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Al-Zawahri, an Egyptian, became leader of al-Qaida following the 2011 killing of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan by US Navy SEALs. (Photo: AP)

Al-Qaida chief in 9/11 speech calls for attacks on West: report

Al-Zawahri’s speech was recorded in a 33-minute, 28-second video produced by the group’s as-Sahab Media Foundation.

12 Sep 2019 8:11 AM

Hours earlier, bodyguards rushed Netanyahu to shelter in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod when the sirens sounded during a Tuesday evening rally. (Photo: File)

Israel hits Gaza after rocket sirens force Netanyahu off stage

The Israeli military said 15 targets were hit, including a weapons manufacturing facility.

11 Sep 2019 11:40 AM

Since ditching the nuclear deal, calling it skewed to Iran's advantage, Trump has reimposed sanctions to strangle its vital oil trade and force Tehran to accept stricter limits on its nuclear activity, curb its ballistic missile programme and end its support for proxy forces around the Middle East. (Photo: File)

US will impose sanction whoever purchases Iran's oil: official

Iran's crude oil exports were slashed by more than 80 pc due to re-imposed sanctions by US after Trump exited Iran's 2015 nuclear deal.

09 Sep 2019 12:16 PM

The US has been negotiating with the Taliban in the last few months at Doha despite the group’s reluctance to hold direct talks with the Afghan government, which it views as a US puppet. (Photo: AP)

Trump’s tweets on calling off peace talks ‘unbelievable’: Taliban

Trump on Saturday announced that he was calling off the peace negotiations with the Taliban.

09 Sep 2019 8:24 AM

Prince Abdulaziz is a longstanding member of the No. 1 crude exporter's delegation to the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), with decades of experience in the oil sector, Al Jazeera reported. (Photo: ANI)

Saudi King Salman names son Abdulaziz as new energy minister

The new energy minister is an older half-brother to the crown prince, Mohammad Bin Salman, and an experienced oil industry figure in Saudi.

08 Sep 2019 4:46 PM

The tanker Adrian Darya-1, formerly known as the Grace-1, turned off its Automatic Identification System late Monday, leading to speculation it would be heading to Syria. Other Iranian oil tankers have similarly turned off their tracking beacons in the area, with analysts saying they believe crude oil ends up in Syria in support of embattled President Bashar Assad’s government. (Photo: Twitter | AFP)

Satellite images show Iran oil tanker sought by US off Syria

Iranian and Syrian officials have not acknowledged the vessel’s presence there.

07 Sep 2019 3:10 PM

President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that the new steps included abandoning all limits set by the 2015 deal to Iran's nuclear research and development. (Photo: File)

Iran will announce details of latest nuclear move on Saturday

Iran and three European countries -- Britain, France and Germany -- have been engaged in talks to try to save the nuclear deal.

06 Sep 2019 10:18 AM

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday ordered all limits on nuclear research and development to be lifted, the country's third step in scaling down its commitments to a 2015 deal with world powers. (Photo: File)

Iran President Hassan Rouhani orders lifting of all nuclear R&D limits

Iranian president had also said Tehran and the European powers had been getting closer to an agreement on a way to resolve burning issues.

05 Sep 2019 12:21 PM

America fought its last major naval battle in these waters in 1988 against Iran. (Photo: Representational image)

US raises stakes with Iran, increases patrolling in Persina Gulf

The U.S. Navy is trying to put together a new coalition of nations to counter what it sees as a renewed maritime threat from Iran.

03 Sep 2019 3:45 PM

US President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani. (Photo: AFP)

Iran President Rouhani rules out any bilateral talks with US

Tehran and Washington have been at loggerheads since last year when US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the nuclear accord.

03 Sep 2019 1:35 PM

Hezbollah issued a statement soon afterward saying it had destroyed an Israeli military vehicle and killed and wounded those inside. (Photo: AFP)

Escalation between Israel, Hezbollah ends but tensions remained along Lebanese border

Burnt fields could be seen in the border area and a new military checkpoint was set up outside the Israeli community of Avivim.

02 Sep 2019 6:01 PM

Netanyahu, whose re-election campaign ahead of a poll less than three weeks away could have been complicated by war in the north, signalled business as usual after the hostilities erupted along the frontier with Lebanon. (Photo: AP)

Israel ready for any scenario after Hezbollah clash: Netanyahu

Israel's military said anti-tank missiles from Lebanon targeted an army base and vehicles.

02 Sep 2019 10:31 AM

There were speculations that the satellite was Nahid-1. Jahromi's tweet claimed that the satellite was intact. (Photo: Twitter | @azarijahromi)

Iran gets back at Trump's taunt of failed Iranian satellite launch

Trump, on Saturday, had posted a picture of what looked like a failed launch of an Iranian satellite.

01 Sep 2019 6:19 PM

The attacks are seen as strengthening the Taliban's negotiating position in the talks with US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad. (Photo: File | AFP)

Taliban attack 2nd Afghan city as US envoy affirms closeness of deal

The attack Sunday comes a day after the Taliban attacked Kunduz, one of Afghanistan's largest cities and killed at least 16 people.

01 Sep 2019 10:58 AM

'We are at the threshold of an agreement that will reduce violence and open the door for Afghans to sit together to negotiate an honourable & sustainable peace and a unified, sovereign Afghanistan that does not threaten the United States, its allies, or any other country,' Khalilzad wrote on Twitter. (Photo: ANI)

US, Taliban on 'threshold' of an agreement: Khalilzad

The agreement between the Taliban and the US is centred around the latter's promise to withdraw its troops from the war-torn country.

01 Sep 2019 9:39 AM

Air strikes stop in Syria's Idlib after truce announced

Clashes between regime loyalists and insurgents on the edges of the anti-government bastion have also ceased after a unilateral ceasefire.

31 Aug 2019 4:21 PM

Hamid Reza Derakhshandeh was executed at the scene where he killed the cleric on May 29, IRNA reported. (Representational Image)

Iran man publicly hanged at spot where he killed cleric

The cleric had been the leader of Friday prayers in Kazeroun, the capital of Fars province, since 2007.

28 Aug 2019 2:25 PM

'I heard what Nasrallah said. I suggest to Nasrallah to calm down. He knows well that Israel knows how to defend itself and to pay back its enemies,' Netanyahu said in a speech. (Photo: File)

'Calm down': Netanyahu asks Hezbollah leader after drone incident

In a speech on Sunday, Hezbollah leader Nasrallah accused Israel of carrying out an attack with an exploding drone earlier that day.

28 Aug 2019 1:37 PM

The coast guard gave a lower estimate for those missing and feared drowned, saying it was 15 to 20 people. (Photo: AP)

40 migrants feared drowned after Europe bound boat in capsized in Libya

Tuesday’s shipwreck was the latest maritime disaster involving migrants seeking a better life in Europe.

28 Aug 2019 10:38 AM

Rouhani's statement came a day after US President Donald Trump said he was open to meeting. (Photo: File)

Iran’s Rouhani tells US to take ‘first step’ by lifting sanctions

'You must retreat from all illegal, unjust and wrong sanctions against the nation of Iran,' Rouhani said.

27 Aug 2019 1:29 PM

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