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Iran calls for regional coordination in calls with Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (222+ words) Sunday March 22, 2026 Iran's foreign minister called for vigilance and regional coordination in separate "calls with counterparts in Turkey, Egypt and Pakistan "as the military warned of a tougher response to any further attacks on its energy infrastructure, state media reported…...
Freight rates triple as Middle East crisis cuts air cargo capacity
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (613+ words) Saturday March 14, 2026 The ongoing Middle East crisis has sharply reduced air cargo export capacity, pushing freight rates to double and in some cases nearly triple over the past two weeks. In addition to higher costs, flight disruptions have also prolonged…...
Bahrain says water desalination plant damaged in Iranian drone attack
1+ week, 6+ day ago (140+ words) Sunday March 08, 2026 Bahrain has said an Iranian drone strike damaged a water desalination plant and injured three people, as Tehran continues its air campaign against Gulf countries. "The Iranian aggression randomly targets civilian facilities and caused material damage to a…...
Missile strike kills Bangladeshi worker in Bahrain, family urges govt to bring him home
2+ week, 4+ day ago (303+ words) Sunday March 08, 2026 Abul Mohsin Tareq had hoped for a different homecoming this year. After 32 years of migrant work abroad, he planned to spend Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Azha with his family for a longer, unhurried stay " trading decades of exhausting labour overseas…...
Indonesia will quit Trump's Board of Peace if it does not benefit Palestinians: Prabowo
2+ week, 15+ hour ago (398+ words) Sunday March 08, 2026 Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto said he will withdraw from US President Donald Trump's "Board "of Peace" if it does not benefit Palestinians, according to a government statement on 6 March, after the Iran war deepened doubts over his country's…...
The Gaza ceasefire began months ago. Here's why the fighting persists
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (760+ words) Saturday February 07, 2026 As the bodies of two dozen Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes arrived at hospitals in Gaza yesterday (4 February), the director of one asked a question that has echoed across the war-ravaged territory for months. "Where is the ceasefire?...
US aircraft carrier enters Middle East region, officials say
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (356+ words) Monday January 26, 2026 A US aircraft carrier and supporting warships have arrived in the Middle East, two US officials told Reuters on Monday, expanding President Donald Trump's capabilities to defend US forces, or potentially take military action against Iran. The aircraft…...
Gaza reports 14 dead after Israel says it killed two top Hamas figures
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (260+ words) Wednesday January 14, 2026 The Israel Defense Forces gives a statement yesterday (9 January) that it killed two top Hamas figures in Thursday's airstrikes, but Gaza health officials reported 14 deaths in 24 hours. IDF gives a statement that the military killed Kamal Abd al-Rahman…...
Netanyahu officially asks Israeli president for pardon
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (102+ words) Sunday November 30, 2025 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has submitted an official request for his pardon to Israeli President Isaac Herzog, the Israeli president's office said on Sunday (30 November). "The Office of the President is aware that this is an extraordinary…...
Israeli army announces new operation in northern West Bank
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (99+ words) Wednesday November 26, 2025 The Israeli military on Wednesday announced a new "counterterrorism" operation in the north of the occupied West Bank. The military and internal security service said in a joint statement that they "began operating as part of a broad…...