By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long looked on course to lose power in Israel's election, but the race has narrowed as the vote approaches and his rivals have no clear path to power. Votes will be cast on Tuesday for parties,
By Yomna Ehab Oct 26 (Reuters) - Jordanian security forces arrested three armed suspects after a shootout on Monday in connection with an attack on a church in the US-allied country that killed nine people, state television reported. Friday's attackduring a funeral at a Greek
Oct 26 (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they had attacked Saudi Arabia's East-West crude oil pumping stations and Riyadh airport, as rising hostilities choke oil supplies andthreaten to erupt into a larger conflict. The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said
Oct 26 (Reuters) - The Iran-aligned Houthi group in Yemen said on Monday it had attacked Saudi Arabia's East-West crude oil pumping stations and Riyadh airport, but there was no immediate Saudi confirmation. The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said earlier it had destroyed two
By Andrew Mills and Ariba Shahid Oct 26 (Reuters) - Top officials from the Mecca Pact countries Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan are set to meet Iranian officials in Tehran on Monday to discuss regional coordination, two people with knowledge of the matter said. Saudi Arabia
By Andrew Mills and Ariba Shahid Oct 26 (Reuters) - Top officials from the Mecca Pact countries Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan are set to meet Iranian officials in Tehran on Monday to discuss regional coordination, two people with knowledge of the matter said. Saudi Arabia
By Andrew Mills and Ariba Shahid Oct 26 (Reuters) - Top officials from Mecca Pact countries Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan are to meet Iran's leaders in Tehran on Monday in their first high-level contact since the kingdom became a pressure point in the wider Iran conflict.
Oct 25 (Reuters) - Libya's foreign ministry summoned the US chargé d'affaires on Sunday to protest against rally statements by President Donald Trump it described as "offensive", after he called the North African nation "terror-infested". • The ministry said it rejected any
The IDF's leadership, which disagrees with the prime minister over the urgency of an offensive against Iran, believes he is using footage of his tours of military bases as a deliberate to provoke Iran and its proxies
Israeli election contender Gadi Eisenkot on Sunday vowed to unite the country as he held his final major rally before the vote, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received fresh backing from US President Donald Trump. Netanyahu has campaigned heavily on his security
An Israeli strike on a university in Gaza City killed three people on Sunday, staff and a local hospital said, while the civil defence agency reported five others killed elsewhere in the territory. Reached for comment on the strike at the Islamic University, the Israeli army
By Steven Scheer and Alexander Cornwell JERUSALEM, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Billionaire American investor Bill Ackman on Sunday said that Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich should not serve in Israel's next government, saying the two far-right politicians had caused enormous damage
The Saudi-led military coalition fighting Yemen's Houthis struck several of its missile launchers and storage facilities, a spokesman said on Monday, while the Iran-backed group claimed a new attack on Riyadh's international airport. The coalition's operation came a day after
The Saudi-led military coalition said Monday it intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Houthis, after the Iran-backed group claimed a new attack on the international airport in Riyadh. The operation came a day after explosions rattled the Saudi capital and
Yemen's Houthis on Sunday said they launched a fresh strike on Saudi Arabia's international airport in capital Riyadh, hours after the kingdom announced that flights had resumed despite repeated attacks by the Iran-backed group. King Khalid International Airport's website
Flights resumed at Riyadh's international airport on Sunday following a series of deadly attacks on the facility that saw it closed for two weeks, even as Yemen's Houthis targeted the country with strikes. King Khalid International Airport's website showed several domestic and
Flights resumed at Riyadh's international airport on Sunday following a series of deadly attacks on the facility that saw it closed for two weeks, even as Yemen's Houthis targeted the country with strikes. King Khalid International Airport's website showed several domestic and
VATICAN CITY, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Pope Leo called for an end to the violence in Yemen on Sunday, as he addressed the faithful from the window over St Peter's Square less than two weeks after having surgery for lung cancer. The 71-year-old pontiff said he was particularly
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces re-election this week, is drawing criticism from economists and political rivals after suggesting Israel could use cryptocurrency to help shield its economy from potential international
The coalition said two drones and a ballistic missile were launched towards Riyadh, and a cruise missile towards the southern city of Khamis Mushait. It later said it intercepted ten ballistic missiles fired towards southern Saudi Arabia
Workers were cleaning the last traces of blood from St George's Church in Jordan's Hammoud the day after a deadly attack, when visitors arrived to express their solidarity amid an atmosphere of shock and grief. At noon on Saturday, the bells of the Greek Orthodox church in
The officials conformed to the New Yorm Times U.S. State Department reports about Iranian plans to target Americans. U.S. officials say the threat to Americans is at its highest level since the war began in February
By AbdelHadi Ramahi HAMOUD, Jordan, Oct 25 (Reuters) - When gunmen opened fire on a church in Jordan,Sahar al-Halsa hid behind a pillar as she heard the shooting and people screaming in panic during a funeral service for her cousin's daughter. When she rushed outside in the
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Nonpartisan analysts say Democrats stand a good chance of winning the US House of Representatives and possibly the Senate in the November 3 midterm elections,which would give them a slice of power in Washington after two years
(Refiles to change name in byline from Ahmad Al Kerdi to Emilie Madi) By Nazih Osseiran, Raghed Waked and Emilie Madi BEIRUT, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Seven years after Lebanon’s devastating financial meltdown, a debate over a chicken sandwich has exposed an increasingly stark divide
By Emily Rose and Maayan Lubell DIMONA, Oct 25 (Reuters) - In the remote Negev Desert town of Dimona, long a bastion of Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party, disenchanted voters are going door-to-door campaigning for his top rival, hoping to bring down the veteran prime minister in