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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 ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will be attending meetings in Lausanne, Switzerland to discuss a settlement of the Syrian crisis. (AFP/File)

October 13th, 2016 - 01:00 GMT

Switzerland to host latest round of talks on Syrian crisis Oct. 15

Airstrikes on Libya ousted Muammar Gaddhafi from power, but turned the country into a chaotic breeding ground for Daesh and other extremist groups. (AFP/File)

October 13th, 2016 - 12:00 GMT

Arab Parliament rejects JASTA, calls to hold US accountable for decades of Middle East conflict

The US strikes come after cruise missiles targeted the USS Mason destroyer twice in a week. (AFP/File)

October 13th, 2016 - 12:00 GMT

US strikes Houthi areas in Yemen after warship targeted twice

Egypt-Saudi relations initially flourished following a visit to Cairo by King Salman in April. (AFP/File)

October 13th, 2016 - 11:00 GMT

While officials deny tension, activists say Egypt and Saudi in ‘unofficial cold war’

A Palestinian boy walks past a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, Jan. 24, 2016. (AFP/File)

October 13th, 2016 - 10:00 GMT

Israeli forces shoot Palestinian child dead in Gaza

Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon has become notorious for its violence due to militant groups operating in the camp. (AFP/File)

October 13th, 2016 - 09:00 GMT

Militant shot dead as violence continues in Lebanon’s Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp

Syrian Kurds mourn next to coffins as they attend the funeral procession of four Kurdish fighters in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli on February 18, 2016. (AFP/Delil Souleiman)

October 13th, 2016 - 08:00 GMT

Turkish crackdown on free speech shuts down Sweden-based Kurdish TV station

Missiles fired from Yemen targeted a US warship for the second time in a week.

October 13th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

Missiles again target US warship off Yemeni coaste

This undated Handout pictures released on October 8, 2016 by the criminal office of Saxony shows a person believed to be the 22-year-old Syrian named Jaber Al-Bakr suspected of being involved in the found of explosive traces during the search of an apartment in Chemnitz, eastern Germany. (AFP/File)

October 13th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Syrian bomb suspect commits suicide in German jail

Human Rights Watch recently released a report revealing a pattern of cracking down on free speech by Palestinian authorities. (AFP/File)

October 13th, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Palestinian officer given jail time for criticizing Abbas on social media

Syrians walk over rubble following air strikes on the rebel-held Fardous neighbourhood of the northern embattled Syrian city of Aleppo on October 12, 2016. (AFP/Ameer Alhalbi)

October 13th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

Onslaught on Aleppo kills at least 50 more civilians

An Afghan security personnel walks as he keep watch near the site of an attack by gunmen inside the Kart-e- Sakhi shrine in Kabul on October 11, 2016. (AFP/Wakil Kohsar)

October 12th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

Taliban denies involvement in slaughter of pilgrims at a Shia shrine