While the U.S. is having a hard time opening the Strait of Hormuz, the threat of the Houthis closing the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off Yemen is now in the mix. The risk to the world economy needs no explanation
By Manuel Silvestri VENICE, July 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to Italy Tilman Fertitta arrived in the lagoon of Venice aboard his superyacht on Friday, drawing protests against President Donald Trump's policies and increased security as the city prepared for one of its most
More than 100 US House Democrats voted this week to cut military aid to Israel, exposing a widening party divide that could reshape both November's midterm elections and the future of one of Washington's most durable foreign policy alliances. "When more than 100 House Democrats
BEIRUT, July 17 (Reuters) - Iran struck eastern Syria on Friday, Iranian state media and a Syrian military source said, in the first known attack by Tehran on Syrian territory since a regional war erupted earlier this year. Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they had attacked a
ISLAMABAD, July 17 (Reuters) - Pakistan has been negotiating an expanded defence pact with Kuwait in exchange for energy cooperation and investment, according to five sources with knowledge of the talks. Several other Gulf nations have also reached out to Pakistan with requests
By Mubasher Bukhari, Asif Shahzad, Ariba Shahid and Timour Azhari ISLAMABAD/ RIYADH, July 17 (Reuters) - Pakistan has been negotiating an expanded defence pact with Kuwait in exchange for energy cooperation and investment, according to five sources with knowledge of the talks.
Oil agreements have been announced or are expected to be signed on Friday, toward the end of Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi's visit to the United States.
Kuwait, the world’s most water-stressed country, urged residents to reduce electricity and water use following the attack.
By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads this weekend to meetings of Asia-Pacific countries in Manila, where he is expected to meet with his Chinese counterpart to prepare a possible September summit
The United States and Iran traded drone and missile strikes on Friday, as Tehran announced it had targeted American assets across the region, in the biggest escalation since the two foes returned to outright war. The war began on February 28 with deadly US-Israeli strikes on
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, July 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday a man was charged with arson in relation to a fire last week at a mosque in Philadelphia. Here are the details: • Vincent Lang, 60, of Philadelphia was arrested and charged "with
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes an Israeli withdrawal from two pilot zones in southern Lebanon will help ease tensions with President Donald Trump.
A Syrian military source denied to AFP on Friday that Iran had bombed the al-Tanf base near Syria’s southeastern borders with Jordan and Iraq, after Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said they targeted the facility in response to US strikes.For all the latest
By Nilo Tabrizy NEW YORK, July 17 (Reuters) - A new wave of U.S. attacks on Iran has plunged Iranians back into deep uncertainty and anxiety after a period of relative calm while a shaky ceasefire held. Iranians contacted by Reuters via an encrypted messaging app said economic
Israel’s global standing and domestic cohesion are at a complex crossroads.Hopes for a lasting resolution with Iran appear as distant as ever. A ceasefire framework in Lebanon is struggling to take hold, while efforts to expand diplomatic normalization with regional neighbors
On Global News Today on Al Arabiya English, Tom Burges Watson covers the latest escalation in the US-Iran conflict as Tehran launches fresh attacks on American military bases across the Gulf while US forces continue overnight strikes inside Iran.Iran says it targeted US
W News Extra discusses the biggest takeaways from US Vice President J.D. Vance’s explosive three-hour interview with Joe Rogan, including his criticism of Israel over US-Iran negotiations.
On tonight's episode of W News with Leigh-Ann Gerrans:The conflict between Iran and the United States continues to escalate. Tehran says it has expanded its attacks to target US military sites across the Gulf, while Washington has launched a new wave of strikes inside Iran. We
Armed assailants are believed to have boarded the chemical tanker Asana off the southern coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden on Friday and are in control of the vessel, maritime security sources said.Based on initial assessments, the incident appeared to be related to Somali
One of Kuwait’s power generation and water desalination stations was hit in an Iranian attack, causing damage to facilities, a fire and the disruption of a large number of electricity generation units, Kuwaiti authorities said on Friday.Firefighters brought the blaze under
Iran’s energy ministry called on citizens to reduce electricity use on Friday after the power grid came under strain following US strikes on energy infrastructure in the south.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The ministry in a
US President Donald Trump declassified documents on Thursday that he asserted showed Chinese interference in US elections, reviving his long-running attacks on election security despite a US intelligence assessment that found no evidence Beijing affected the 2020 vote that he
Coalition forces shot down eight explosive-laden drones over the city of Erbil in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region during the early hours of Friday, the region’s Counter-Terrorism Service said.The service said in a statement that all eight drones were successfully intercepted and
Bahrain’s air defenses intercepted and destroyed several Iranian aerial attacks targeting the kingdom on Friday, the Bahrain Defense Force said.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The military’s General Command said Iran was
By Akhtar Soomro and Ariba Shahid KARACHI, July 17 (Reuters) - Relatives of the five crew members aboard a Boeing 737 cargo plane that crashed into the Arabian Sea off Pakistan last week are urging an international search effort to find the flight recorders to determine the
China and Pakistan’s foreign ministers called Friday for the United States and Iran to stop fighting and resume negotiations, according to a statement following a meeting in Shanghai.China’s Wang Yi and Pakistan’s Ishaq Dar jointly “expressed concern over the deterioration of
Drone and rocket strikes killed nine members of an Iranian Kurdish armed opposition group in Iraq’s Kurdistan region on Friday, the exiled party said, blaming the attack on Iran.In Erbil, the capital of Kurdistan, the US-led anti-extremist coalition shot down several drones in
The United States struck Iran and Tehran hit back at US allies in the Gulf, as the foes battled over the vital Strait of Hormuz in the renewed Middle East war. Tanker hit A tanker was hit overnight by an "unknown projectile" off the coast of Oman, the UK Maritime Trade
A tanker was hit by an unknown projectile on Thursday while sailing about 19 nautical miles (35 km) east of Khasab, Oman, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency said on Friday. The crew were reported safe and no environmental impact was reported, UKMTO
Iran said it launched fresh strikes on US facilities in the Middle East on Friday, including the first direct attack in Syria, after a sixth straight night of US strikes on Iranian military facilities.A truce reached last month has descended into daily attacks and
By Jana Choukeir and Eman Abouhassira DUBAI, July 17 (Reuters) - The United States struck bridges and an airport in Iran on Friday and Tehran responded by hitting a power and desalination plant in Kuwait, as the warring foes risked further escalation by expanding their targets
By Jana Choukeir and Eman Abouhassira DUBAI, July 17 (Reuters) - The United States escalated its renewed bombing campaign on Iran on Friday by hitting bridges and an airport, and Tehran responded with strikes on U.S. bases across the Middle East. In the contested Strait of
By Jana Choukeir and Eman Abouhassira DUBAI, July 17 (Reuters) - The United States struck bridges and an airport in Iran on Friday, provoking Tehran to respond by hitting a power and desalination plant in Kuwait, as the warring foes risked further escalation by expanding their
Iran targeted regional countries in response, including Qatar, a key mediator in negotiations. In primetime address to the American public, Trump insisted the war was going well, saying U.S. is 'winning big in Iran, and you will see the fruits of that labor very, very shortly'
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, July 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said late on Thursday it completed its latest wave of strikes on Iran that were carried out at President Donald Trump's direction and marked a sixth consecutive night of American strikes. Here are details:
By Peter Apps July 17 (Reuters) - As Estonia's Defence Minister Hanno Pevkurprepared to fly to the NATO summit in Ankara this month, he revealed to local journalists that several hundred U.S. troops deployed to his Baltic nation in the winter had quietly been withdrawn – with
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, July 16 (Reuters) - A federal judge has ruled the U.S. government violated the constitutional rights of Palestinian American Osama Abu Irshaid when customs agents seized and searched his cell phone on two occasions at a U.S. international airport
By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON, July 16 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has ramped up U.S. air strikes on Iran and threatened broader escalation, but there is little sign that a military strategy that has already failed to extract concessions from Tehran will succeed this
A drone struck a ship off the port in Iraq’s southern province of Basra on Thursday, a security official told AFP, while the country’s oil ministry said an unspecified object fell near a tanker.This is the latest drone-related incident in Iraq, coming against the backdrop of
US President Donald Trump remains open to diplomacy with Iran, the White House said Thursday, adding that Washington is still talking to Tehran despite the renewal of hostilities.The comments come a day after Trump thanked Iran for freeing a US citizen detained since December
