SEOUL, Aug 24 (Reuters) - The United States cancelled a joint amphibious landing drill scheduled for next month with South Korea, Seoul's Marine Corps said on Monday, after Washington cited constraints on the availability of U.S. forces due to the war in Iran. The U.S. Marine
DUBAI, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Oman's Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi will visit Tehran on Tuesday to continue talks between Iran and Oman on the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday. On Sunday, Baghaei said the army chief of
By Yasmine Ghania and Kanishka Singh CAIRO/WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. threatened Iran with what it called "the greatest financial offensive ever marshalled" as it prepared to roll out economic sanctions on Monday that target Iran's trade partners. Iran in turn
By Feras Dalatey Aug 24 (Reuters) - Syria and Israel held high-level, U.S.-mediated talks in Jordan on Sunday aimed at easing tensions following recent Israeli strikes on Syrian territory, Syria's state news agency SANA reported, citing a diplomatic source at the foreign
Syria said it held talks with Israel in Jordan on Sunday on de-escalation after recent Israeli strikes, and on keeping the country out of tensions between Israel and Turkey, an ally of Damascus. The high-level negotiations came after the sides in January agreed to establish an
Syrian state media said Damascus insisted on its right to develop its military and maintain foreign alliances, while seeking an end to Israeli strikes and a withdrawal to lines held before December 2024
On Saturday, Defense Minister Israel Katz said Israel warned Syria before bombing Abu al-Duhur airbase over intelligence reports about Turkey's 'intention' to carry out activities that would 'endanger Israel's security'
TUNIS, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Eleven bodies have been recovered by Tunisia's coastguard after a boat carrying Tunisian migrants sank at the weekend en route to Italy, with three others still unaccounted for, the National Guard said on Sunday. Coastguard, military and civil
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Two Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday killed at least two people, including a four-year-old boy, and wounded seven others, Palestinian health officials said, as Israel warned it would intensify strikes after what it
By Elwely Elwelly and Menna AlaaElDin DUBAI, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister dismissed the threat of new U.S. sanctions as a sign of desperation on Sunday and said the expected new measures would fail to defeat Tehran. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who is
After Israel struck a Syrian airbase, officials in Jerusalem sent mixed messages. Netanyahu, for his part, is seeking to counter claims that he is inflaming tensions ahead of the election
By Tom Perry and Feras Dalatey DAMASCUS, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Syria expects negotiations to resume soon with Israel over a security deal it hopes will lead to Israel's withdrawal from Syrian land, a top Syrian minister said, urging Israel to seize a "historic opportunity" as the
Aug 22 (Reuters) - Israel said it targeted a "terrorist" in southern Syria on Saturday in what Syria's foreign ministry said was a drone strike on a civilian vehicle on the outskirts of Damascus in a "blatant" violation of its territory. The Syrian foreign ministry said the
CAIRO, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Pakistan's army chief Asim Munir will visit Tehran on Monday to continue efforts to bring peace and security to the region, Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Sunday, according to a statement by the ministry. Pakistan has