Saudi foreign minister arrives in Washington for talks amid Houthi escalation

Prince Faisal bin Farhan is set to meet U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio after Washington declined a Saudi request for military strikes against the Iran-backed Houthis

Saudi foreign minister arrives in Washington for talks with Rubio

DUBAI, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrived in Washington on Monday for talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the Saudi state news agency said, amid escalating hostilities between Riyadh and Yemen's Houthis. The two will discuss

Report: Egypt intel chief called Netanyahu personally to warn of Hamas attack days before Oct. 7

The report follows an earlier account by The Atlantic that Egypt's intelligence chief had secretly traveled to Israel to meet with and warn Netanyahu 11 days before October 7

Iran and U.S. play a slow-motion game of attrition over Hormuz

The U.S. says it controls the Strait of Hormuz, but shipping remains far below prewar levels. As sanctions squeeze Iran, both sides believe time is on their side – a calculation that could prolong the standoff and fuel escalation

Israel's Netanyahu visited Abu Dhabi on Sunday, Israeli official says

Sept 27 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Abu Dhabi and met with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Sunday, a senior Israeli official told Reuters. There was no immediate comment from Netanyahu's office and the UAE's foreign ministry.

Russian drones kill two in market outside Kyiv, three others in different regions, officials say

Sept 27 (Reuters) - Russian drones set ablaze a market outside the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Sunday, killing two people, while three others died in strikes by Moscow's forces in different regions and Kyiv itself also came under attack, local officials said. Ukrainian

Russian attacks kills three in Ukrainian cities, nine injured in Kyiv strikes, officials say

Sept 27 (Reuters) - Russian attacks killed three people in two different Ukrainian cities on Sunday and struck districts of the capital Kyiv, local officials said. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said nine people were injured in the capital, including a child. Six of the injured

Police arrest suspect in pepper-spray attack on Christian child on Yom Kippur

The police previously said they closed the case after they exhausted all leads. The nine-year-old boy from Jerusalem's Christian community was pepper-sprayed after stopping for the man and speaking in English

Trump expects talks with Iran to resume in coming week

Hezbollah plans to contribute to project to house thousands of Lebanese displaced, chief says

BEIRUT, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah said on Sunday it would contribute soon to a project aimed at housing thousands of people displaced due to the war with Israel. • The announcement was made by Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem during a speech

Washington denounces Iran's truce proposal as 'cynical'

A top US official on Sunday dismissed a proposal for reopening the Strait of Hormuz presented by Iran as "cynical" and indicated it was a non-starter for Washington. Iran's truce plan, announced by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at the United Nations earlier this week, calls

Police close Palestinian shops in Jerusalem to allow Jews to pray in Muslim Quarter

After years of limited restrictions, police have adopted a new policy of ordering dozens of Palestinian shopkeepers to close their stores throughout Sukkot. 'From now on, they'll tell us to close every holiday,' one merchant said

Seven people killed, 40 wounded in strike on market in Yemen's Taiz, Houthis say

Yemen's Saudi-backed government said it targeted a Houthi military camp and vehicles near a market in Yemen's southwestern province

UK police arrest 5 by air base under terrorism act

LONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - British police said counter-terrorism officers were leading efforts to establish what had happened at an airbase used by the US Air Force on Sunday, after they arrested five men on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act. The five men were also

A fifth of Israelis are shut out of the election, but the Israeli center just yawns

The elections committee's ban on every Arab party barely registered in Israel, because everyone assumes the High Court will reverse it. That's a comfortable arrangement for a center that lets the court defend democracy for it

Deputy chair of Turkey's AK Party resigns after trading allegation amid funds crisis

ANKARA, Sept 27 (Reuters) - A deputy chair of President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK Party stepped down after an opposition politician accused her of making a large profit on shares just before a funds crisis triggered a major selloff on the country's stock market. Fatma Betul

The bulldozer came at 10:30 A.M. Twenty minutes later, the Odehs' home was gone

The Israeli government is conducting "governance operations" in the West Bank, and home demolitions are soaring. This month, more than 140 structures have been razed and 215 Palestinians left homeless as the space where they can live and work shrinks

Iran's army voices readiness for potential renewed US attack

DUBAI, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Iran's armed forces are prepared for any renewed U.S. attacks, state media quoted army spokesperson Mohammad Akraminia saying on Sunday, after US President Donald Trump said he rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end

After threatening to resume bombing, Trump says he expects talks with Iran this week

'They want to make a deal, but it is not the deal that I want to make,' Trump told Axios a day after he rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end fighting

IDF kills terrorist who abducted Noa Argamani into Gaza on October 7

Saher Nidal Latfi Saqr, the motorcycle driver who abducted Argamani and her partner Avinatan Or from the Nova music festival, was killed in the Nuseirat area. Palestinian media reported three people wounded in IDF strikes in Gaza City early on Sunday

Trump says men arrested at US air base in UK were looking to do 'big damage'

By Toby Shepheard FAIRFORD, England, Sept 27 (Reuters) - British police arrested five men near a US air base on suspicion of explosive and terrorism offences on Sunday after a tip-off that three vans had been heading to the military airfield which has been used to strike Iran.

Trump says men arrested at UK air base used by US were looking to do 'big damage'

By Toby Shepheard FAIRFORD, England, Sept 27 (Reuters) - British police arrested five men on suspicion of explosives and terrorism offences on Sunday near an air base that has been used by the US to strike Iran, after a tip-off that three vans had been seen heading to the

Security increased at US Fairford air base in England

LONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Security measures at a US air base in southwest England have significantly increased in recent days, with roadblocks and armed police preventing access and emergency vehicles parked nearby, a Reuters witness reported on Sunday. A spokesperson for the

Police declare major incident at UK's Fairford air base, used by US air forces

LONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - British police said on Sunday they had arrested several men on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act and the army was examining a number of vehicles after security was stepped up at a British air base used by US air forces in southwest

Men arrested in major incident at UK air base used by US

By Toby Shepheard FAIRFORD, England, Sept 27 (Reuters) - British police arrested several men on suspicion of explosives offences near an airbase used by the US to strike Iranian targets, while Army bomb disposal experts searched vehicles and homes were evacuated in the "major

British police arrest five men at US air base in major incident

By Toby Shepheard FAIRFORD, England, Sept 27 (Reuters) - British police arrested five men near a US air base on suspicion of explosive and terrorism offences on Sunday after a tip-off that three vans had been heading to the military airfield which has been used to strike Iran.