SEOUL, Sept 4 (Reuters) - South Korea is preparing to deploy military assets to support freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and aims to dispatch them before the end of the year, media reported late on Thursday, citing government and military sources. The reports in
U.S. Vice President JD Vance said that Washington has cut contact with Iran due to the ongoing clashes in the Strait of Hormuz. Addressing China's role in the Iranian arena, he said Beijing is 'willing to play ball' on economically isolating Tehran
US Vice President JD Vance said Thursday he would not categorize the Iran war as a war, despite continuing clashes with Tehran six months after the start of the conflict. Vance's comments came amid growing signs that President Donald Trump is trying to draw a line under the
The development signals that the kingdom continues deepening AI ties with China while simultaneously pursuing major US technology partnerships, keeping the Gulf state at the center of an intensifying technology race between the superpowers.
WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - U.S.Vice President JD Vance on Thursday said the United States is investigating anairstrike that Iran says struck a wedding party in Iran. "We're investigating it because obviously we care. We want to know," Vance told reporters during a White
Earlier on Monday, Iran has warned the United States that it would respond forcefully to an Israeli offensive on a mountainous ridge in southern Lebanon where Iranian military personnel are holed up alongside Hezbollah fighters
At least 13 government troops were killed as Houthi forces launched a broad offensive across western Yemen.
The Democratic Republic of Congo said Thursday it would move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, joining a small group of countries including the United States in taking the symbolic step of backing Israeli sovereignty in the contested holy city. After a visit by President
Israel's ties with many Western allies were already fraught over its conduct in the Gaza war, but the worsening situation in the occupied West Bank has seen relations nosedive before close-fought October elections. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing government is
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Thursday to block federal aid for universities that boycott Israel, the latest Republican-backed pro-Israel measure amid growing Democraticcriticism of the Israeli
BEIRUT, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Syria has begun destroying the remnants of a clandestine Assad-era chemical weapons program that it recovered in May, the first such destruction in a decade, a Syrian envoy and a U.N. representative said on Thursday. Reuters reported in May that
Foreign fighters and support networks are fuelling the conflict in Sudan and worsening violence against civilians, a UN-backed investigation warned Thursday. The United Nations' independent fact-finding mission on Sudan said foreign involvement was strengthening the military
(Widens distribution) By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowall DUBAI, Sept 3 (Reuters) - A U.S. campaign to throttle Iran's economy byblockading its oil exports and stopping sanctions evasion is growing increasingly difficult to withstand, three senior Iranian sources said.
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Dozens of civil rights and advocacy groups are urging Congress to scrap a defense bill provision that would deepen U.S.-Israeli military technology ties, according to a letter seen by Reuters, at a time of growing U.S. skepticism
A Jerusalem cafe picketed for weeks by observant Jews said Thursday it had agreed to shut on the Sabbath, bowing to demands despite counter-protests by secular Israelis. The coffeehouse opened in June near a neighbourhood of ultra-Orthodox Jews, who strictly shun working,
The Israeli military has yet to respond to Haaretz's inquiries on how long the civilians, whom Israeli forces captured in occupied parts of Lebanon and who weren't suspected of terrorism, were held in Israeli detention
President Donald Trump has stayed silent amid a spate of settler attacks on Palestinians and their property in the West Bank.
DUBAI, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday the deaths of six more military personnel from U.S. strikes this week, bringing the military death toll to at least 13. The U.S. strikes on Tuesday were the most extensive for weeks. In the
By Saurabh Sharma and Joseph Campbell TARKESHWAR, Nepal, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Dhan Bahadur Tamang was at work in a hydropower project near Nepal's border with China when he sensed a sudden air pressure change in the underground tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 1 hydropower project.
According to the IDF, soldiers killed the two after they had crossed the Yellow Line, which separates the occupied parts of the Strip from the rest of the enclave, and approached the troops in a manner that seemed to threaten their lives
WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick apologized on Thursday for stating that no Americans had died in the Iran war, acknowledging that 18 service members have been killed and he was thinking about Venezuela when he made the mistaken statement.
Starlink’s Emirati debut expands the range of connectivity options available and is a significant step in the country’s efforts to bolster its digital infrastructure.
Israel has intensified its strikes and ground operations around the strategic hill in a bid to force Hezbollah out.
Israel said the detainees are "civilians who are not members of a terrorist organization" and "were not involved in terrorism," concluding, "There is no reason to continue holding them in Israel."
A foreign official with direct knowledge of the warning said it was delivered around mid-August and that Israel had put off storming the area as a result of U.S. pressure
A Persian restaurant in Kuwait has removed any mention of Iran from its name, a sign of the pressure the Iranian community in the Gulf country has faced since the Middle East war erupted. Following weeks of calm, Iran resumed strikes on Kuwait as the Islamic republic and the
LONDON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Britain's King Charles and his wife Queen Camilla will host Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq at Windsor Castle for a state visit next month, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday. The visit from October 20 to 22 will come against the backdrop of
MADRID, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Spain has found no evidence to conclude that July's deadly border rush from Morocco into its enclave of Ceuta was orchestrated by Moroccan authorities, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Thursday,countering allegations in a Spanish police report.
By Maya Gebeily BEIRUT, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Iran has warned the United States that it would respond forcefully to an Israeli offensive on a mountainous ridge in southern Lebanon where Iranian military personnel are holed up alongside Hezbollah fighters, three officials briefed
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Foreign weapons, military technology, fighters and logistical networks are helping sustain Sudan's conflict and expanding the warring parties' ability to strike distant civilian areas with drones, a U.N. fact-finding mission said
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Haseen Alwazeer CAIRO/GAZA, Sept 3 (Reuters) - A group of farmers has been working to preserve Gaza's native crops by rebuilding a local seed bank that was destroyed during Israel's war in the enclave and by encouraging Palestinians to cultivate what
Iran attacked US military bases in Kuwait on Thursday, despite President Donald Trump threatening further strikes in a fresh flare-up six months into the war. The new clashes, which began with US raids on Sunday, deepen the ongoing impasse in the war, as Iran maintains a
With diplomacy deadlocked, China's influence over Tehran positions it to break the impasse. Chinese President Xi Jinping's trip to Egypt is no mere photo op - and signals exactly the direction Beijing plans to take
By Menna AlaaElDin and Kanishka Singh CAIRO/WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - The sudden recent escalation of the Iran war has cast renewed attention on its civilian toll after Iran reported 18 dead in the last U.S. assault, including four killed and dozens wounded at a wedding.
By Nayera Abdallah BEIRUT, Sept 3 (Reuters) - The Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, which is named after a Shi'ite Muslim scholar whose shrine sits at its summit, has become one of the most contested pieces of ground in the Israel-Hezbollah war. The cluster of hills is