6 h. ago Two dead and several injured after Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni blamed Israel for the attack while the Pope said he was ‘deeply saddened’ by the deaths

Events

10 h. ago More than 60 people killed in Iraq after fire sweeps through mall

The blaze erupted late on Wednesday in the city of al-Kut – with 14 bodies yet to be identified

Events

15 h. ago Syrian government and Druze minority leaders announce new ceasefire as Israeli strikes continue

Convoys of government forces have begun withdrawing from the city of Sweida

Politics

17 h. ago Holiday hotspot where Brits can get fined for hanging laundry on balconies

Hanging laundry on balconies or windows without using designated drying areas is prohibited in Singapore, so make sure you think twice before you get those garments up there

Politics

31 h. ago Israel targets Syrian capital after days of sectarian fighting

Benjamin Netanyahu claims to be protecting the Druze, a religious sect suspicious of Syria’s new government

Politics

32 h. ago Iran seizes foreign tanker smuggling 2 million litres of fuel

The Gulf of Oman is a vital shipping route for oil produced around the Persian Gulf

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34 h. ago At least 20 killed in crush at Gaza aid point – Middle East crisis live

Israeli-backed logistics group the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation claims people trampled in Khan Younis while health officials say they were suffocatedIran’s parliament said the country should not resume nuclear negotiations with the United States until preconditions are met, in a statement reported on Wednesday by Iranian state media, Reuters reports.The statement said:When the U.S. use negotiations as a tool to deceive Iran and cover up a sudden military attack by the Zionist regime (Israel), talks cannot be conducted as before. Preconditions must be set and no new negotiations can take place until they are fully met, Continue reading...

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51 h. ago Former UK Middle East minister accused of breaching transparency rules in Bahrain advisory role

Conservative Lord Tariq Ahmad denies contact while in office with King Hamad Global Center for Peaceful CoexistenceA former UK Middle East minister has been accused of breaching transparency rules over a paid advisory role with an influential Bahraini centre that has links to the Gulf state’s government.The Conservative peer Tariq Ahmad, who denies wrongdoing, was cleared by a watchdog to take up his role as a paid adviser to the King Hamad Global Center for Peaceful Coexistence (KHC). Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago Wizz Air stops flights from Middle East airport overshadowed by neighbouring Dubai

Last year, 92.3 million passengers traveled through Dubai, compared to 28.8 million for Zayed

Transport

3 d. ago Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian injured during Israel’s attacks

The attack came on the fourth day of a 12-day war Israel launched against Iran in June

Politics

3 d. ago ‘Humanitarian city’ in Gaza a concentration camp for Palestinians: former Israeli PM

Forcing people into the proposed ‘humanitarian city’ would be ethnic cleansing, Ehud Olmert says

Politics

3 d. ago Search ends for missing crew of ship sunk by Houthis in Red Sea

Four people presumed dead and 11 unaccounted for after Yemeni forces sink bulk carrier Eternity C

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4 d. ago Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 30 people including six children gathering water, hospitals say

Six children were killed by an Israeli strike on a water collection point while another three were killed when a home was struck

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4 d. ago Vulture by Phoebe Greenwood: The darkly comic despair of the foreign correspondent

This novel doesn’t need the old-fashioned disclaimer that any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental, because plainly it isn’t. Like her heroine, Sara Byrne, author Phoebe Greenwood was a freelance newspaper correspondent on the Middle East.

Politics

5 d. ago Nearly 800 killed near Gaza food distribution sites and aid convoys since late May, says UN

More than 600 of these deaths were recorded near the Israel-backed GHF aid distribution site

Events

5 d. ago Gaza truce talks stall as 28 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes overnight

Sources say the talks are faltering over the extent of Israeli forces' withdrawal from the Palestinian enclave

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5 d. ago UN says fuel shortage in Gaza at ‘critical levels’ – Middle East crisis live

A lack of fuel means ‘lifelines will vanish for 2.1 million people’, the UN saidIsraeli airstrikes killed at least 28 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including four children, hospital officials said on Saturday, the Associated Press (AP) reports. The four children and two women were among at least 13 people who were killed in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, after Israeli airstrikes pounded the area starting late on Friday, officials in Al-Aqsa Martyr’s hospital said.Another four people were killed in strikes near a fuel station, and 15 others died in Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, according to Nasser hospital. The Israeli military said in a statement that over the past 48 hours, troops struck approximately 250 targets in the Gaza Strip, including militants, booby-trapped structures, weapons storage facilities, anti-tank missile launch posts, sniper posts, tunnels and additional Hamas infrastructure sites. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago People waiting for aid among dozens reported killed by Israeli forces in Gaza – Middle East crisis live

Gaza civil defence said Israeli forces killed at least 30 people on FridayTurkish president Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that a new page opened for Turkey following the start of a weapons handover by Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) militants, Reuters reports.He said:As of yesterday, the scourge of terrorism has entered the process of ending. Today is a new day; a new page has opened in history. Today, the doors of a great, powerful Turkey have been flung wide open.Following incidents in which harm to civilians who arrived at distribution facilities was reported, thorough examinations were conducted... and instructions were issued to forces in the field following lessons learned. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed may face death penalty as deal thrown out

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001 that dictated US interventionist policy toward the Middle East for decades

Economics

5 d. ago Sand and dust storms affect about 330 million people in over 150 countries, UN agency says

Sand and dust storms affect about 330 million people in over 150 countries and are taking an increasing toll on health, economies and the environment

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