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Iran
Trump says Iran wants to negotiate after reports of hundreds killed in unrest
US president says Tehran reached out for talks, as rights groups warn of a ‘massacre’ unfolding in escalating protests.
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Israel-Gaza war
Hamas says will dissolve its Gaza government when Palestinian body takes over
12 Jan 2026 - 11:17AM
Israel-Gaza war
Gaza clings to Medecins Sans Frontieres following Israeli aid ban
11 Jan 2026 - 5:58PM
Iran
Iran will target US, Israel if Trump strikes over protest
Israel is also on high alert for the possibility of a US intervention to support Tehran’s protest movement.
11 Jan 2026 - 8:07PM
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Iranians block a street during a protest in Tehran on Friday. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS
Middle East
US says it carried out new ‘large-scale’ strikes against Isis in Syria
The attack is the latest response to a shooting by a lone militant that killed two American soldiers and a US civilian interpreter.
11 Jan 2026 - 5:54AM
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Middle East
‘Tools of repression’: crackdown fears grow as Iran rocked by new rallies
Activists warn authorities could intensify suppression of the protests under cover of the internet blackout.
10 Jan 2026 - 9:50PM
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Iran
Iran protests: a day-by-day guide to the country’s unfolding crisis
What began with a currency collapse has spiralled into a deadly nationwide revolt, with dozens killed and internet access cut.
10 Jan 2026 - 1:41PM
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A protester in Paris waves a pre-1979 Islamic Revolution Iranian flag during a demonstration on January 4. Photo: AFP
Iran
‘Something has to give’: Iran on the brink as protest fury mounts
Weakened by conflict with Israel and a plummeting currency, analysts say the regime faces a choice between radical reform or collapse.
10 Jan 2026 - 1:30PM
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Middle East
Trump says protest-hit Iran in ‘big trouble’, again threatens military strike
The US president warned that ‘we’ll start shooting too’, if the authorities kill demonstrators.
10 Jan 2026 - 7:55AM
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Iran
Protests sweep Iran amid internet blackout and state TV warning of casualties
Iranian state media breaks silence on protests as internet and phone access is restricted amid widening unrest.
9 Jan 2026 - 7:44PM
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Syria
Kurdish fighters refuse to leave Syria’s Aleppo after truce
Kurdish fighters defy Aleppo truce, sparking fears of wider conflict amid civilian evacuations and international pressure.
9 Jan 2026 - 8:41PM
Columns of smoke rise from Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyah neighbourhoods amid intense clashes between government forces and the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces. Photo: AFP
Israel-Gaza war
Israel says Bulgarian diplomat to direct Trump’s Board of Peace for Gaza
The Board of Peace is meant to oversee the implementation of the second and far more complicated phase of the Gaza ceasefire.
9 Jan 2026 - 1:12PM
Israel-Gaza war
‘Where is the ceasefire?’: Israeli gunfire kills 11-year-old in Gaza ‘safe zone’
Despite the agreement, Israel has killed 424 people since the ceasefire started nearly three months ago.
8 Jan 2026 - 8:06PM
Malaysia
Ankara anchor: Malaysia finds Turkey ‘reliable friend’ in stormy global waters
Trump’s tariffs and actions in Venezuela are causing the Global South to look for less mercurial partners, analysts say.
8 Jan 2026 - 5:33PM
Syria
Deadly clashes in Aleppo shatter Syria’s fragile peace as thousands flee
Fierce fighting between Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led SDF exposes the failure of a year-long plan to merge the two militaries.
8 Jan 2026 - 2:49PM
People flee Aleppo’s Ashrafiyah Kurdish neighbourhood on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
Saudi Arabia
US allies Saudi Arabia, UAE risk a split in Middle East over competing visions
A ‘new order’ is emerging as Abu Dhabi-backed separatist allies clash with pro-Riyadh governments in the region.
8 Jan 2026 - 5:21PM
Israel
UN accuses Israel of subjecting Palestinians in West Bank to ‘apartheid’
For first time, UN rights chief labels situation in occupied Palestinian territories ‘apartheid’, a term previously used only by UN experts.
7 Jan 2026 - 7:06PM
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Middle East
Iran protests death toll hits 35 and 1,200 detained, activists say
Iran’s judiciary vows ‘no leniency’ for rioters as nationwide unrest enters its second week.
6 Jan 2026 - 8:14PM
Protestors attacking a government building in Fasa, in southern Iran on December 31. Photo: Photo: UGC via AFP
Britain
Palestinian embassy in UK officially inaugurated
Ambassador Husam Zomlot hails upgrade from a mission to full embassy status as an ‘historic moment’.
6 Jan 2026 - 1:00PM
Middle East
At least 16 dead in Iran during week of protests: rights groups
Rights groups report rising fatalities and hundreds of arrests in the biggest Iran protests in three years.
5 Jan 2026 - 10:01AM
Islamic State
Britain, France bombed suspected Isis arms dump in Syria: UK defence ministry
Intelligence analysis identified an underground facility believed to contain weapons and explosives in mountains near Palmyra, the UK said.
4 Jan 2026 - 1:38PM
Yemen
Pro-Saudi forces regain province from separatists: Yemen presidential council
Rashad al-Alimi said forces had successfully retaken positions in the resource-rich Hadramout province, which borders Saudi Arabia.
4 Jan 2026 - 6:44AM
Saudi-backed forces that took control of the Second Military Region Command on the outskirts of Mukalla, the capital of Hadramout, where the UAE-backed STC recently launched an offensive to seize the resource-rich province. Photo: AFP
Britain
Iranian diaspora in UK rallies in London to support protesters in Iran
Pro-democracy demonstrators gathered outside Downing Street for the rally organised by the Association of Anglo-Iranian Women in the UK.
4 Jan 2026 - 7:26AM
Middle East
Khamenei demands Iran rioters ‘be put in their place’ amid protests, Trump warning
As Trump warns the US is ‘locked and loaded’ to intervene, Iran’s supreme leader blames foreign enemies and orders a crackdown on nationwide unrest.
3 Jan 2026 - 8:27PM
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Yemen
Yemen’s separatists announce constitution, UAE withdraws all its troops
The proposed constitution for an independent nation in the south comes as the conflict in Yemen pits Saudi Arabia against the UAE.
3 Jan 2026 - 3:07PM
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