Middle East news headlines

Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won re-election overnight, according to unofficial results.

An unexpected visitor spotted sunbathing on a beach in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv is turning heads and causing a media buzz.

Iran has hanged two men convicted of blasphemy, authorities said, carrying out rare death sentences for the crime as executions surge across the Islamic Republic following months of unrest.

Iran executed an Iranian-Swedish dual national Saturday accused of masterminding a 2018 attack on a military parade that killed at least 25 people.

The fashion entrepreneur seller made a hefty $36m profit from the deal.

The warning came as Western and Asian nations raced to mount rapid evacuation efforts.

Sudan's warring generals have pledged to observe a new three-day truce brokered by the United States and Saudi Arabia in an attempt to pull Africa's third-largest nation back from the abyss.

Iranian authorities are to use cameras in public places to identify women who violate the country's hijab law, state media reported.

Tensions have soared in the past week at the flashpoint shrine after an Israeli police raid on the mosque.

A lawsuit by five Australian women allegedly forced into invasive strip searches at Doha's Hamad Airport are examining whether they can bring new claims of assault, battery and false imprisonment.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced a delay to a judicial overhaul that filled the streets with protesters.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defence Minister Yoav Gallant after he dramatically broke ranks and called for a pause in the government's controversial drive to overhaul Israel's court system.

The government delayed the daylight saving switch but many businesses refused to listen. The result is chaos.

Construction plagued by delays and mega structure may not recover from an apparent power play involving two of the world's wealthiest men.

A 72-year-old American imprisoned more than a year in Saudi Arabia over tweets he made has been freed from jail, but it's not clear whether a travel ban will be dropped to allow him to return home to Florida.

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake has rattled much of Afghanistan and Pakistan, sending panicked residents fleeing from their homes and frightening people even in remote villages.

Credit Suisse is "a much bigger concern for the global economy" than Silicon Valley Bank, one expert says.

The Saudis have launched Riyadh Air, an airline that will take on regional rivals Emirates, Qatar and Etihad, and put pressure on carriers like Qantas.

The monster profit came off the back of energy prices rising after Russia launched its war on Ukraine

Iran has arrested more than 100 people "in connection with" the suspected poisoning of hundreds of schoolgirls across the country, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.

Over the past three months, hundreds of young girls attending different schools have become overpowered by what are believed to be noxious fumes wafting into their classrooms.

An earlier shooting triggered a rampage in which Israeli settlers torched dozens of cars and homes in a Palestinian town. It was the worst such violence in decades.

A 72-year-old man was among the 10 killed and 102 people were wounded, Palestinian officials said.

A Turkish MP sprinted outside mid-sentence during a TV interview at the moment a powerful earthquake struck.

China and Iran have urged mutual neighbor Afghanistan to end restrictions on women's work and education.

A hospital official says the gunman beat the clinic's director after a nurse suspected of wanting to kidnap the girl was fired.

But tens of thousands more have died and the girl's family remains in the building ruins, according to a family member.

Melinda Young has been working without sleep for two days as the rescue effort in Turkey and Syria continues.

An Iranian couple, both social media influencers, have been given lengthy prison sentences after a video emerged of them dancing in a main square in the capital Tehran.

A suicide bombing that struck inside a mosque at a police and government compound in northwest Pakistan reflects "security lapses," current and former officials said as the death toll from the devastating blast climbed to 100 on Tuesday.

Palestinians marched in anger on Friday as they buried the last of 10 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire the day before, even as the likelihood of a major conflagration appeared to ebb following the deadliest Israeli raid in two decades.

Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians, including an elderly woman, and wounded several others during a raid in the restive West Bank city and refugee camp of Jenin on Thursday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.

An Iranian man who beheaded his 17-year-old wife has been sentenced to eight years in jail.

Iran's brutal crackdown on anti-government protests has resulted in a number of executions in a nation that already carried out more judicial killings than almost any other in the world.

Iran said on Saturday it executed a former high-ranking defence ministry official and dual Iranian-British national, despite international warnings not to carry out the death sentence.

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PM defends energy price relief plan; Big change to Australian citizenship ceremonies; Airports busy ahead of Christmas; ASX expected to fall

Four-vehicle crash sends multiple people to hospital; Power price relief bill set to pass Parliament; France reach World Cup final; Father of Wieambilla siege killers speaks

Victoria shivers through coldest day on record; Woman dies after falling off cruise ship near South Australia; Queensland mourns ambush victims; Explosions heard in Kyiv for the first time in weeks

Police officers killed in Queensland shooting identified; Extreme weather to hit Australia this summer; ASIC sues Star executives over money laundering failures

COVID-19 to continue for at least two years, expert says; Student rescued from zoo panda enclosure

Harry and Meghan documentary airs; The Star enters trading halt; Energy prices to dominate national cabinet; Russia frees US basketballer Brittney Griner in prisoner swap

Perth teen has charge upgraded to murder over pregnant woman's death; Baggage handlers seen in Qantas video sacked; Winter Omicron variants now just a quarter of COVID-19 cases; Putin says risk of nuclear conflict rising, but 'we're not mad'

Human remains found under Brisbane units; Aussie family killed in Florida plane crash; Food poisoning alert for conference delegates; Queensland heatwave warning; Spain crash out of World Cup

Interest rates rise to 3.10 per cent; American actress Kirstie Alley has died; Weather warning for vast part of nation; Building giant Clough collapses after last-ditch talks fall over.

Teenager stabbed to death on Melbourne beach; $1 million reward for Sydney bombings; Soccer fan's 'skin was bubbling' after he was struck by flare

Iran's Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri says that Iran's parliament and judiciary are reviewing the country's mandatory hijab law, according to pro-reform outlet Entekhab.

He's been described as the "most important and the most dangerous" Australian member of the terrorist cell.

Chris Dawson jailed for wife Lynette's murder; Bruce Lehrmann rape trial abandoned over Higgins' health; Perth mum dies after 'shopping centre attack'