By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ali Sawafta CAIRO/WEST BANK, April 26 (Reuters) - Loyalists of President Mahmoud Abbas won most races in Palestinian municipal elections, election officials said on Sunday, in a vote that for the first time in nearly two decades included a city in the
LONDON, April 26 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed the urgent need to get shipping moving again in the Strait of Hormuz during a call on Sunday, a Downing Street spokesperson said. "The leaders discussed the urgent need to
The latest developments in the Middle East war: - Netanyahu accuses Hezbollah - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hezbollah's actions were threatening the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, as he pledged to "vigorously" target the Iran-backed group. "It must be
ROME, April 26 (Reuters) - Pope Leo on Sunday described those who wage wars and appropriate the earth's resources as thieves who rob the world of a peaceful future, issuing a warning about the use of nuclear power on the anniversary of the Chornobyl reactor accident. Ukraine is
JERUSALEM, April 26 (Reuters) - Israel's president said on Sunday that he will consider Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pardon request in his long-running corruption trial only after efforts to reach a plea deal are exhausted, signalling no decision will come soon.
Negotiations were meant to follow prior talks between the U.S. and Iran, but Iranian officials have questioned how they can trust the U.S. after its forces started blockading Iranian ports in response to Iran's grip on the Strait of Hormuz
April 26 (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi held talks in Oman on Sunday and discussed security in the Strait of Hormuz and broader Gulf waters and diplomatic efforts to end the Iran-U.S. conflict, according to an Iranian foreign ministry statement. In talks in
Trump hopes Iran will reconsider demands for talks after the U.S. and Israel demonstrate their destructive capabilities as the regime shows signs of fracturing • Netanyahu continues to entrench false narratives about his responsibility for Oct. 7., this time, with his cancer
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - An Egyptian family which was released from more than 10 months of immigration detention this week following court orders was taken into custody again by federal authorities on Saturday, lawyers said. Hayam El Gamal and her five
Yusra Qwaider is 97 years old, bedridden and helpless: within days, bulldozers from the Jerusalem municipality will come to tear down the home she has lived in for over 50 years. If the demolition in the Al-Bustan neighbourhood goes ahead, it will be the third time she has lost
By Saad Sayeed, Ariba Shahid and Steve Holland ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) - Hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran receded as a new week began, with talks aimed at ending the two-month conflict at a standstill and both Tehran and
April 25 (Reuters) - Israel said on Saturday it would attack Hezbollah targets forcefully, further testing a fragile ceasefire with Lebanon that U.S. President Donald Trump recently said had been extended by three weeks. Four people were killed on Saturday in Israeli strikes on
By Max Hunder and Serhiy Chalyi DNIPRO/KYIV, April 25 (Reuters) - Russian forces pounded the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Saturday in waves of attacks with drones and missiles that also hit other regions, killing 10 people and injuring dozens. Dnipro was subjected
WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump canceled a planned trip to Pakistan by envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff for peace talks with Iran, Fox News reported on Saturday. The network said Trump told Fox about the trip's cancellation. (Reporting by
By Saad Sayeed, Ariba Shahid and Steve Holland ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi laid out Iran's demands and its reservations about U.S. positions on Saturday as Pakistan made a new push to end a war that has killed thousands and
'Amal was crawling, she was wounded – her nose and head and shoulder and leg,' Faraj recalled, speaking with difficulty with her face swollen and bruised. Faraj said Khalil had also suffered burn wounds after the targeted car next to them caught fire
