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Iranian forces view the American presence in the Gulf as a provocation by itself. (Photo: AP)

US Navy ship fires warning shots near Iranian ship: Official

The official spoke on condition of anonymity as the incident had yet to be made public.

25 July 2017 8:49 PM IST

Two people were hacked to death by their elder brother at Alharwad. In the second incident a man was stabbed to death at Goa Ves. (Representational image)

Indian man dies of heart attack in Dubai before flying home

However, the man was not seen outside his room in the company's staff accommodation in Sharjah for a couple of days.

25 July 2017 3:53 PM IST

Palestinians run away from tear gas fired by Israeli forces in Jerusalem. An escalating dispute over metal detectors at a contested Jerusalem shrine turned violent on Friday, setting off widespread clashes between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli troops. (Photo: AP)

Post Muslim protests, metal detectors removed from key Jerusalem...

Israel installed the metal detectors in response to an Arab attack that killed 2 Israeli police guards at the...

25 July 2017 12:05 PM IST

Security forces stand guard outside Israeli embassy in residential Rabiyeh neighbourhood of Jordanian capital Amman after shooting on Sunday. (Photo: AFP)

Israel embassy attack fuels crisis

Jordan is the Muslim custodian of the shrine, which is also holy to Jews.

25 July 2017 1:14 AM IST

Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses foreign ambassadors at a Ramadan dinner in Ankara, Turkey. Erdogan has voiced support for Qatar in its dispute with Saudi Arabia and other nations, saying no one will benefit from the policy of isolating the oil-rich nation. (Photo: AP)

Turkey President Erdogan in Qatar for talks on Gulf crisis

Erdogan was greeted by Qatari ruler Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani in Doha ahead of their first face-to-face talks...

24 July 2017 9:14 PM IST

Palestinians pray in front of mock metal detectors during a demonstration in Bethlehem. Israels minister of public security said Sunday that metal detectors set at the entrance to a major Jerusalem shrine that angered Palestinians could be removed if police have another way of ensuring security there. (Photo: AP)

Pan-Islamic body to meet over Jerusalem crisis

'The issue of the Al-Aqsa mosque is a red line', the Jeddah-based OIC said in a statement after a meeting in the Saudi...

24 July 2017 6:57 PM IST

Pockets of Mosul remain insecure and the city has been heavily damaged by nearly nine months of gruelling urban combat. (Photo: AP)

After Mosul victory, Iraq mulls future of Shiite militias

Tens of thousands of men, many of them members of the long-established Shiite militias with close ties to Iran, answered...

24 July 2017 5:54 PM IST

An Iraqi man removes rubble from his damaged house in a neighborhood recently retaken by Iraqi security forces during fights against Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq. (Photo: AP)

Hundreds of ISIS terrorists bodies lie in freezers, countries refuse...

The corpses have been shipped to Misrata, a city further to the west whose forces led the fight to defeat ISIS in Sirte...

24 July 2017 1:32 PM IST

Security forces stand guard outside Israeli embassy in residential Rabiyeh neighbourhood of Jordanian capital Amman after shooting on Sunday. (Photo: AFP)

2 Jordanians die in shooting at Israeli embassy in Amman

A crowd estimated at more than 8,000 turned out for a demonstration called by Islamist movements and leftist parties.

24 July 2017 11:47 AM IST

Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses foreign ambassadors at a Ramadan dinner in Ankara, Turkey. Erdogan has voiced support for Qatar in its dispute with Saudi Arabia and other nations, saying no one will benefit from the policy of isolating the oil-rich nation. (Photo: AP)

Erdogan says prolonging Gulf crisis 'not in anyone's interest'

'From the first moments of the Qatar crisis, we have been on the side of peace, stability, solidarity and dialogue',...

23 July 2017 2:10 PM IST

Undated photo of Princeton researcher Xiyue Wang. (Photo: AP)

Judiciary impartial: Iran rejects US threats over detained Americans

Washington and Tehran severed diplomatic relations in 1980 when US embassy staff were taken hostage for 444 days.

23 July 2017 9:15 AM IST

The Egyptian authorities are battling an insurgency by the Islamic State (ISIS) group in North Sinai that has killed hundreds of members of the security forces. (Photo: Representational/AFP)

Egypt kills 30 extremists in Sinai: military

The military did not specify to which group the 30 extremists belonged but described them as 'extremely dangerous'.

22 July 2017 4:59 PM IST