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Israel signs USD 3.5 bn deal to build Greece’s ‘Achilles Shield’
Tel Aviv: In a major defence export deal, one of the largest-ever in Israel’s history, Israel and Greece on Monday, August 31, signed the giant ‘Achilles Shield’ deal, under which Israel will…
- Middle East
Two killed, several injured in US strike on Larak Island
Two people were killed and several others injured in an overnight US strike on Iran’s Larak Island, Iranian state media reported on Monday, August 31, citing the governor of Qeshm. The strike…
- Middle East
Mojtaba Khamenei urges Gulf rulers to unite against ‘real enemy’
Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei has urged Muslim countries, particularly those in the Gulf, to unite and confront what he described as attempts by the United States and…
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South Africa takes Israel back to ICJ over Gaza court orders
South Africa announced on Friday, August 28, that it had submitted an extensive file to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), presenting evidence it says shows Israel has failed to comply with…
- Middle East
Israeli settlers attack NBC crew, Palestinian woman in West Bank
West Bank: Masked Israeli settlers attacked and injured members of an NBC News crew and a Palestinian woman in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, August 29, amid a surge in settler…
- Middle East
Netanyahu condemns rioters after West Bank settler violence
Cairo: Israel’s prime minister has spoken out after weeks of settler violence in the occupied West Bank and condemned the actions of a “handful of rioters.” Israeli strikes and fire have killed…
- Middle East
Hormuz crisis leaves 400 ships, 6,000 seafarers stranded in Gulf
Up to 400 ships carrying around 6,000 seafarers remain unable to leave the Persian Gulf safely, six months after the conflict in the Middle East began, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) said…
- Middle East
Six months into war, Iran’s hard-liners defy US, tighten grip
Tehran: After six months of war, Iran’s leadership has coalesced around a hard core of military generals and clerics long entrenched in the ruling theocracy. They are ready for a potentially long…
- Middle East
Gaza: 4 Palestinians killed in 24 Israeli ceasefire violations
Gaza Strip: Israeli forces carried out 24 alleged violations of the ceasefire agreement across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, August 27, killing four Palestinians and injuring 14 others, including four children and…
- Middle East
Iran’s FM says US must drop pressure to put diplomacy on track
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said the United States must abandon pressure and build trust if diplomacy is to be put back on track. In a post on X on…
- Middle East
Israeli restrictions push Gaza aid to ‘breaking point’, UN told
Gaza Strip: Athena Rayburn, Executive Director of the Association of International Development Agencies (AIDA), said Israeli restrictions had pushed humanitarian operations in Gaza to “an absolute breaking point”. Speaking at the UN…
- Middle East
Qatar PM to visit Tehran for Iran-US de-escalation talks
Doha: Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani is due to visit Tehran on Thursday, August 27, as Doha seeks to ease tensions between Iran and the United…
- Middle East
Six months on, Trump’s Iran war has no end in sight
Washington: When President Donald Trump launched the war with Iran in late February, he initially forecast it would last four to five weeks. Six months later, there’s still no off-ramp in sight…
- Middle East
Trump official leading Gaza ceasefire effort criticizes Israel
United Nations: The official in charge of President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan for Gaza criticized Israel on Wednesday for its attacks on the war-battered Palestinian territory and warned that the alternative to…
- Middle East
No rush, prepared to let war go on as long as possible: Trump
United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday, August 26, said that he is “not in a hurry” to resume talks with Iran and that he is prepared to let the war with…
