Pakistan vows to defend ally Saudi 'to any extent'
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China presses Iran to help rein in Houthis after Saudi appeal
18 September 2026
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KSA says Houthis targeted Makkah
17 September 2026
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Bab el-Mandeb must be free
16 September 2026
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Saudi civil defence issues brief alerts over attack threats in Makkah, Jeddah, Taif
15 September 2026
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Strait of Hormuz: Fresh attack on ship fans fears over oil supplies
14 September 2026
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Attacks shut down key Saudi oil pipeline
13 September 2026
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US strikes five Iranian oil tankers
10 September 2026
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Iran-backed Houthis attack 4 Saudi cities
9 September 2026
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Iran guards attack US naval drone
7 September 2026
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UN expected to vote on watered-down Hormuz resolution on Tuesday
Iran resists reopening Strait, seeks lasting end to war amid US pressure
7 April 2026
Turkey says second Turkish-owned ship has crossed Hormuz strait
A second Turkish-flagged ship has crossed the war-torn Strait of Hormuz, Turkey’s Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said yesterday.
5 April 2026
Iran executes two members of banned opposition group: judiciary
Iran yesterday executed two men convicted of membership in a banned opposition group and carrying out disruptive actions aimed at overthrowing the Islamic republic, the judiciary said.
5 April 2026
War on Iran: latest developments
Here are the latest developments in the Middle East war
4 April 2026
Migrant workers in Gulf face rising risks amid regional conflict: HRW
Rights group urges Gulf states to ensure wages, safety, and support return travel
1 April 2026
War on Iran: latest developments
Here are the latest developments in the Middle East war
1 April 2026
Israel passes by default death penalty law for Palestinians
Israel’s parliament passed a law on Monday evening making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks, fulfilling a pledge by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right allies.
1 April 2026
Giant oil tanker off Dubai hit by Iranian strike, Trump threatens to obliterate Iran energy, oil plants
US average retail gasoline prices top $4/gallon, highest in three years
31 March 2026
Iranian attack sparks fire on Kuwaiti oil tanker at Dubai Port: state media
There were no injuries, according to the report, and Dubai authorities later said firefighters had extinguished the blaze
31 March 2026
Thousands of US Army paratroopers arrive in Middle East as buildup intensifies
Over the weekend, 2,500 Marines arrived in the Middle East
31 March 2026
Six Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes
Two Israeli air strikes on two checkpoints of the Hamas-led police force killed at least six Palestinians including a child, local health officials said, in the latest round of violence despite a US-brokered ceasefire that is now more than five months old.
30 March 2026
Iran Guards threaten to hit US universities in Mideast
Several US universities have campuses scattered throughout the Gulf region, such as Texas A&M University in Qatar and New York University in the United Arab Emirates
29 March 2026
Pakistan to host Saudi, Turkey, Egypt for talks on Mideast war
Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar had invited his counterparts and that they would be in the Pakistani capital on Sunday and Monday
28 March 2026
Houthis ready to join war if needed
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement, whose attacks on the Red Sea caused international shipping and trade chaos during the Gaza war,
28 March 2026
Teens as young as 12 to guard checkpoints in Tehran: official
Iran’s security forces are recruiting children as young as 12 to man checkpoints and perform other duti
28 March 2026
US can only confirm about a third of Iran's missile arsenal destroyed
Estimates of Iran's missile stockpile vary widely
27 March 2026
US will be Iran’s ‘worst nightmare’
A US proposal for ending nearly four weeks of fighting is “one-sided and unfair”, a senior Iranian official told Reuters yesterday, while US President Donald Trump said Iran must make a deal or face a continued onslaught.
27 March 2026
Trump’s 15-point plan to end war
A media report late Tuesday revealed the details of a plan submitted by the US to Iran aimed at ending the war in the Middle East after President Donald Trump said Washington and Tehran had reached 15 “major points of agreements.”
26 March 2026
Jerusalem: Israeli police kill Palestinian man
Israeli police officers killed a Palestinian man who tried to seize a weapon from an undercover security agent during an overnight operation in east Jerusalem, police said yesterday.
26 March 2026
Iranian strikes pose ‘existential threat’, Gulf states tell UN
Iran claims 1,500 civilian deaths from U.S.-Israeli strikes
25 March 2026