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Iranian defence minister Amir Hatami (L) meeting with his Syrian counterpart Abdullah Ayoub (R) in the capital Damascus. Iran and Syria signed a deal for military cooperation in a meeting between the defence ministers of the two countries in Damascus, Iranian media reported on Monday. (Photo: AFP)

Iran, Syria sign deal for military cooperation: reports

US national security adviser John Bolton said last week that Iran should remove its forces from Syria.

27 Aug 2018 3:27 PM IST

Researchers explain how wastewater injection depth causes earthquakes. (Photo: Pixabay)

2 dead, more than 200 Injured as 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits Iran

The shallow quake hit 26 kilometres (16 miles) southwest of the city of Javanrud in Kermanshah province, the US...

26 Aug 2018 11:32 AM IST

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

ISIS releases new audio of dead' al-Baghdadi

The audio's authenticity could not be independently verified and there were no clues as to where it was recorded.

24 Aug 2018 2:54 AM IST

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called for attacks in the West in the Telegram message on Eid al-Adha, which comes as ISIS has lost most of its territory in Iraq and Syria. (Photo: AFP)

Don't forget to run people over: ISIS chief in new audio

Baghdadi's speech was mainly focused on decline of American influence around the world and claimed credit on behalf of...

23 Aug 2018 2:00 PM IST

US President Donald Trump

Palestinian leaders reject Trump pledge to give them something very...

Trump's push for a Israeli-Palestinian peace deal was impossible without 'recognising east Jerusalem as capital of the...

23 Aug 2018 12:56 PM IST

I will certainly meet with Iran(ian leadership), if they want to, the US President said. (Photo: AP)

After Trump aide's warning, Iran threatens to hit US, Israel targets

US-Iranian war of words has escalated since Donald Trump withdrew Washington from the world powers' nuclear deal with...

23 Aug 2018 11:36 AM IST

Palestinian laborers work at a construction site in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, near Jerusalem. (Photo: AP)

Israel approves more than 1,000 West Bank settler homes: NGO

Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman had pledged to build 400 new homes in the settlement in response to the stabbings.

23 Aug 2018 11:17 AM IST

Law enforcers lobbed several rounds of tear gas canisters targeting the building after the blast. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

Suicide attack kills at least six tribal militiamen in northern Iraq

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack but Islamic State militants operate in the area.

22 Aug 2018 4:08 PM IST

John Bolton led negotiations for America to withdraw from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty so that the Bush administration could proceed with a national missile-defence programme. (Photo: AP)

US to act 'very strongly' if Syria uses chemical arms: Bolton

Bolton also said that the Trump administration was not seeking to oust Iran's leadership with its reimposition of...

22 Aug 2018 3:12 PM IST

Images on state television showed President Hassan Rouhani sitting in the cockpit of the new Kowsar fourth-generation fighter at the National Defence Industry exhibition in Tehran. (Photo: AFP)

Iran unveils first domestic fighter jet to deter enemies, create...

'When I speak of our readiness to defend, it means we seek lasting peace. If we lack readiness, we welcome war,'...

21 Aug 2018 5:25 PM IST

Uri Avnery, Israeli writer and founder of the Gush Shalom peace movement, speaks during a interview with AFP at his home in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on July 26, 2011. (Photo: AFP)

Uri Avnery, Israeli peace activist who met Arafat, dies aged 94

In 1950, Avnery founded an independent weekly magazine, Haolam Hazeh, which he edited for 40 years.

20 Aug 2018 5:49 PM IST

The statement said the investigation was ongoing and the suspect or suspects have not yet been identified. (Photo: AP)

Shots fired at gate of US Embassy in Turkey, no injuries

Ankara governor's office said six shots were fired from a moving white car towards the embassy compound at 5:30 am (2:30...

20 Aug 2018 4:58 PM IST