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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 ...

Syrian children play in one of the underground rooms of the Al-Hayat school in Damascus' north eastern rebel-held al-Qaboun surburb, which is under a truce with the regime, on October 19, 2016. (AFP/Sameer al-Doumy)

November 2nd, 2016 - 02:00 GMT

Putin orders 10-hour ‘humanitarian pause’ in Aleppo

Iraqis who were displaced from the village of Abu Shuwayhah, south of the Daesh-held Mosul, return to their village following the arrival of Iraqi forces on November 1, 2016. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

November 2nd, 2016 - 01:00 GMT

Daesh forcibly relocating civilians to Mosul, according to UN

Moroccans carry the Berber flag at a protest in Al Hoceima on October 30, 2016. (AFP/File)

November 2nd, 2016 - 10:00 GMT

Moroccan authorities charge 11 people with involuntary manslaughter following death of fishmonger

Jordanian women shout slogans as they protest in Amman on January 25, 2014. (AFP/ Khalil Mazraawi)

November 2nd, 2016 - 09:33 GMT

Jordan activists condemn administrative detention of women under pretext of protection

Turkish tanks line up on a hill near the border with Syria as Daesh jihadists besieged Kobane in 2014. (AFP/Aris Messinis)

November 2nd, 2016 - 09:00 GMT

Iraq fears ‘reckless step’ from Ankara as Turkish tanks charge across the border

A Muslim man walks past a tomb vandalised with spray paint with a graffiti reading in Hebrew: “Mohammed (prophet) is Dead” at the Mamun Allah cemetery, an old Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem. (AFP/File)

November 2nd, 2016 - 08:00 GMT

Israeli authorities demolish Palestinian graves in East Jerusalem

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad speaks to AFP in Damascus on February 11, 2016. (AFP/File)

November 2nd, 2016 - 06:30 GMT

Bashar al-Assad sees himself ruling Syria until at least 2021 in spite of ongoing civil war

Young migrants are pictured in the 'Jungle' migrant camp, in Calais, northern France, on October 31, 2016, during a massive operation to clear the squalid settlement where 6,000-8,000 people have been living in dire conditions. (AFP/Philippe Huguen)

November 2nd, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Treacherous Mediterranean migration route kills nearly 4,000 in 2016

Members of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) drive near the village of Bazwaya, on the eastern edges of Mosul, tightening the noose on Daesh as the offensive entered its third week on October 31, 2016. (AFP/Bulent Kilic)

November 2nd, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Iraqi forces enter Mosul city limits in fight against Daesh

Egyptian police inspect cars at a checkpoint in North Sinai. (AFP/File)

November 1st, 2016 - 03:00 GMT

Egyptian military foil car bomb plot in north Sinai

The founders of the new group include Islamists who resigned in December after disagreements with the Islamic Action Front. (AFP/File)

November 1st, 2016 - 03:00 GMT

Defectors from Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood apply to register new political party

The issue of bringing back the death penalty has resurfaced since Turkey's July coup attempt. (AFP/File)

November 1st, 2016 - 01:00 GMT

Turkish ultra-nationalist MHP voices support for death penalty