Yemen's pro-Iranian Houthi rebels have claimed attacks in the Red Sea on two Saudi oil tankers and say they will blockade the Bab al-Mandeb strait, a crucial passage into the Red Sea, as part of a maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia. - Gateway to the Red Sea - Known as the
The Iran-backed Houthi militia said its forces attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea overnight. Oil prices have recently climbed amid daily tit-for-tat strikes in the Gulf between Iran and the United States around the Strait of Hormuz
Okamoto was sentenced to three life terms in Israel for his role in the attack but was released after 13 years under a prisoner exchange deal. He made his last public appearance in 2022 at a Lebanon ceremony marking the attack's 50th anniversary
WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday blocked a Democratic-led resolution aiming to stop the Iran war until hostilities are authorized by Congress. The resolution reflects growing congressional concern, even among President Donald Trump's Republicans, over
The US House of Representatives passed a largely symbolic resolution Thursday calling for President Donald Trump to halt military action against Iran, delivering another congressional rebuke as the Middle East war sharply escalates. The measure -- which passed 214-208 after
US President Donald Trump said Thursday that a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia depends on the kingdom recognizing Israel -- throwing the agreement into turmoil just the day after it was signed. Riyadh has long resisted joining the so-called Abraham Accords with Israel,
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives backed legislation on Thursday directing President Donald Trump to halt U.S. military action against Iran, the latest symbolic rebuke of the Republican president from Congress.
By Steven Scheer and Ali Sawafta JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH, July 23 (Reuters) - Two Israeli banks will halt working with their Palestinian counterparts in the coming months citing risks of associating with possible terrorism financing and money laundering, Israeli officials said,
From new neighbourhoods and commercial towers to leisure developments, Syria's authorities are seeking to attract foreign investors through a sovereign wealth fund created by President Ahmed al-Sharaa that critics say lacks transparency. The ambitious development proposals
The Greek defense minister said that the air defense system will be operational within 35 months.
The Iraqi premier visited Tehran shortly after his trip to Washington for talks focusing on economic cooperation and plans to develop a cross-border railway network.
The U.S. president says the civilian nuclear cooperation agreement will only be approved if Riyadh joins the Abraham Accords, despite Saudi insistence that a clear path to Palestinian statehood remains a prerequisite. A Saudi source told Haaretz: 'The kingdom will not accept or
Sporadic clashes between Yemeni government forces and Houthi rebels have intensified with the US-Iran escalation in the region.
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, July 23 (Reuters) - More than two-thirds of Gazans could face acute hunger by the year-end as humanitarian agencies cut aid flows due to funding shortages, a global hunger monitor said on Wednesday. The latest assessment by the Integrated Food
By Maggie Michael and Parisa Hafezi July 23 (Reuters) - Iran flew Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders, military advisers and missile- and drone-related equipment into Yemen this month, according to four sources, in a move that suggests Tehran is seeking to
Oil prices surged to $100 a barrel on Thursday as Tehran-backed Houthi rebels targeted Red Sea shipping and US President Donald Trump threatened to strike them in return. International benchmark oil contract Brent North Sea soared more than six percent to hit the symbolic $100
Oil prices surged past $100 a barrel on Thursday as Iran-backed Houthi rebels targeted Red Sea shipping and threats by US President Donald Trump to strike them in return sent equity markets slumping. Saudi Arabia had been using the Red Sea to export millions of barrels of oil
Saudi Arabia has previously said normalized relations with Israel would require an irreversible path to Palestinian statehood.
Here are the latest main events related to the war in the Middle East: Germany 'very worried' Germany is "very worried" that attacks on oil tankers in the Red Sea by Yemen's Houthi militants risk escalation of conflicts in the region, the country's defence minister said
By Jack Queen NEW YORK, July 23 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's Justice Department will ask a Manhattan federal judge on Thursday to uphold its subpoena issued to New York Times' journalists who reported on security concerns about the president flying on a Qatari-donated
July 23 (Reuters) - At least 82 people have died after heavy rains across northeastern India, Pakistan and Afghanistan this week, authorities said, as flooding caused widespread damage to farmland, infrastructure and public facilities. • At least 10 people have died in floods
Israeli far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir led hundreds of Israeli Jews into Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Thursday, breaching the site's decades-old status quo as he marked a Jewish day of mourning. AFP footage showed Ben Gvir and hundreds of fellow
Iran vowed on Thursday to keep striking the region so long as it remains under attack, as the Middle East war spread to new fronts with Tehran's Houthi allies attacking Saudi shipping in the Red Sea. On the sidelines of a Southeast Asian summit in Manila, US Secretary of State
The Iran-backed rebels said they had targeted two Saudi tankers, the Encelia and the Layla.
The Iran-backed rebels said they had targeted two Saudi tankers, the Encelia and the Layla.
MANILA, July 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubiosaid on Thursday that the United States remains prepared to play a "constructive role" in helping bring an end to the war in Ukraine, following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of
JERUSALEM, July 23 (Reuters) - Israeli far-right police minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem on Thursday, praising Jewish visitors he said had prayed at the site in breach of arrangements that allow only Muslim prayer there. His
July 23 (Reuters) - Shipowners have temporarily suspended vessel arrivals at Ukraine's Black Sea ports for agricultural exports after a recent surge in Russian attacks on ports and merchant shipping, the country's agriculture minister said. Ukraine has lost about a third of its
KYIV, July 23 (Reuters) - Shipowners halted vessel arrivals at Ukraine's Black Sea ports due to intensified Russian strikes, Kyiv said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned Moscow might escalate attacks in order to block the country's main corridor for grain exports. In
By Haseeb Alwazir and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA/CAIRO, July 23 (Reuters) - In the sprawling tent camps of southern Gaza, a disposable cigarette lighter has become an unlikely luxury item, as essential to daily survival as food, water and fuel. For displaced mother-of-four Nisreen
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM, July 23 (Reuters) - A deal between the United States and Saudi Arabia allowing the kingdom to build nuclear reactors using American technology and to enrich uranium has fuelled fears in Israel of the start of an arms race in the Middle East. The
By Enas Alashray and Yomna Ehab CAIRO, July 23 (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthi militia attacked two Saudi Arabian oil tankers in a military operation, the group said on Thursday, and a Saudi news agency later confirmed one of the two vessels was ablaze after an assault while sailing
ATHENS, July 223(Reuters) - Greece's security council, KYSEA, is expected to give its final approval on Thursday for the purchase of a multi-layer air defence system from Israel, worth up to €3.5 billion ($4 billion), and several types of drones, two sources told Reuters. KYSEA
ATHENS, July 23 (Reuters) - Greece has approved the purchase of a multi-layer air defence system worth up to €3.5 billion ($4 billion) from Israel, several types of drones and Embraer's C-390 military transport aircraft, its defence minister said on Thursday. The country's
Foreign ministers from fuel-stressed Southeast Asia will call for freedom of navigation in international straits when they wrap a week of meetings largely overshadowed by the US-Iran war, according to a draft communique seen by AFP. The draft statement expected to emerge from
Iran's Revolutionary Guard says it attacked American forces in Kuwait as Washington carried out its 12th night of strikes on Iran. Meanwhile, Houthi militants claimed attacks on two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, escalating threats to global shipping routes
By Elwely Elwelly, Ahmed Elimam and Eman Abouhassira DUBAI, July 23 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump promised on Thursday "major military punishment" for Iran and its Houthi allies, after the Yemeni fighters struck two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, extending the
By Yomna Ehab and Enas Alashray CAIRO, July 23 (Reuters) - Iran's Houthi allies in Yemen said on Thursday they struck two Saudi oil tankers as part of a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, threatening to create a second chokepoint on global oil supplies alongside the near closure
By Yomna Ehab and Enas Alashray CAIRO, July 23 (Reuters) - The Iranian-aligned Houthis said on Thursday they struck two Saudi oil tankers as part of a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, threatening to create a second chokepoint on global oil supplies alongside Iran's near-closure
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Wednesday it completed its latest round of strikes on Iran at President Donald Trump's direction, for a 12th successive night of American attacks. Here are details and quotes: • "U.S. forces struck
The informal axis between Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia may erode Iran's influence in the region. Trump sees it as an opportunity for a diplomatic achievement, but its success depends on the Lebanese government's ability to disarm Hezbollah and rebuild the south
By Mikhail Flores MANILA, July 23 (Reuters) - Top diplomats from Asia, Europe and North America gathered on Thursday for the security-focused ASEAN Regional Forum in Manila, where ministers were expected to issue calls for a peaceful settlement after renewed and intensifying
By Mikhail Flores and Michael Martina MANILA, July 23 (Reuters) - Top diplomats from Asia, Europe and North America met on Thursday for the security-focused ASEAN Regional Forum, where ministers were expected to call for a peaceful settlement of renewed and intensifying
By Michael Martina and Mikhail Flores MANILA, July 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reassured Asian allies that a U.S. pursuit of positive ties with Beijing did not mean they were being abandoned, as top diplomats joined a regional security gathering on
The United States and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday announced a landmark deal that would establish a civilian nuclear programme in the kingdom, but which critics fear could pave the way to enrichment and an atomic arms race. "It would be a mistake to allow Saudi Arabia the
U.S. intelligence analysts are examining whether Russia supplied targeting data or advanced drone technology for Iranian drone attacks on CIA facilities in Saudi Arabia and Iraq, four sources said
By Timothy Gardner July 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. and Saudi Arabia have reached a landmark agreement on civil nuclear power, the U.S. Energy Department said on Wednesday, a deal that allows the kingdom to build nuclear reactors using American technology and to enrich uranium. A
By Timothy Gardner July 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. and Saudi Arabia reached an agreement on civil nuclear power, letting the kingdom enrich uranium and build nuclear reactors using U.S. technology, without requiring the snap UN inspections that Washington has previously demanded
Congress now has 90 session days to object before the pact takes effect; the pact omits the IAEA Additional Protocol for intrusive snap inspections and allows Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium and reprocess nuclear waste
