The final races of the Formula One season in Qatar and Abu Dhabi will go ahead as planned despite tensions in the Middle East, the sport's CEO Stefano Domenicali said Saturday. "Based on the information we have, everything is confirmed for (us to stay in) Qatar and Abu Dhabi,"
Yemen's Houthis accused Saudi Arabia of launching dozens of strikes on Sanaa on Saturday, while an AFP journalist in Riyadh reported seeing flames and smoke coming from an oil facility on the outskirts of the Saudi capital. Though Saudi officials and the Houthis have not yet
UAE investigators have said the co-pilot of a flydubai flight to Israel this week was planning a "terrorist act" and used the cockpit's emergency axe to attack the captain, but they did not reveal his motive. During the flight on Wednesday, its Indian captain was assaulted by
The Republic of Ireland's press conference on Saturday on the eve of their second Nations League match against Israel in Serbia was cut short as head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson fielded questions from Israeli journalists. Ireland beat Israel 3-0 in Hungary in their first match
LISBON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Portuguese prosecutors said on Saturday they had opened a probe into the legality of the centre-right government's authorisation of the United States' use of the Lajes Air Base in the Azores during the Iran conflict, following a complaint by an
Oct 3 (Reuters) - A large plume of smoke and fire was seen rising in the vicinity of an Aramco facility in Riyadh on Saturday, a witness told Reuters. There was no immediate confirmation from Saudi authorities about the fire. Aramco did not immediately respond to a request for
By Michael Holden LONDON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Two Iranian nationals appeared in a London court on Saturday charged with plotting acts of terrorism involving the use of a homemade bomb to attack the Jewish community in northern England at the behest of a figure believed to be
LONDON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - British counter-terrorism police investigating a suspected plot involving an air base used by the US said on Saturday they had released on bail a dual UK-Iranian national who had been arrested on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts. The 25-year-old
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dawoud Abu Alkas CAIRO/GAZA, Oct 3 (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike killed at least five Palestinians, including four women, in an apartment building in Gaza City early on Saturday, health and civil defence service officials said. Among the dead were a
Regional and Western officials said the planned operation, aimed at breaking the Houthis' control of the Bab el-Mandeb strait, would be led by Yemeni forces on the ground, directed by Riyadh and supported by Saudi air strikes
By Ed Ou ABOARD USS GEORGE WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - An emergency alert blares from a loudspeaker, and Damon Dennard and other sailors on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington are scrambling. Dennard, 23, is readying bombs for loading onto aircraft as his
The judiciary said Siavash Jamshidi Kheirabadi fired at officers during the unrest; Tehran has blamed the protests on U.S.- and Israel-backed operatives
MANILA, Oct 3 (Reuters) - The Philippines, chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), expressed concern over anairstrikein Myanmar's Rakhine state that caused deaths, injuries and destruction, and stood ready to facilitate discussions within the regional bloc
By Eman Abouhassira, Maha El Dahan and Alexander Cornwell DUBAI/TEL AVIV, Oct 3 (Reuters) - The co-pilot of flydubai flight FZ1073, which was bound for Israel, attempted to carry out a "terrorist attack" with an axe during the flight, the United Arab Emirates prosecutor general
U.S. Vice President JD Vance reportedly chaired the meeting as Trump weighs renewed military action against Iran and possible American involvement in a Saudi offensive against the Houthis
According to an Axios report, the U.S. military has sent two additional Patriot missile batteries in recent weeks to protect oil facilities in the countries. The Wall Street Journal reported that some 10,000 additional troops will be sent to the region
Oman barred the pilot from flying over concerns that he had adopted "extreme ideological views," sources told The Wall Street Journal, adding that it could not be determined if Oman shared its concerns with other countries or airlines
The suspect, identified as 29-year-old Omani national Hamam al-Hammami, was previously barred from flying after he was found to hold extremist materials, U.S. media reported. He indicated to investigators that he meant to crash the plane in Israel
Iran’s influence, and the potential for renewed conflict, complicate progress in Iraq.
LONDON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Here is what we know, and don't know, about the reported attempt by the copilot of flydubai flight 1073 to crash the plane on September 30 before it landed safely in Saudi Arabia. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PLANE? The flight, carrying more than 170 mostly
For Iran, the easier part may have been getting Washington out, but it may now have to struggle turning the absence into durable influence and reviving its allied militias without provoking instability.
Among the steps being considered are measures against IDF units that are known to be involved in inflicting exceptional harm on Palestinians and a ban on the use of U.S.-made weapons for certain units or in specific sectors
Iraq's jubilant Sovereignty Day marked the end of the U.S. military presence, but beneath the fireworks, the country faces old dilemmas: pro-Iranian militias wield power, regional rivals vie for influence and Iraq's economic recovery remains fragile
