A private passenger plane crashes, overrunning the runway at Misrata Airport, while attempting an emergency landing this morning. The plane caught fir...

The National Oil Corporation’s (NOC) chairman, Masoud Suleiman, reported yesterday that he had met with the Senior Policy Advisor for Libyan Affairs a...

At least 51 people rescued as search operation continues off the island of Gavnos near Crete.

Yemeni government forces have advanced in western Taiz after successfully repelling a Houthi offensive.

The authorities have struggled to contain the fallout, as frightened migrants flee the country.

A TV news presenter has been named as the traditional kingdom of Tooro's new monarch but the late king's family claim he chose an heir.

The April rescue operation to recover the downed aircrew saw the first US boots on the ground in Iran in 46 years, American officials say.

Iraq removes a military commander and opens investigations into the attack that came from an area bordering Iran.

According to the UN, more than 86,000 people have been displaced in Yemen since July, following fighting between the Iran-backed Houthis rebels and government forces. Many have fled to refugee camps in government-controlled Aden, while others have headed to neighbouring Djibouti.

The conflict in Yemen intensified on Sunday, as government forces launched attacks against Iran-backed Houthi rebels along the Red Sea and Houthis fired into neighboring Saudi Arabia, which supports Yemen’s government. The Yemeni government vowed to send more forces to the Red Sea coast and one official conceded a “painful” defeat last week when Houthis captured the port city of Mokha and an island on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a crucial shipping alternative to the Strait of Hormuz.

JAKARTA: Hundreds of Indonesian rescuers, police and specialized navy underwater teams were on Monday searching for 128 people still missing after a passenger ship capsized in the Java Sea over the weekend. The KM Virgo Transport 8 vessel with 243 people on board left Surabaya on the island of Java for Banjarmasin on Borneo island, some 490 km away, on Saturday. Early on Sunday, the ship’s captain informed its operator about the rough weather and that the vessel was tilting. Hours after communic

RIYADH: Inflation in Oman accelerated in August, while Jordan recorded a more moderate annual increase and a monthly decline in consumer prices, official data showed. Oman’s inflation rate rose to 3.4 percent year on year in August, up from 3.2 percent in July and above the 2.9 percent average recorded during the first eight months of 2026, Oman News Agency reported, citing data from the National Centre for Statistics and Information. Transport prices saw an annual increase of 8.5 percent, wh

At least two people were killed and 13 others wounded on Sunday, 13 September, when an Israeli airstrike hit a car in Gaza City's Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood, according to local medical sources cited by news agencies. Israel said the strike targeted two Hamas engineers involved in weapons production.

More than 2,000 people have reached Djibouti, according to the International Organization for Migration, after the Houthis' capture of a key port city and an island on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in recent days alarmed Yemeni civilians, who fear a return to devastating civil war.