The Pentagon is preparing for a prolonged campaign that could expand beyond nuclear sites to Iranian state and security targets. U.S. officials expect retaliation and escalating reprisals, raising fears of a wider regional war even as talks continue
Burning with hatred for Israelis after his family was forced to leave Palestine in 1948, Taysir Abu Saada joined Fatah and carried out attacks against them. What led him to become an evangelical Christian – and to believe Palestinians must live in peace within a Jewish state?
Though Iran’s street protests have largely subsided, the struggle has shifted to the digital front, where a complex infrastructure of servers, satellites and centralized controls is being used to stifle dissent.
Award-winning Indian writer Arundhati Roy said Friday she was withdrawing from the Berlin Film Festival over jury president Wim Wenders's comments that cinema should "stay out of politics" when asked about Gaza. Roy said in a statement sent to AFP that she was "shocked and
By Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Feb 13 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump told U.S. troops on Friday that Iran has been “difficult” in nuclear negotiations and suggested that instilling fear in Tehran may be necessary to resolve the standoff
After Trump on Thursday suggested another round of talks with the Iranians was at hand, possibly within the next month, a source said the carrier is the USS Gerald R. Ford, which would take at least a week to reach the Middle East
Israel insists on an 'all or nothing' policy linking talks on Iran's ballistic missiles to nuclear negotiations, but other regional powers believe such a policy could lead to war. The Arab-Turkish influence over Trump and Iranian threats present the president with a troubling
SDF commander-in-chief Gen. Mazloum Kobane said it was a "positive session."
By Feras Dalatey , Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Orhan Qereman and Jonathan Spicer Feb 13 (Reuters) - A U.S.-backed ceasefire agreement in northeastern Syria leaves thorny questions unresolved, as Kurds seek to retain some authority despite a much weakened hand following the rapid
After Saudi Arabia's foreign minister visited Ethiopia earlier this week, its deputy foreign minister arrived in Eritrea on Friday for talks with the country's president and foreign minister.
In an interview with Al-Monitor, Arab Israeli leader Ahmad Tibi said that Israeli police are failing to address the uptick of violent crimes in Arab towns, attributing this to the current government's lack of willingness and prejudice.
KYIV, Feb 13 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he held a meeting with Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's last shah and a prominent voice in the opposition, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Friday. "We discussed the importance of
Police released a man who was accused of stalking and harassing a young woman who filmed her encounter with the suspect on a bus.
Feb 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has ended temporary protected status for Yemen, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said on Friday, the latest move targeting immigrants. The decision to end humanitarian protections that grant deportation
The fiscal crisis is political, not technical, Finance Minister Estephan Salameh said, and is a result of Israel withholding transfer of tax revenues. According to him, monthly revenues do not exceed $130 million, but $320 million is needed to cover minimal operating costs
The United States was preparing on Friday to deploy a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East after President Donald Trump warned of "traumatic" consequences if Tehran failed to agree a deal over its nuclear programme. Tensions have escalated between the Islamic republic and
US President Donald Trump said Friday he was sending a second aircraft carrier group to the Middle East -- warning it would be a "bad day for Iran" if it fails to make a deal on its nuclear program. Trump has upped the military threat against the Islamic republic in the wake of
US President Donald Trump said Friday that a change of government in Iran would be the "best thing that could happen," as he sent a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East to ratchet up military pressure on the Islamic republic. Trump's comments were his most overt call yet
In the Moroccan village of Ouled Salama, 63-year-old farmer Mohamed Reouani waded through his crops, now submerged by floodwaters after days of heavy downpours. Farmers in the North African kingdom have for the past few years endured severe drought. But floods have now swamped
The Dubai emirate announced the appointments of Yuvraj Narayan as group CEO and Essa Kazim as the new chairman of the board, replacing Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem.
The resignation of the flagship Human Rights Watch group's Israel-Palestine team is just the latest example of how October 7 and the Gaza war have triggered unprecedented infighting in the global human rights community. Could the whole edifice be imploding?
Feb 13 (Reuters) - U.S. military forces have completed their mission in Syria to transfer Islamic State detainees to Iraq, U.S. Central Command said on Friday. "The 23-day transfer mission began on Jan. 21 and resulted in U.S. forces successfully transporting more than 5,700
By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS, Feb 13 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron called for intensified efforts to combat antisemitism in France, as recent government data showed hostility toward Jews has remained high despite adecline in recorded incidents last year. France,
BEIRUT, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Friday he was committed to holding a parliamentary election as scheduled on May 10, despite calls from some politicians to postpone the vote. Several politicians have called for a delay, citing security
GENEVA, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Over five million people have returned to Afghanistan from neighbouring states since expulsion policies began in late 2023, prompting the United Nations to warn on Friday that relief efforts are becoming overwhelmed by thousands of daily arrivals.
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the largest aircraft carrier in the world, is expected to join the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group and fleet of US aircraft already assembled in the region around Iran as the Trump administration threatens a new round of strikes.
President Emmanuel Macron Friday denounced what he described as an "antisemitic hydra" that had crept into "every crack" of society two decades after Ilan Halimi, a 23-year-old French Jewish man, was tortured to death. To commemorate Halimi, whose abduction and murder in 2006
President Emmanuel Macron Friday denounced what he described as an "antisemitic hydra" that had crept into "every crack" of society two decades after Ilan Halimi, a 23-year-old French Jewish man, was tortured to death. To commemorate Halimi, whose abduction and murder in 2006
By Sam Tobin LONDON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Britain's ban on pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation was ruled unlawful by London's High Court on Friday, though the ban will temporarily remain in place and the government said it would appeal