones, Trump warns of longer war

Trump says that his attack on Iran could extend longer than a month
3 March 2026, 08:10 AM