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Iran shares new details about the reopening of Strait of Hormuz

August 2nd, 2026

Sally Shakkour

ALBAWABA - U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that the Islamic Republic and other countries in the Middle East asked Washington to refrain from conducting new strikes; however, Iran's Mehr news ...

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Bombed out façade of Balzi Rossi restaurant in Moscow

August 2nd, 2026 - 10:43 GMT

P. Choiaqo

Deadly blast in Moscow leaves 3 killed and 21 injured

ALBAWABA - A bomb blast in a restaurant in central Moscow on Saturday has caused the deaths of three people and the injury of 21 others. Reports say a woman carried a homemade explosive and tried to enter the Balzi Rossi restaurant on the ground floor ‌of one of Moscow’s seven Stalin-era skyscrapers in Kudrinskaya Square. The woman was stopped by a security guard before entering the restaurant which may ...

Benghazi, birthplace of Libya's 2011 revolution which toppled longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi, has been the scene of daily clashes for the past two years. (AFP/Abdullah Doma)

November 22nd, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Car bomb kills four in Libya’s Benghaz

Bahrain has been rocked by unrest since security forces crushed Shiite-led protests in 2011 demanding a constitutional monarchy and an elected prime minister. (AFP/File)

November 22nd, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Amnesty: UK “utterly disingenuous” about human rights abuse in Bahrain

Around 79,000 civilians have been displaced since anti-Daesh operations in Mosul began last month. (AFP/File)

November 22nd, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Hundreds of civilians flee eastern Mosul in ongoing offensive against Daesh

A security agent outside the headquarters of opposition newspaper, Cumhuriyet, in Istanbul in October. (AFP Photo/Ozan Kose)

November 21st, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

NATO silent on Turkey arrests of journalists and parliament members

Israel's Ayalon prison in Ramle near Tel Aviv. (AFP/File)

November 21st, 2016 - 03:00 GMT

Injured Palestinian prisoner released from Israeli prison following six months medical neglect

French anti-terrorism experts believe the two major attacks in Paris in 2015 were a “dress rehearsal” for more professional and better-organised terror attacks on a much larger scale in 2016. (AFP/File)

November 21st, 2016 - 02:00 GMT

French authorities foil attack plans targeting numerous sites throughout the country

Alexandrani, 32, was arrested at Hurghada Airport upon arrival from Germany in December 2015. The investigative journalist, who specialises in Sinai affairs, has remained in detention since his arrest. (Courtesy photo)

November 21st, 2016 - 12:00 GMT

Egyptian court orders release of journalist Ismail Alexandrani amid freedom of press meltdown

US Secretary of State John Kerry and French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. (AFP/File)

November 21st, 2016 - 11:00 GMT

Palestinian-Israeli peace process conference to move forward next month

US President Bararck Obama makes a statement at the White House in Washington, DC. (AFP/File)

November 21st, 2016 - 10:00 GMT

Obama attempts to fortify Iran deal before making way for incoming president Trump

Children were among the victims. (AFP/File)

November 21st, 2016 - 09:53 GMT

Suicide attack at Shia mosque in Afghanistan's Kabul leaves at least 27 dead

Iraq's security situation has deteriorated dramatically since mid-2014, when Daesh overran the northern city of Mosul before capturing additional territory in both Iraq and neighboring Syria. (AFP/File)

November 21st, 2016 - 09:00 GMT

Iraq: Multiple attacks across Baghdad leave six dead and over 20 injured

Iraqi army vehicle drives down a road east of Mosul, northern Iraq, on October 22, 2016, as displaced families flee areas of unrest during an operation to retake the city from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists. (AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

November 21st, 2016 - 08:00 GMT

Iraqi forces hand out humanitarian aid to people displaced by Daesh in Mosul