A crash between two passenger buses in a central-eastern desert region of Syria on Saturday killed at least 35 people, state media said. News agency SANA, quoting a health ministry official, also said 30 others were injured in the "collision between two passenger buses on the
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank village of Tell on Saturday buried four men killed during a clash with Israeli settlers the previous day, local officials said. Violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has surged since the Gaza war began with Hamas's October 7, 2023
UN chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday called for an end to Israeli violations in Syria and urged international support for the country's transition on his first visit under the new authorities following years of civil war. Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani called for the
By Federico Maccioni, Timour Azhari and Eman Abouhassira RIYADH, July 25 (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi militants fired on Saudi oil installations in two ports on the Red Sea coast on Saturday and Saudi-backed forces bombed the Houthis, as the war in the Gulf that has
By Federico Maccioni, Timour Azhari and Eman Abouhassira RIYADH, July 25 (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi militants fired on Saudi oil installations in two ports on the Red Sea coast on Saturday and Saudi-backed forces bombed the Houthis, as the war in the Gulf that has
By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, July 25 (Reuters) - Israeli forces arrested dozens of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, after at least four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers were killed in a shootout when armed Israeli settlers approached a Palestinian village.
By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank, July 25 (Reuters) - Palestinian officials welcomed UNESCO's designation of Sebastia in the occupied West Bank as a World Heritage site, hoping it will prevent Israel extending its control at the ancient village, while Israel condemned it as a
The Secret Service urged Trump to switch aircraft on his flight back from Turkey, where he was attending a NATO leaders' summit earlier this month, according to a report by the New York Times
Trump said Iran would 'love to make a deal' and that the war 'is going extremely well. Don't believe the fake news' while speaking at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. He is is set to meet Netanyahu on Tuesday
By Tala Ramadan BEIRUT, July 25 (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Syria on Saturday in the first trip by a serving U.N. chief since the start of a nearly 14-year war that killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions in the country.
By Tala Ramadan and Kinda Makieh DAMASCUS, July 25 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pledged help for Syrian reconstruction on Saturday during the first visit to Damascus by a serving United Nations chief since 2009, before the start of a civil war that killed
By Tala Ramadan BEIRUT, July 25 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrived in Damascus on Saturday for the first trip to Syria by a serving United Nations' chief since 2009, before the start of a civil war that killed hundreds of thousands and displaced
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the U.S. next week. Trump's comments came in his speech at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on Friday, while he
The Americans' demand for a Saudi-Israeli accord may seem like an achievement for Netanyahu, but Trump would now have room to act on his pledges in his 20-point plan for Gaza
Iran-backed Houthi rebels vowed to retaliate against Saudi Arabia on Saturday after they accused the kingdom of targeting civilian infrastructure, as the Middle East war widens across the region. Riyadh struck Houthi military targets in Hodeida on Friday, with rebel media
Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed a missile strike on Saudi Arabia on Saturday, hours after vowing to retaliate against the kingdom for attacks as the Middle East war expanded. Riyadh struck Houthi military targets in Hodeida on Friday, with rebel media reporting two wounded
US President Donald Trump said Friday he had not yet decided whether to launch major strikes on Iran, as the renewed conflict threatened to widen across the region with Saudi Arabia striking Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Trump said he would hold off on a major operation
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they had launched missile and drone salvos against Saudi Arabia's oil facilities on Saturday, as fighting between regional allies of the United States and Iran intensified on a new front.
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed a missile attack on Saudi Arabia on Saturday as fighting between regional allies of the United States and Iran intensified on a new front. Houthi media said the rebels targeted the Saudi city of Jizan on the Red Sea and Saudi's civil
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed a missile attack on Saudi Arabia on Saturday as US President Donald Trump mulled fresh strikes on the Islamic republic in the deepening Middle East war. Houthi media said the rebels targeted the Saudi City of Jizan on the Red Sea and
By David Brunnstrom July 24 (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly on Friday voted overwhelmingly to extend the term of U.N. Human Rights chief Volker Turk for four more years, despite opposition from Russia and Israel and a U.S. threat to reassess its funding and engagement.
July 24 (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly on Friday voted overwhelmingly to extend the term of U.N. Human Rights chief Volker Turk for four more years, despite opposition from Russia and Israel and a U.S. threat to reassess its funding. Turk, an outspoken critic of Russia's
By Steve Holland and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday said he would not go forward with a civil nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia unless the Saudis agreed to a normalization in relations with Israel under theAbraham Accords. The U.S.
WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States and Iran were in talks to negotiate an end to their conflict, but repeated that Tehran was not yet ready for a deal. "We are talking to them. I think they're being serious. I think ...
July 24 (Reuters) - A Saudi vessel, NCC MASA, sustained minor hull damage after it was attacked while sailing in the Red Sea on Friday, Saudi state news agency SPA reported, citing an official source at the General Transport Authority. The vessel continued to its destination
US President Donald Trump said Friday that he had not decided on whether to launch major strikes on Iran yet, as Tehran was now getting "serious" in talks with Washington. His comments came after reports that an increasingly frustrated Trump was meeting senior advisors to
Iran's latest warning to Britain reflects more than wartime rhetoric, exposing how Tehran is widening its deterrence as the conflict increasingly draws in US allies.
The World Heritage Committee cited 'ongoing conflicts in the Middle East' in listing the West Bank site and an Israeli-captured Lebanese fortress as endangered. Israel accused UNESCO of 'one-sided Palestinian political moves'
