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Cargo Ship in Hormuz

May 3rd, 2026 - 09:03 GMT

Osama Ali

Small boats attack cargo ship near strait of Hormuz

ALBAWABA - According to the UK Maritime Trade Operations, several small boats attacked a cargo ship near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz. This has raised new security worries in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. About 11 nautical miles west of the Iranian port city of Sirik, where the event happened, the ship's captain said that several small boats were coming up behind them and aiming at ...

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri has said he will back General Michel Aoun for President. (AFP/File)

October 21st, 2016 - 01:00 GMT

Hariri to back Aoun for President in a bid to break the political deadlock in Lebanon

Palestinian security forces are seen on patrol in the West Bank city of Nablus. (AFP/File)

October 21st, 2016 - 11:00 GMT

Clashes in Balata refugee camp following raid by Palestinian security forces

Iraqi soldiers and civilians check the damage after a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle in northern Baghdad's Sadr City, May 17, 2016. (AFP/Ahmad al Rubaye)

October 21st, 2016 - 09:00 GMT

Three blasts hit Baghdad, killing seven and injuring 19

Smoke rises from reported opposition fire from buildings in an eastern government-held neighbourhood of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on October 20, 2016 as clashes erupted in an area designated as a humanitarian corridor for civilians to leave the embattles city, an AFP journalist said, despite an announced pause in the Syrian army's Russian-backed offensive. (AFP/George Ourfalian)

October 21st, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

‘Humanitarian pause’ comes into effect in Aleppo

Israeli security forces gather at the site where a Palestinian woman attempted to stab an Israeli border police with a knife before being shot dead, near the Zaatara checkpoint, south of the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on October 19, 2016. (AFP/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)

October 21st, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Video shows Palestinian woman being shot to death by IDF at Zaatara checkpoint

Syrian boys stand next to an Arab Red Crescent lorry carrying humanitarian aid in the rebel-held town of Douma, east of the Syrian capital Damascus, on October 19, 2016. (AFP/Abd Doumany)

October 21st, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Clashes between government, rebels in Aleppo means no escape for civilians

Lebanese security forces have made a number of arrests of people suspected of planning to carry out attacks in the country. (AFP/File)

October 20th, 2016 - 02:00 GMT

Lebanon arrests eight suspects accused of planning attacks

People walk in the main street of the ''Jungle'' migrant camp where all makeshift shops have closed as French Interior Minister said on the eve the demolition of the camp would take place "within days" on October 19, 2016. (AFP/Denis Charlet)

October 20th, 2016 - 01:00 GMT

UK dentists reject ‘unethical’ call to examine refugees’ teeth to determine age

Turkish tanks are seen during a military operation in Jarabulus in northern Syria. (AFP/File)

October 20th, 2016 - 12:00 GMT

Turkish jets continue strikes on US-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria

Iraqi soldiers look on as smoke rises from the Qayyarah area, some 35 miles south of Mosul, on October 19, 2016, as Iraqi forces take part in an operation against Daesh to retake the main city. (AFP/Yasin Akgul)

October 20th, 2016 - 11:00 GMT

Iraqi and Kurdish troops closing in on Daesh-held Mosul

Yemeni fighters from the separatist Southern Movement, loyal to the government forces, arrive for a rally marking the anniversary of the south's revolt against British colonial rule on October 13, 2016, in the southern city of Aden. (AFP/Saleh al-Obeidi)

October 20th, 2016 - 10:00 GMT

Temporary ceasefire in Yemen already breached with heavy shelling in Taiz

The Lebanese army is seen on patrol in the border town of Arsal. (AFP/File)

October 20th, 2016 - 09:00 GMT

Lebanese army receives shipment of ammunition from Belgium