Oil steadies after death of Iran’s president, Saudi king’s ill health LONDON: Oil prices held steady on Monday amid political uncertainty in major producing countries after Iran’s... Updated 20 May, 2024 05:37pm
World Israel strikes on Lebanon kill three, says source close to Hezbollah BEIRUT: Israeli air strikes on Friday hit an area of southern Lebanon far from the border, Lebanese official media... Published 17 May, 2024 03:34pm
Print Pakistan calls for ‘utmost restraint’ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday called for “utmost restraint” following Iran launched retaliatory strikes against... Updated 15 Apr, 2024 09:51am
World China 'deeply concerned' about escalation after Iran strikes Israel BEIJING: China is “deeply concerned” about escalating tensions in the Middle East after Iran launched drones and... Updated 14 Apr, 2024 07:46pm
World Iran’s Khamenei says Israel ‘must be punished’ for Syria embassy attack Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Wednesday that Israel “must be punished and it shall be” for... Published 10 Apr, 2024 11:54am
World Iran FM opens new Syria consulate after deadly strike DAMASCUS: Iran’s foreign minister inaugurated the country’s new consulate in Damascus on Monday, a week after a... Published 09 Apr, 2024 05:06am
World Clashes in south Syria following deadly blast kill 12 BEIRUT: A war monitor said 12 people were killed in southern Syria’s Daraa province on Sunday in violence ... Published 08 Apr, 2024 04:46am
World Israeli embassies ‘no longer safe’ after Syria strike: Iran TEHRAN: An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader warned Sunday that Israeli embassies are “no longer safe” after a... Published 08 Apr, 2024 04:46am
World Israeli embassies ‘no longer safe’ after Syria strike: Iran TEHRAN: An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader warned Sunday that Israeli embassies are “no longer safe” after a strike... Published 07 Apr, 2024 04:54pm
World Blast kills 7 children in southern Syria DAMASCUS: Seven children were killed in southern Syria’s Daraa province on Saturday when an “explosive device”... Published 07 Apr, 2024 03:01am
World Iran vows to punish Israel at funeral for officers killed in embassy strike Iran reiterated its pledge to punish Israel on Friday at a funeral for seven officers killed in a suspected Israeli... Updated 05 Apr, 2024 03:36pm
World EU condemns attack on Iran’s embassy in Damascus BRUSSELS: The European Union on Wednesday condemned an airstrike on the Iranian embassy in Damascus on April 1 that... Published 04 Apr, 2024 04:56am
World 8 dead in car bomb at north Syria market: monitor BEIRUT: A bomb exploded in a shopping area in a northern Syrian city held by pro-Turkiye forces early Sunday,... Published 31 Mar, 2024 02:13pm
World Death toll in Israeli strikes on Syria climbs to 52: monitor BEIRUT: The death toll in Israeli air strikes on Syria has risen to 52, including 38 government soldiers and seven... Updated 30 Mar, 2024 08:23pm
World Moscow slams ‘unacceptable Israeli’ strikes on Syria MOSCOW: Moscow on Friday condemned what it said were “completely unacceptable” Israeli strikes on Syria, after a... Updated 30 Mar, 2024 07:50am
World Israeli strikes on Syria kill dozens, security sources say CAIRO: Israeli strikes on the northern Syrian city of Aleppo early on Friday killed 38 people, including five... Published 29 Mar, 2024 10:07am
World Eighth suspect in Moscow attack appears in court, rights commissioner warns on torture MOSCOW/DUSHANBE: Russia remanded in custody on Tuesday a Kyrgyzstan-born man suspected of involvement in Friday’s... Published 27 Mar, 2024 01:28pm
World Vladimir Putin vows to punish those behind Russia concert massacre MOSCOW: Russia said on Saturday it had arrested all four gunmen suspected of carrying out a shooting massacre in a... Published 24 Mar, 2024 11:00am
World Israeli airstrikes target Damascus countryside, Syria says AMMAN: Israel early on Tuesday launched missiles at several military targets outside the Syrian capital Damascus... Published 19 Mar, 2024 11:05am
World Syrian soldier injured in Israeli strike, Syrian army says CAIRO: Israeli missiles launched from the occupied Golan Heights towards Syria in the early hours of Sunday wounded... Published 17 Mar, 2024 11:13am
World Syria landmine blast kills 16 truffle hunters BEIRUT: At least 16 people searching for truffles in the north Syria desert were killed Saturday after their vehicle... Published 17 Mar, 2024 02:49am
World Israeli strike in Syria kills Iran Guard, two others: reports BEIRUT: An Israeli strike in Syria on Friday killed an Iranian Revolutionary Guard and two other people, reports... Published 01 Mar, 2024 07:34pm
World Israeli missile attack hits high-security district in Syrian capital DAMASCUS: Several Israeli missiles hit a residential building in the Kafr Sousa district in Syria’s capital Damascus... Published 21 Feb, 2024 12:57pm
World Three killed in Israeli strikes near Syrian capital BEIRUT: Israeli air strikes that targeted a building in an upscale area near the Syrian capital killed three people... Published 11 Feb, 2024 05:35am
World Iran’s Raisi says US presence ‘disrupts’ Middle East security TEHRAN: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday criticised the deployment of US troops in the Middle East,... Published 07 Feb, 2024 08:08pm
World Five dead including civilians in Israeli strikes on Syria: monitor BEIRUT: Israeli strikes on Syria’s Homs killed five people including three civilians Wednesday, a war monitor said,... Published 07 Feb, 2024 12:17pm
World Antony Blinken heads to Egypt to seek ‘enduring end’ to Gaza war GAZA STRIP: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due in Egypt on Tuesday as part of a Middle East crisis tour... Updated 06 Feb, 2024 07:58pm
World UN Security Council to meet on US strikes in Iraq and Syria UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council was to convene Monday at Russia’s demand to discuss US air strikes on... Published 05 Feb, 2024 09:04pm
World US, Britain wage strikes against Houthis in Yemen WASHINGTON: The United States and Britain launched strikes against 36 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday, in the... Published 05 Feb, 2024 06:08am
World Iran says Yemen strikes ‘contradict’ US, UK policy TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday denounced the latest US and UK strikes on targets in Yemen saying they “contradict” their... Published 04 Feb, 2024 02:26pm