ROME, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz and senior military, police and prison officials have been placed under investigation in Italy over the treatment of Gaza flotilla activists, Italian prosecutors said on Friday. The move expands an investigation that
TAIZ, Yemen, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Ali Hassan and his family took shelter under a stairwell at a school in Taiz as Iran-allied Houthi forces closed in around them, tightening a siege of Yemen's third-largest city. The 42-year-old said the latest fighting between the group and
He did not dispute reports that the US military is weighing use of the "mother of all bombs."
LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A Norwegian teenager who planned to commit murder in Britain after being recruited by a Swedish organised crime group linked to the Iranian government was on Friday sentenced to 20 years' detention. Johannes Natland, now 19, was arrested in a hotel
LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A Norwegian teenager who flew to Britain to commit murder after being recruited online by a Swedish organised crime group linked to Iran was jailed on Friday for 20 years. British prosecutors said Johannes Natland, now 19, was recruited by the Foxtrot
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Gains in tackling malnutrition in Gaza remain fragile and could be undermined by disruptions to supplies entering the Palestinian enclave, the UN children's agency UNICEF said on Friday, urging that all crossings remain open.
(Refiles to fix formatting, no changes to text) WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said the US may have to target Pickaxe Mountain, a site linked to Iran's nuclear program, as he aims toensure Tehran does not get a nuclear weapon. In an interview with
By Angus McDowall Oct 16 (Reuters) - The city of Taiz is rapidly emerging as the most important battlefront in Yemen's reignited civil war, pitting the Iran-allied Houthis against the internationally recognised government, which is backed by a Saudi-led coalition. Houthi forces
By Feras Dalatey and Jonathan Saul DAMASCUS/LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Iran has managed to export some liquefied petroleum gas and jet fuel since July, despite a USnaval blockade, shipping intelligence showed and people involved in security said. Tehran has in recent weeks
By Pesha Magid and Ali Sawafta ABU FALAH, West Bank, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Clad in black and their faces masked, dozens of militant Israeli settlers burned olive trees and threw rocks at Palestinians in a coordinated attack on Friday on a West Bank village's annual harvest that
A 63-year-old woman and a 40-year-old man were wounded in a settler attack in Abu Falah, north of Ramallah, the Red Crescent said. Video earlier showed settlers descending from an outpost in Area B toward farmland near the village
The Asian Tour postponed its season-ending Saudi golf tournament after a deadly attack on Riyadh's airport. The move comes as Saudi Arabia reevaluates its investments in golf, even as it continues to host international events
As a growing rift emerges within the settlement movement, Gush Etzion residents push back against settler violence aimed at preventing Palestinians from harvesting olives on their privately owned land
SEOUL, Oct 16 (Reuters) - South Korea is reviewing an expansion of its military operations in the Middle East, the Kyunghyang Shinmun newspaper reported on Thursday, as the US ally faces pressure from President Donald Trump to provide support for the war in Iran. Seoul is
The Asian Cup in January is "on schedule", Saudi Arabian organisers said, after growing fears for the tournament following Houthi attacks on the country. The continent's top football official said this week that the competition could be postponed to 2028, while stressing there
BEIJING, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has told Israeli President Isaac Herzog that Israel should stop and reverse its "forced establishment" of West Bank settlements. China has consistently held that the Palestinian question is the greatest historical
By Simon Lewis and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun about the confiscation of hundreds of kilograms of explosives from Hezbollah, a US State Department official said on Thursday. Rubio
Oct 15 (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament on Thursday approved the remainder of Prime Minister Alial-Zaidi's cabinet, completing the formation of a government that took office five months ago with several key positions, lawmakers said. • Lawmakers approved 11 portfolios,
A Hezbollah lawmaker said the group intended for attacks on Israeli troops, as Beirut presses ahead with efforts to curb Hezbollah's weapons and military activity
The Houthis launched a deadly missile attack Thursday on the presidential palace in the Yemeni government's interim capital of Aden, as Saudi Arabia blamed Iran for the recent dramatic escalation in the long-running war. The attack hit command centres located inside the
WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has issued fresh Iran-related sanctions targeting 16 individuals and 10 entities, according to a notice posted on the US Department of Treasury website on Thursday. (Reporting by Bhargav Acharya and Susan Heavey)
Netanyahu said earlier on Thursday that he spoke with the Syrian leader to stop the acts of violence against the Druze. Syrian sources confirmed to Haaretz that the conversation was not a direct exchange, but involved other participants
The Turkey-born militia chief and a longtime ally of the Assad-regime, was sought by Ankara over the deadly Reyhanli bombings and by Damascus over his alleged role in massacres on the Mediterranean coast.
Aden serves as the de facto capital of Yemen’s internationally recognized government, which was forced to relocate from Sanaa after the Houthis seized the capital in 2014.
JERUSALEM, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Israel said commercial goods were no longer entering Gaza over what it said was a dispute over taxes between local merchants and Hamas, shutting off a vital source of food and other goods in the territory where the population is dependent on aid.
By John Davison LONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Houthi militants who control northwestern Yemen have in the past week attacked Riyadh international airport and hit the headquarters of Saudi Aramco, the world's largest oil company, in air assaults that have laid bare Saudi Arabia's
Violence in the Sistan and Baluchistan province has become a regular occurrence, marked by clashes with armed groups and ambushes on Iranian security forces.
The Houthis said they targeted a Saudi military operations headquarters at the complex, while their military spokesperson vowed to strike Saudi military build-ups wherever they are. Yemen's information minister said five missiles were fired
Syria will rejoin the Arab constituency at the International Monetary Fund beginning Nov. 1 and has applied for membership in the EBRD.
ANKARA, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Turkey will probably hold its 2028 elections earlier than expected, a presidential adviser said on Thursday, a move which would allow President Tayyip Erdogan to sidestep constitutional limits and run again for office. The next presidential and