Iran proposes reopening Hormuz within seven days: media
AFP, New York
1 HOUR(s) • Middle East
Jeered and booed, Netanyahu slams enemies, allies alike
Agencies
25 September 2026 • Middle East
Iran will ‘never bend the knee’ Says Pezeshkian at UN
Agencies
24 September 2026 • Middle East
Iran, US hint at revival of talks
Reuters, Dubai
23 September 2026 • Middle East
Hormuz vessel traffic falls to 2
Reuters, New Delhi
23 September 2026 • Middle East
US open to meeting Iran at UN, no meeting scheduled yet, Rubio says
Reuters, Washington
22 September 2026 • Middle East
Iran vows to ‘surprise’ US if it renews attack
Agencies
22 September 2026 • Middle East
GAZA atrocities / Situation ‘unjustifiable’
AFP, Philadelphia
21 September 2026 • Middle East
GAZA atrocities / Israeli strikes kill 4 more, including child
AFP, Jerusalem
21 September 2026 • Middle East

"Blasphemous": Morocco bans British film on Prophet's daughter Fatimah

Morocco announced Saturday it had banned a British film about the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), which Muslims in a number of countries have denounced as blasphemous.
12 June 2022

1,200 Palestinians face risk of forced removal in West Bank

Some 1,200 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank region of Masafer Yatta face the risk of forced removal to make way for an army firing zone after a decades-long legal battle that ended last month in Israel's highest court.
12 June 2022

Syria says runways unusable after Israel hits airport

Syria has confirmed major damage including to runways at Damascus International Airport, which was closed for a second day yesterday for repairs after Israeli air strikes.
11 June 2022

Erdogan says he will run in 2023 presidential election

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday said he would run in next year’s presidential vote and brushed aside rumours of a snap poll in the economically-battered nation.
9 June 2022

Train derailment kills 17 in Iran

At least 17 people were killed and 86 were injured yesterday when a train derailed near the central Iranian city of Tabas after hitting an excavator beside the
8 June 2022

Israel mainly to blame for conflict

Israel’s occupation and discrimination against Palestinians are the main causes of the endless cycles of violence, UN investigators said yesterday, prompting angry Israeli protests.
7 June 2022

Indonesia, Malaysia summon India envoys

Indonesia and Malaysia have both summoned India’s envoys in their countries over “derogatory” remarks made about the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) by two officials with the South Asian nation’s ruling party, their foreign ministries said yesterday.
7 June 2022

Offensive tweets on Prophet don't reflect govt's view: India tells Qatar

Qatar today summoned Indian Ambassador Deepak Mittal and handed him an official note, expressing total condemnation of the controversial remarks made by a now-suspended BJP leader against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
5 June 2022

Iran supreme leader accuses ‘enemy’ of trying to use protests

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei yesterday accused the “enemy”, a reference mainly to the United States, of seeking to use protests to weaken the Islamic republic.
4 June 2022

Saudi receives first foreign hajj pilgrims since pandemic

Saudi Arabia yesterday welcomed its first batch of hajj pilgrims since before the coronavirus pandemic, which prompted authorities to sharply restrict the annual ritual.
4 June 2022

Israel warns over Iran nuclear programme

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett yesterday warned the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency that Israel was prepared to use it’s “right to self defense” to stop Iran’s nuclear programme.
3 June 2022

Yemen’s warring parties renew two-month truce: UN

Yemen’s warring parties have agreed to renew a two-month truce, the United Nations said yesterday, in an 11th-hour move on the day it was set to expire.
2 June 2022

Four Palestinians killed by Israel army in 2 days

Israeli troops shot dead a teen in the West Bank yesterday, the Palestinian health ministry said, the fourth Palestinian killed in the
2 June 2022

Israel troops kill ‘woman attacker’

A knife-wielding Palestinian woman, 31, threatened an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank and was shot dead yesterday, the army said, an account
1 June 2022

Israel signs first Arab free trade deal with UAE

Israel signed a free trade deal with the United Arab Emirates yesterday, its first with an Arab country, building on their US-brokered normalisation of diplomatic relations in 2020.
31 May 2022

Egypt unearths trove of ancient mummies

Archaeologists working near Cairo have uncovered hundreds of ancient Egyptian coffins and bronze statues of deities.
31 May 2022

Israel accuses Iran of stealing documents from UN nuke watchdog

Israel yesterday accused its arch-foe Iran of stealing classified documents from the International Atomic Energy Agency to help it hide evidence of its nuclear programme.
31 May 2022

Iran Guards accuse ‘Zionists’ of assassinating colonel

The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards yesterday accused “Zionists” of assassinating a colonel in Tehran earlier this month, the Guards’ official website reported.
30 May 2022

Ankara will not await US ‘permission’ for new Syria offensive

Turkey will not wait for US “permission” to launch a new offensive in Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in remarks published yesterday, defying a warning from Washington.
29 May 2022

More than 30 die

More than 30 people were killed in southern Nigeria yesterday after a stampede erupted during a crowded church charity event where food was being distributed.
29 May 2022