ANKARA, June 25 (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan discussed the earthquakes in Venezuela and the country's need for aid in a call with his Venezuelan counterpart Yvan Gil on Thursday, a Turkish foreign ministry source said. Fidan also said Turkey would continue
LONDON, June 25 (Reuters) - The United Nations’ shipping agency on Thursday paused an evacuation effort to get hundreds of stranded ships and thousands of seafarers out through the Strait of Hormuz after a vessel was attacked in the Gulf of Oman. "I have been informed of an
WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuters) - NATO chief Mark Rutte said on Thursday that tens of billions of dollars in new defense-related contracts will be announced at the alliance's upcoming Julysummit in Ankara. In remarks at the Atlantic Council, Rutte also said NATO would pledge
Top US diplomat Marco Rubio said Thursday that there were limits to what Washington would accept in any deal with Iran, warning that permitting Tehran to charge fees in the Strait of Hormuz would open the door to "total chaos". Rubio was in Bahrain as part of a regional tour to
The Wall Street Journal cited officials saying that Iran estimates countries could make $40 billion a year charging security, safety and environmental fees in the waterway. Iran's chief negotiator in Oman: 'Management of the Strait will never return to the way it was before'
The suspect appeared in court with visible signs of violence on his face, while a police representative claimed that reasonable force had been used, adding that the arrest was recorded on officers' body-worn cameras. However, it later emerged that they were not functioning
Iran, Turkey and Israel were among the first countries to offer assistance to earthquake-hit Venezuela despite their varying diplomatic relationships with Caracas.
The decision affects some 6,100 Syrians who live in the United States.
The judge ruled that although the case is 'highly disturbing to right-minded people,' the video of the two nurses allegedly threatening to kill or not treat Israelis was inadmissible, as it had been obtained via a chat platform and without their consent to be recorded
Iraq is seeking a higher production quota as the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has slashed oil revenues and plunged the country into a fiscal crisis.
Lebanon has canceled its national exams for the year due to the war and ongoing hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, following weeks of pressure on the Education Ministry.
Trump said Wednesday that the US would release “some” Iranian frozen funds and would use them to purchase corn, wheat and soybeans from American farmers.
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for President Donald Trump's administration to strip hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants of a humanitarian status that protects them from deportation, giving
By Ahmed Saeed KARBALA, Iraq, June 25 (Reuters) - Carrying photos of loved ones killed in the war with the U.S. and Israel, Iranian pilgrims crossed into the Iraqi holy city of Karbala to commemorate Ashura, the holiest day on the Shi'ite Muslim calendar. Ashura falls on the
As talks between Jerualem and Beirut began in Washington, Israeli and Lebanese officials denied earlier claims by a U.S. State Department official that Israel had withdrawn from parts of southern Lebanon
By Vivian Sequera and Mayela Armas CARACAS, June 25 (Reuters) - Thousands of Venezuelans were feared dead on Thursday after two powerful earthquakes wreaked havoc in and around the capital Caracas, trapping people beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings and setting off
ADEN, June 25 (Reuters) - A correspondent for Saudi Arabia's Al Arabiya television in Yemen was killed when a bomb planted on his car exploded, the network said on Thursday. It said Mohammed Aydah, a Yemeni who reported for Al Arabiya and its sister channel Al Hadath, was
ANKARA, June 25 (Reuters) - Dozens of Turkish journalists have been denied accreditation for a NATO summit in the Turkish capital Ankara next month, media outlets and journalist associations said on Thursday, with NATO saying it relied on Turkey for guidance about journalists.
By Ali Hankir and Mohamed Azakir BEIRUT, June 25 (Reuters) - A long-awaited ceasefire has brought relative calm to Lebanon, but it hasn't brought peace of mind to Hussein Merhi. He is among tens of thousands who remain displaced because their homes were destroyed in Israeli
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL, June 25 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban government has ordered a nationwide ban on civil servants' smartphone use, a military court order showed, prompting warnings from rights activists that the move could further restrict access to
By Tala Ramadan, David Morgan and Patricia Zengerle DUBAI/WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuters) - Oil prices fell to pre-war levels on Thursday as the United States said flows through the Strait of Hormuz were nearing normal and its top diplomat completed a Gulf tour aimed at shoring
Tunisia's humiliating exit from the 2026 World Cup after two heavy losses against Sweden and Japan delt a blow to Eagles of Carthage fans, who say it laid bare years of dysfunction within the football federation. The team, which had made history in 1978 by becoming the first
Tehran is warning that Oman's temporary routes will not guarantee safe passage through the key waterway.
DUBAI, June 25 (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of Iran and Oman stressed the need for continued bilateral coordination on maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz during a phone call on Thursday, Iranian state media reported. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and his
Inside a Gaza City culinary academy that has been bombed and rebuilt twice during the war, students chop, whisk, and plate dishes with quiet determination, committed to mastering their craft despite the hardships that surround them. At Smile Kitchen Culinary Academy, men and
The denial followed a report citing a U.S. State Department official saying Israeli forces pulled back from some of the territory occupied in southern Lebanon as a 'gesture of good faith' toward the Lebanese government
Almost a million Lebanese remain displaced over fears of continued fighting between Hezbollah and the Israeli military. Those who have returned found neighborhoods wiped out and homes in ruins. 'It's the beginning of a new struggle,' one said
By Ali Sawafta SEBASTIA, West Bank, June 25 (Reuters) - An Israeli bill that would extend civil control over ancient sites in the West Bank has drawn criticism from Palestinians and Israeli rights groups who say it is tantamount to annexation of occupied land and would expand
BEIRUT, June 25 (Reuters) - Senior Israeli and Lebanese officials denied on Thursday that there had been any Israeli withdrawal from occupied southern Lebanon, after a U.S. official said Israel had pulled some of its troops back in a good faith gesture toward Lebanon's
On Wednesday, the IDF said a Bedouin Israeli civilian contractor working with the country's Defense Ministry was killed in an operational accident in Gaza. Last week, five Israeli soldiers were killed in separate incidents in Lebanon and were laid to rest on Sunday
BAGHDAD, June 25 (Reuters) - Iraq will be compelled to consider all available options if its OPEC quota is not significantly increased, a senior Iraqi oil ministry official told Reuters on Thursday. Separate sources told Reuters Iraqi officials had considered leaving OPEC, but
By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir June 25 (Reuters) - Newly issued Sudanese pounds have begun circulating in territory controlled by a paramilitary group fighting the national army, raising questions about the source of the notes and potentially deepening the country's de
By Gram Slattery MANAMA, June 25 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet with Bahrain officials on Thursday on the final leg of a trip to the Middle East where he has sought to sell the Trump administration's preliminary Iran accord to skeptical Gulf Arab
From being shepherded out of Iraq as a baby to growing up on the mean streets of Toxteth in Liverpool, Iraqi striker Ali al-Hamadi's journey to the World Cup has been challenging. The 24-year-old will draw on all the qualities he has accrued from his tough upbringing when he
With even the Strait of Hormuz deal open to conflicting interpretations, Gulf states are forging closer ties with Iran, weakening the united front Washington sought to build. Once again, Iran stands to gain diplomatic leverage
By Renju Jose SYDNEY, June 25 (Reuters) - Australia faces multi-faceted threats from autocratic regimes, hackers and antisemitic extremists that present a systemic challenge to national security and are degrading the security environment, the country's spy chief said. While
The last Australian woman stranded in the Middle East over suspected links to the Islamic State group will be allowed to return home, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said on Thursday. Dozens of women and children have been returning to Australian from squalid Syrian detention
By Humeyra Pamuk and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, June 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday it may never be known who was at fault for a deadly strike on a girls' school in Iran on February 28, the first day of the Iran war, that killed scores of children.
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, June 24 (Reuters) - NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte sought to calm tensions with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday, using a mix of flattery and gentle pushback to argue that examples of allies' reluctance to support the U.S.
WASHINGTON, June 24 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance indicated on Wednesday that a review was under way to see how the United States could sell Turkey F-35 fighter jets given Ankara's 2019 acquisition of Russian S-400 missile defense systems. "Pete and the entire team
Israel's top defense official said his country would not withdraw from Lebanon despite diplomatic pressure from Washington as it seeks rapprochement with Iran.
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON, June 24 (Reuters) - Three International Criminal Court judges on Wednesday sued U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration over sanctions imposed on themlast year, arguing the measures were unlawful. In the lawsuit filed in the federal
General Chris Donahue -- the last American soldier to depart Afghanistan and the current commander of US Army forces in Europe and Africa -- will leave his position early next month, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. Donahue "will relinquish command on July 2, 2026," Army