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
Sept 2 (Reuters) - Two Palestinian teenagers were killed on Wednesday in an attack by Israeli settler militants and army troops on their village in the occupied West Bank, local officials and the Palestinian health ministry said, amid an uptick in violence by Jewish settlers in
WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the renewed U.S. campaign against Iran would not continue for "too long" after the biggest exchange of fire between Tehran and Washington since July. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that Iran
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested renaming the Strait of Hormuz as "Trump Strait" despite ongoing clashes with Iran -- then hours later implied he wasn't serious. Trump has made a series of geographical name changes to international bodies of water in his second
Lima cited Tehran's 'escalation of conflicts' in the Middle East. In Israel, the Netanyahu government has made concerted efforts to improve diplomatic relations with many of the South America countries, including Peru, who have shifted rightward in recent years
The country’s oil exports were around 3 million barrels per day in August.
A recently discovered Luger pistol may have been used in the mysterious 2012 killing of the al-Hilli family near the Alpine town of Chevaline in eastern France.
Airstrikes on Iranian oil tankers mark a subtle tactical pivot after months of periodic bombardment targeting IRGC military infrastructure failed to shut down the IRGC’s attacks in Hormuz.
MOSCOW/LONDON/DUBAI, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Russia vowed to head off any disruption to civil aviation on Wednesday after a warning by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that its drones had made Russian airspace dangerous to use. Zelenskiy warned airlines and insurance firms on
MOSCOW/LONDON/DUBAI, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Russia vowed to head off any disruption to civil aviation on Wednesday after a warning by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that its drones had made Russian airspace dangerous to use. Zelenskiy warned airlines and insurance firms on
By Sarita Chaganti Singh Sept 2 (Reuters) - Nepal plans to rebuild an early-warning system for landslides on part of its border with China,installing seismicsensors, cameras and a satellite link, two Nepali government sources told Reuters,a week after a glacial flood killed
CAIRO, Sept 2 (Reuters) - At least 21 people were killed in a bus accident on Egypt's Dahab-Nuweibaa road in South Sinai on Wednesday, the health ministry said. A number of Jordanians were on the bus and initial information indicated some were killed and injured, Jordan's
Israeli officials warn that a deadly settler attack could ignite the territory, but Fatah figures describe a society focused on survival rather than revolt
By Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Tankers and cargo ships are transiting the Bosphorus strait adorned with nets, water tanks and tyres to try to fend off growing Russian and Ukrainian drone strikes in the Black Sea, according to security experts and video obtained
Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are among those pushing to ease the conflict until November, as analysts warn Trump's economic offensive will have limited impact without Chinese cooperation
Iran responded to US attacks with a wave of drone and missile strikes against countries across the region, raising fears of a return to war.
The United Nations said Wednesday the 1.5C target would be missed and outlined how global temperatures might be brought back down in a first-of-its-kind assessment met with dismay in climate-vulnernable nations. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres last year acknowledged the
The United Nations said Wednesday the 1.5C target would be missed and outlined how global temperatures might be brought back down in a first-of-its-kind assessment met with dismay in climate-vulnernable nations. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres last year acknowledged the
A passenger bus overturned on a desert highway in Egypt's eastern Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday, killing 22 people and injuring 28 others, authorities said. The crash occurred on the road connecting the Red Sea resort towns of Dahab and Nuweiba in South Sinai, a region known