Liran Naaman said he spent 800 euros (nearly $900) to fly from Amsterdam, where he has lived for the past 11 years, to his native Israel, all to vote in the October 27 election. He has returned to vote in every election except during the Covid-19 pandemic, and believes this
The chair of English football's Independent Regulator has said he will resign if there is political interference in any future investigation into Manchester City as a result of widespread impropriety. City have been found guilty on over 100 charges of breaking Premier League
By Parisa Hafezi, Jonathan Saul and Phil Stewart DUBAI/LONDON/WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Iran is deploying new tactics to target ships sailing through the Strait of Hormuz as it seeks to keep oil prices high and influence the US midterm elections, two senior Iranian
A Saudi employee of OpenAI was arrested after allegedly planting a recording device in one of the company's San Francisco offices, the AI firm and federal prosecutors said Tuesday. "We discovered a sophisticated recording device that was hidden inside one of our offices" and
In an interview with Israel's pro-Netanyahu Channel 14, the prime minister denied that he met with Egypt's then-intelligence chief Abbas Kamel, who landed in Israel days before Hamas' attack – and said he did not know who did get his warning
Aidarous al-Zubaidi, who leads the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council separatist group, called on southern Yemenis to fight for regional autonomy and against the Houthis, while condemning attacks on Saudi Arabia.
The four countries said nearly a generation of Palestinians has come of age without voting, and urged Israel to refrain from steps that could prevent eligible Palestinians from participating
By Timour Azhari and Menna AlaaElDin RIYADH, Oct 13 (Reuters) - An administrative building belonging to Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco in the eastern city of Dhahran was attacked, causing a limited fire, the Energy Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday
By Timour Azhari and Menna AlaaElDin RIYADH, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-allied Houthis said Saudi Arabia was attacking the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Tuesday after a Saudi-led coalition warned civilians to stay away from an oil depot on the city's outskirts, part of a
By Timour Azhari and Menna AlaaElDin RIYADH, Oct 13 (Reuters) - A ballistic missile hit the headquarters complex of Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company, the world's largest and the backbone of the kingdom's economy, a company source told Reuters, amid an escalating war
By Timour Azhari and Menna AlaaElDin RIYADH, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Loud booms were heard on Tuesday night near the headquarters of Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company, the world's largest and the backbone of the kingdom's economy, in Dhahran, six sources told Reuters, amid an
Azerbaijan’s restrictions on Islamic dress in schools have sparked an unusual public spat with Turkey, exposing tensions beneath the allies’ close political and security ties.
With renewed tanker attacks, Tehran is betting to make Hormuz passage costly enough for Washington and strengthen the tool with election-related pressure President Trump is currently facing.
Mordechai Minster, a settler who grazes his sheep on Palestinian land as a tactic to seize territory, plainly named the main reason Americans are pulling away from Israel and admitted what many U.S. leaders cannot
“President Erdogan, I think, would do as I ask,” he told reporters.
By Jacob Bogage and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Yemen's Houthi militants of deliberately trying to drive up oil prices ahead of the US midterm elections and warned that he would "never forget" their attacks on Saudi
Oct 13 (Reuters) - With their city encircled by Houthi fighters, residents of Taiz say they face intensifying bombardment and dwindling supplies as the Iran-aligned group tightens its grip on surrounding areas. Taiz, Yemen's third-largest city, has emerged as a major theatre of
In a rare statement, the Saudi-led coalition urged civilians in Yemen's Houthi-controlled capital to leave the Yemeni Oil Company site and nearby storage areas ahead of a possible strike
Israeli army fire wounded two Palestinians on Tuesday during a raid in the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian health ministry. A hospital in the city received "a young man with a serious gunshot wound to the lower back and a 14-year-old
Restoring shipping access in the Strait of Hormuz is only part of the recovery, as Gulf producers also need to repair damaged infrastructure to avoid further disruption to production and exports.
FRANKFURT, Oct 13 (Reuters) - A flight from Greece to Germany landed safely in Nuremberg on Tuesday after a cockpit hijack alert that the airline attributed to a malfunction prompted the German air force to scramble two fighter jets. Corendon Airlines blamed a malfunction in
LONDON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - MI5 spy chief Ken McCallum delivered his annual speech on Tuesday outlining his view of the threats to Britain, from hostile states such as Iran and Russia to the development of artificial intelligence. Here is a summary of the main threats and issues
An American woman alleged to have been an Islamic State group member caught by anti-IS forces in Syria went on trial in New York on Tuesday, charged with receiving military training from the jihadist group. Halima Salman, 27, was one of hundreds of women who ended up in the
Four Western and Arab officials in the region and political analysts told Reuters that the absence of warnings before the strikes that killed at least 18 people reflected efforts to maintain a sense of normalcy while avoiding public alarm
Saudi Arabia’s busiest airport, Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport, saw widespread flight cancellations and delays on Tuesday.
The gesture of solidarity comes after a series of strikes on Riyadh airport killed at least 18 people and wounded more than 300. Earlier this year, Turkey signed a joint defense pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan
Under an overcast sky in southern Israel, Bedouin villagers wandered through the rubble of what used to be their homes, the latest to be demolished after being deemed illegal structures by Israeli authorities. The residents of Al-Dahiya in the Negev desert say they have
They loathe Israel for destroying Gaza. They also blame Hamas for gambling with their lives and promising victory. In searing Facebook posts, Gazans describe the loss, abuse and daily humiliations no camera can capture
The group says families whose homes were destroyed or made uninhabitable in the war with Israel will receive up to $14,000 following previous reports that Iran transferred $200 million to fund displaced Lebanese families
