Fri 06 March 2026: Israel’s Civil Administration has cancelled Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, the latest in a series of Israeli restrictions imposed at Islam’s third-holiest site since the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Civil Administration Chief Brigadier General Hisham Ibrahim said on Thursday via the Israeli […]
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The Israel-US war on Iran has rapidly spilt into neighbouring Gulf nations, all of which host American military bases. / TRT World Thu 05 March 2026: Tehran has widened the scope of its retaliation, with the bulk of its fury directed at targets in the Arab countries of the region. Iran has launched far more […]
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Thu 05 March 2026: To carry out strikes on 1,000 targets on the first day of its assault on Iran, the US military relied on the most sophisticated artificial intelligence system it has deployed in combat to date, technology that the Pentagon may find difficult to abandon even as it ends its relationship with the […]
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Thu 05 March 2026: Russia and China have condemned the US-Israeli attack on Iran but stopped short of offering military support. Russia and China, Tehran’s two most powerful diplomatic partners, have labelled the US-Israeli war on Iran that has killed more than 1,000 people a clear violation of international law. President Vladimir Putin called the assassination […]
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Wed 04 March 2026: At least 108 sailors are missing after an Iranian warship was “attacked by a foreign submarine” near the South Asian island nation of Sri Lanka, local outlet the Daily Mirror reported, citing defense sources. It added that 78 other sailors were wounded in the incident while the identity of the sailors […]
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An oil tanker that ignored the closure of the strait of Hormuz appears to be on fire on 1 March. Wed 04 March 2026: President Donald Trump has said the US Navy could escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz if necessary and has ordered Washington to provide insurance guarantees for vessels crossing the […]
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Wed 04 March 2026: The UK government awarded £90,000 ($114,000) in public funds to an Israeli research initiative whose findings around alleged sexual violence on 7 October were later used to mobilise support for the Gaza genocide, according to reporting by Novara Media. Documents released following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request show that the Foreign, […]
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Wed 04 March 2026: The CIA is working to arm Iranian Kurdish forces as part of an effort to foment a popular uprising in Iran, according to multiple people familiar with the plan who spoke to CNN. The discussions, involving the Trump administration and Kurdish leaders in Iraq, center on using armed Kurdish groups to […]
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Wed 03 December 2025: The city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip hosted a mass wedding Tuesday for 54 couples in a celebration supported by Abu Dhabi as part of events marking the UAE’s 54th Union Day. The ceremony, held in the rubble of destroyed buildings in the Hamad residential area, was organized […]
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Wed 03 December 2025: Defiance of compulsory veiling is now widespread in Iran, the Associated Press reported, after a government-approved visit in November found women and girls appearing in public without headscarves in one of the most visible social shifts since Mahsa Amini’s death in 2022. The outlet’s journalists observed women and girls moving openly […]
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