The U.S. president prefers the negotiating table, but the hard-line leaders in Tehran aren't keen to compromise and Netanyahu needs to atone for the stalemate earlier this year. Meanwhile, the flames in the West Bank are approaching explosion level
While last week's assessment was that neither Iran nor the United States wanted escalation, diplomats are now concerned that strikes from both countries could trigger a wider war involving Israel. 'Tomorrow is the World Cup final; the day after tomorrow is the Middle East
Jordan has summoned Iran’s charge d'affaires in Amman over what it called “unjustified and blatant Iranian attacks” and “provocative and inflammatory statements targeting the Kingdom's territory,” Jordan’s ministry of foreign affairs said in a statement on Sunday.Meanwhile, the
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in Washington on Sunday, a State Department official told AFP, after the latest round of Lebanon-Israel talks wrapped up in Italy.It is the first trip to Washington by a Lebanese head of state since
Israel’s defense minister said Sunday that his country would respond powerfully to any attack by Iran, after Israeli and Jordanian forces intercepted an Iranian missile launched towards the Jordanian city of Aqaba.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel
July 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Republicans should add Iran to the Russian sanctions bill. (Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru)
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM, July 19 (Reuters) - Israel is preparing to receive more U.S. refuelling aircraft, an Israeli military official said on Sunday, as attacks launched by the United States and Iran have escalated over the past week. The U.S. and Iran have intensified
Israeli and Jordanian forces intercepted an Iranian missile aimed at the Jordanian city of Aqaba on Sunday, the Israeli military said, after Amman denied the city’s airport and seaport were evacuated over a threat.When asked by AFP about reports of explosions near the Israeli
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Sunday that two ships were involved in an “accident” after attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz via an “unsafe route,” while two other vessels abandoned that route, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.For
For Tehran, the Strait of Hormuz is an existential red line – and if Trump strikes Iran's energy infrastructure, the Gulf's water supply could be next
US and Iranian strikes extended into Sunday, with Washington saying it was punishing Tehran for the deaths of two US servicemen in Jordan and Gulf states announcing responses to Iranian attacks. US strikes on Iran The US military command for the region, CENTCOM, said its latest
Iran’s judiciary announced that two men were hanged on Sunday over charges relating to anti-government protests that peaked in January, having begun a month earlier over economic grievances.The two men, Erfan Esfandiari and Gol-Mohammad Mohammadi, were found guilty of “tying
Israeli settlers set fire overnight to a mosque in a village in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian official said Sunday, as an AFP journalist saw the structure's entrance scorched and Hebrew graffiti sprayed on its walls. More than two dozen settlers, some masked, attacked
A drone strike in Iraq’s Kurdistan region wounded eight Iranian Kurdish rebels on Sunday, an exiled opposition group said, blaming the attack on Iran.During the Middle East war, the northern Kurdistan region, which hosts US troops and foreign oil companies as well as exiled
Haaretz has learned that Israeli officials assured Azerbaijani counterparts the issue would be removed from the Knesset's agenda. An Israeli source estimated that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blocked the vote after a senior political adviser to Azerbaijan's president
Jordan earlier denied a U.S. Embassy statement that Aqaba's airport and seaport were evacuated over a 'credible threat,' saying no threats had been detected. A U.S. cargo plane diverted to Amman. Kuwait and Bahrain said earlier they had intercepted Iranian drones
There was no decision to evacuate Aqaba’s seaport or airport after the US embassy issued a security alert earlier on Sunday, Jordan’s Minister of Government Communication and Government Spokesperson Mohammad al-Momani told Al Arabiya.Al-Momani added that both facilities were
Israeli Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman has reclassified crocodiles from wild animals to “captive-bred wildlife,” a move that clears the way for the reptiles to be used for security purposes, including to deter prison escapes.Far-right National Security Minister
The United States and Iran traded missiles and airstrikes on Sunday as Washington sought to "punish" Tehran for the US military's first losses since open hostilities in the Middle East war resumed. Iran closed the conduit for oil and gas shipments after the war broke out, and
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said US criticism of Canadian efforts to stop the “terrible scenario” of spreading forest fires in his province and choking smoke across a broad swath of the United States was “absolutely unacceptable.”“We’re trying to get through this,” Ford said on
Kuwait’s military said on Sunday it was responding to aerial salvos fired by Iran a day after the Gulf state faced barrages from the Islamic Republic that struck a power plant and oil facility.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the
By Maya Gebeily and Tom Perry BEIRUT, July 19 (Reuters) - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will make his first trip to the White House this week to present a plan to U.S. President Donald Trump on how to disarm Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and secure Israel's withdrawal
US President Donald Trump on Saturday praised the sacrifices of two US service members that were killed in action since hostilities with Iran renewed, saying in an interview that the mission remained critical.Trump told The New York Post that the sacrifice was made to prevent
Russia battered Ukraine’s capital Kyiv overnight with one of its biggest ballistic missile barrages of the war, killing at least one person and wounding 16 others, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday.A series of powerful explosions thundered across the darkened city in
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday urged Cuba to immediately release more than 700 political prisoners, as a prominent Cuban dissident artist arrived in Miami after five years in prison.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the
The death toll from Venezuela’s twin earthquakes last month has risen to 5,119, according to an official tally released Saturday.That was an increase of 50 deaths since Friday and comes 24 days since the June 24 disaster when back-to-back earthquakes struck, most severely
The US Marshals Service arrested Andrew and Tristan Tate on Saturday as Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service said it would seek extradition of the kickboxers-turned-social media stars on fresh charges of rape, bodily harm and human trafficking.The CPS said it would bring more
The United States said airstrikes on Sunday aimed to “punish” Iran over the first US military deaths since renewed hostilities with the Islamic Republic.Iran rapidly announced its own retaliation, saying it attacked Kuwait in response to more than a week of intensifying attacks
After several weeks of gradual escalation, there are growing signs that the war between the United States and Iran may intensify and expand. While both parties wish to exclude Israel, the Israeli government had yet to give the public any explanation, just like the June 2025 war
Tears streamed down south Lebanon resident Fatima Hajj Ali's face as she stared at a host of keys hanging like windchimes from the ceiling of a Beirut museum -- each one symbolising a home, like her own, destroyed by Israel. The exhibition "Hkeeli ya Jnoub", or "Tell me, O
Iran's Mehr news agency said the U.S. carried out an attack near Sirik in southern Iran, adding that no casualties or damage to infrastructure have been reported, as intensifying attacks raise the possibility of a return to all-out war
By Enas Alashray, Hatem Maher and Michael Martina WASHINGTON/CAIRO, July 19 (Reuters) - The United States launched new strikes against Iran, Central Command said, after it earlier announced that two U.S. military personnel were killed in Jordan and another was missing
By Nayera Abdallah and Eman Abouhassira DUBAI, July 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. said it had completed an eighth straight night of attacks against Iran after earlier announcingthat two U.S. military personnel were killed in Jordan, while U.S. allies in the region reported more
By Nayera Abdallah and Eman Abouhassira DUBAI, July 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. said it had completed an eighth straight night of attacks against Iran after earlier announcingthat at least two U.S. military personnel were killed in Jordan, while U.S. allies in the region reported