By Huseyin Hayatsever ANKARA, July 21 (Reuters) - Turkey's opposition leader, Ozgur Ozel, said he would form a new party to challenge Tayyip Erdogan, a political splintering that could boost the president's prospects of extending his 23-year rule at the next elections.
DUBAI, July 21 (Reuters) - The level of "interaction" with Iran's Supreme Leader is increasing day by day, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a video clip published on state media on Tuesday. His remarks follow months of speculation about the health of Supreme Leader
A report by The New Yorker details the Biden administration's internal struggle between supporting Israel, preventing regional escalation and addressing concerns over civilian harm and violations of international law, as Biden believed a U.S.-Israel clash could force a conflict
By Huseyin Hayatsever ANKARA, July 21 (Reuters) - Turkish opposition leader Ozgur Ozel said on Tuesday he would resign his post and form a new party, a political splintering that compounds the challenges facing President Tayyip Erdogan's opponents as they face an unprecedented
The Houthi militia reportedly emailed multiple shipping companies on Tuesday, warning them of the consequences of visiting Saudi ports.
Residents of Kuwait, one of the world's hottest countries, are cutting their use of air conditioning at the height of summer, as Iranian strikes on power plants turn rationing into a national priority. Energy-guzzling air conditioners are ubiquitous in Kuwait during the summer
By Jonathan Saul and Renee Maltezou LONDON/ATHENS, July 21 (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi militia told shipping companies not to load or discharge cargo at Saudi Arabian ports or they may be targeted, according to an email the group sent to companies. The Houthis on
Iran stepped up its attacks in the Middle East on Tuesday, two weeks after its war with the United States resumed, with sirens sounding in Bahrain and Jordan announcing it had intercepted two waves of missiles and drones. "With this radar sweep, the enemy should prepare for
Aoun seeks to strike a delicate balance on his visit to Washington. He needs U.S. backing on one hand, and on the other to reassure his critics that he won't launch a full peace process with Israel
Facing government paralysis and mounting debt, the Palestinian Authority is turning to creative solutions like the new Yabous app
By Jana Choukeir, Nayera Abdallah and Elwely Elwelly DUBAI, July 21 (Reuters) - Two oil tankers carrying Saudi crude to Asia reversed course in the Red Sea on Tuesday after threats from Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, as a widening Middle East conflict disrupted shipping through
By Jana Choukeir, Nayera Abdallah and Elwely Elwelly DUBAI, July 21 (Reuters) - U.S. forces bombed Iran's south and west after President Donald Trump said Tehran would pay dearly for the deaths of American soldiers, while Iran targeted U.S. sites in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan
By Jana Choukeir, Nayera Abdallah and Elwely Elwelly DUBAI, July 21 (Reuters) - U.S. forces bombed Iran's south and west after President Donald Trump said Tehran would pay dearly for the deaths of American soldiers, while Iran targeted U.S. sites in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan
By Giselda Vagnoni and Oriana Boselli ROME, July 21 (Reuters) - Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, with improvements recorded across every continent, although mounting risks from climate shocks and trade disruption could threaten further progress, a
By Maya Gebeily BEIRUT, July 21 (Reuters) - Lebanese army troops began deploying in the southern Lebanese town of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh on Tuesday after Israeli forces withdrew from the area, a senior Lebanese security official said, in line with a U.S.-brokered plan. The plan
BEIRUT, July 21 (Reuters) - Lebanese army troops began deploying in the southern Lebanese town of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh on Tuesday after Israeli forces withdrew from the area, a senior Lebanese security official said, in line with a U.S.-brokered plan. The plan foresees Lebanese
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dawoud Abu Alkas CAIRO/GAZA, July 21 (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike on Tuesday killed a father, his wife and their four children in Gaza City, while setting their home ablaze, health officials said, in the latest deadly attack since a U.S.-backed
By Nandita Bose, Maya Gebeily and Tom Perry WASHINGTON/BEIRUT, July 21 (Reuters) - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun met U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday to present a plan on how to disarm Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and secure Israel's withdrawal
By Maya Gebeily and Tom Perry BEIRUT, July 21 (Reuters) - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday to present a plan on how to disarm Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and secure Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon.
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dawoud Abu Alkas CAIRO/GAZA, July 21 (Reuters) - In pre-dawn darkness, Ibtisam Al-Helou leaves her tent on Gaza's seafront on a daily search for fresh water. The Mediterranean lies only a few steps away, but the water she needs to cook, drink and wash
The Wall Street Journal reported that the centrifuges were moved to the Pickaxe Mountain site following the U.S. and Israeli strikes in June. The report also claims that Netanyahu sought to persuade Trump to resume attacks on Iran
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, July 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said late on Monday it finished its latest round of strikes on Iran, saying it hit Iranian military command centers, missile and drone launch sites, maritime capabilities and air defense systems. The U.S.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun was to meet with his US counterpart Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday, as Beirut's military moved into an area of the south under a deal with Israel to disarm Hezbollah. Aoun is the first Lebanese president to be invited to Washington since
Eight-year-old Ruba Saadeh spends her days confined to the tent she shares with her family in Gaza, her body dotted with inflamed red blisters as chickenpox sweeps through overcrowded camps like the one they live in. he said, as he diagnosed a child who had red blisters on his
By Karen Lema MANILA, July 21 (Reuters) - Tensions between the U.S. and Iran are likely to cast a shadow over a diplomatic gathering in Southeast Asia this week, injecting additional uncertainty into a region grappling with maritime tensions with China and a faltering regional
By Karen Lema and Nestor Corrales MANILA, July 21 (Reuters) - The Middle East crisis overshadowed a diplomatic gathering in Southeast Asia on Tuesday, where foreign ministers voiced concerns over renewed hostilities that add to uncertainty in a region grappling to manage
July 20 (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Monday it had begun a pilot programme for safe zones in southern Lebanon in cooperation with U.S. and Lebanese forces, in what a U.S. official called a step toward reasserting Lebanese state authority in the area. The pilot zones
Saudi Arabia slammed the Iran-backed Houthi militia on Monday for its announcement of a naval blockade against the Kingdom.“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's strongest condemnation of the allegations made by the so-called military
The chairman of Yemen’s internationally recognized Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad al-Alimi, said on Monday that “the time has come to end the suffering caused by the terrorist Houthi militia.”He called on Yemenis from all sections of society to rally behind the state,
After weathering five months of airstrikes, the IRGC's strategy to deny the US Air Force safe harbor at runways across the region still shows lethal progress.
A senior official from one of the Palestinian factions keeping contact with Hamas told Haaretz that the election of Khalil al-Hayya signals the continuation of an aggressive posture and opposition to any real compromise with Israel
By Doina Chiacu July 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be arrested when he visits the U.S., after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he was still considering the move. "Benjamin Netanyahu will
Iran's president said his country is fighting a "full-scale war" with the United States, as Washington expanded its strikes across the Islamic republic and Tehran hit Gulf states. Iran in 'full-scale war' with US Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country was in a
President Donald Trump on Monday said Iran would “pay” for killing US soldiers after multiple service members were killed over the weekend as part of the United States’ war against Iran.The number of US troops killed in the war on Iran rose to 17 over the weekend, with the
Tehran briefly regained billions in oil revenue under June's truce, raising questions about how long the Islamic Republic can withstand a fresh economic siege.