Israeli strike kills top Hamas security official in Gaza
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Houthis hit Saudi Arabia
26 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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IRGC commanders flown into Yemen
25 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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Occupied West Bank: 4 Palestinians, one Israeli killed in shooting
25 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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Saudi confirms vessel hit in Red Sea: state media
23 July 2026, 08:44 AM
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Tourist Deals: Dubai offers discounts to residents
23 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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Dubai offers discounts to residents bringing in tourists
22 July 2026, 14:18 PM
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'All these rashes': chickenpox surges in Gaza camps
21 July 2026, 08:48 AM
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11 killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza
20 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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3,000‑year‑old tomb found near Egypt’s Luxor
15 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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Most foreign troops can leave 'within four years'
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said he believes most foreign troops will be able to leave "within four years", even as he praised US
5 October 2017, 18:00 PM
France offers to mediate
France yesterday offered to mediate in a political crisis pitting Iraq's government against Kurdish regional authorities, and promised to
5 October 2017, 18:00 PM
UN set to blacklist Saudi-led coalition
The United Nations has moved to put the Saudi-led coalition on its annual blacklist of child rights' violators for the killing and
5 October 2017, 18:00 PM
IS loses last of bastions
Iraqi forces retook one of the Islamic State group's last two enclaves in the country yesterday, overrunning the longtime insurgent
5 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Saudi king in Moscow
Saudi Arabia's King Salman, on a landmark visit to Russia, and President Vladimir Putin yesterday signed a slew of arms and energy deals as the key US ally seeks to deepen cooperation with Moscow.
5 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Iran, Turkey vow to halt Iraqi Kurds' secession
The presidents of Iran and Turkey vowed during talks in Tehran yesterday to work closely together to prevent the
4 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Regime ousts IS from all of Hama province
The Syrian army and allied fighters drove the Islamic State group from their last positions in the central province of
4 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Palestinians edge closer to unity
The Palestinian cabinet met in Gaza for the first time since 2014 yesterday, as Israel warned it would reject any reconciliation deal
3 October 2017, 18:00 PM
IS torches three oil wells near Hawija: officials
Islamic State militants set fire to three oil wells near Hawija, west of the oil city of Kirkuk, one of two areas of Iraq still under their
2 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Air strikes kill 28 civilians in safe zone
At least 28 civilians were killed in air strikes on northwestern Syria where a planned safe zone has been overshadowed
30 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Turkey's Erdogan says Iraqi Kurdish "will pay price" for vote
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan says Iraqi Kurdish authorities would pay the price for an independence referendum which was widely opposed by foreign powers.
30 September 2017, 13:31 PM
58 Syria govt fighters killed in IS attacks
The Islamic State group killed at least 58 Syrian government troops and militia as the jihadists put up fierce resistance to a Russian-
29 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Flight ban takes effect
The last international flight left Erbil airport yesterday as the Baghdad government imposed an air ban in retaliation for an
29 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Israel 'occupying 2pc of West Bank'
The US ambassador in Tel Aviv has angered Palestinians with a comment downplaying Israel's 50-year occupation of the West Bank, the second such spat in a month.
29 September 2017, 18:00 PM
IS post 'new audio of Baghdadi'
The Islamic State group yesterday released an audio recording of what it said was its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi calling on members
28 September 2017, 20:50 PM
Adding women drivers will reduce crashes
Saudi Arabia's lifting of a much criticised ban on women drivers will reduce the number of car crashes in a country with one of the
28 September 2017, 19:03 PM
Suicide attack kills 12 Afghan security forces
At least a dozen Afghan security forces were killed when a suicide attacker driving an explosives-packed Humvee blew himself up in the
28 September 2017, 18:51 PM
IS global threat 'intact'
The global threat posed by the Islamic State group has not been diminished by its battlefield defeats in Iraq and Syria, US
28 September 2017, 18:49 PM
Israel foils 'IS attack' at Jerusalem site
Israel said yesterday it had thwarted a plan by two Israeli Arabs with Islamic State sympathies to mount an attack at a contested
28 September 2017, 18:00 PM
92 percent voted 'yes'
Iraq's Kurds announced a massive "yes" vote for independence yesterday following a referendum that has incensed
27 September 2017, 18:00 PM