The Secret Service urged Trump to switch aircraft on his flight back from Turkey, where he was attending a NATO leaders' summit earlier this month, according to a report by the New York Times
Trump said Iran would 'love to make a deal' and that the war 'is going extremely well. Don't believe the fake news' while speaking at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. He is is set to meet Netanyahu on Tuesday
By Tala Ramadan BEIRUT, July 25 (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Syria on Saturday in the first trip by a serving U.N. chief since the start of a nearly 14-year war that killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions in the country.
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the U.S. next week. Trump's comments came in his speech at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on Friday, while he
The Americans' demand for a Saudi-Israeli accord may seem like an achievement for Netanyahu, but Trump would now have room to act on his pledges in his 20-point plan for Gaza
Iran-backed Houthi rebels vowed to retaliate against Saudi Arabia on Saturday after they accused the kingdom of targeting civilian infrastructure, as the Middle East war widens across the region. Riyadh struck Houthi military targets in Hodeida on Friday, with rebel media
Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed a missile strike on Saudi Arabia on Saturday, hours after vowing to retaliate against the kingdom for attacks as the Middle East war expanded. Riyadh struck Houthi military targets in Hodeida on Friday, with rebel media reporting two wounded
US President Donald Trump said Friday he had not yet decided whether to launch major strikes on Iran, as the renewed conflict threatened to widen across the region with Saudi Arabia striking Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Trump said he would hold off on a major operation
Tehran-backed Houthi rebels claimed a missile attack on Saudi Arabia on Saturday as US President Donald Trump mulled fresh strikes on Iran in the deepening Middle East war. The US military broke its daily announcement of fresh strikes on the Islamic republic on Saturday,
By David Brunnstrom July 24 (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly on Friday voted overwhelmingly to extend the term of U.N. Human Rights chief Volker Turk for four more years, despite opposition from Russia and Israel and a U.S. threat to reassess its funding and engagement.
July 24 (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly on Friday voted overwhelmingly to extend the term of U.N. Human Rights chief Volker Turk for four more years, despite opposition from Russia and Israel and a U.S. threat to reassess its funding. Turk, an outspoken critic of Russia's
By Steve Holland and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday said he would not go forward with a civil nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia unless the Saudis agreed to a normalization in relations with Israel under theAbraham Accords. The U.S.
WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States and Iran were in talks to negotiate an end to their conflict, but repeated that Tehran was not yet ready for a deal. "We are talking to them. I think they're being serious. I think ...
July 24 (Reuters) - A Saudi vessel, NCC MASA, sustained minor hull damage after it was attacked while sailing in the Red Sea on Friday, Saudi state news agency SPA reported, citing an official source at the General Transport Authority. The vessel continued to its destination
US President Donald Trump said Friday that he had not decided on whether to launch major strikes on Iran yet, as Tehran was now getting "serious" in talks with Washington. His comments came after reports that an increasingly frustrated Trump was meeting senior advisors to
Iran's latest warning to Britain reflects more than wartime rhetoric, exposing how Tehran is widening its deterrence as the conflict increasingly draws in US allies.
The World Heritage Committee cited 'ongoing conflicts in the Middle East' in listing the West Bank site and an Israeli-captured Lebanese fortress as endangered. Israel accused UNESCO of 'one-sided Palestinian political moves'
Four sources told Reuters that Iran sent IRGC commanders, military advisers and missile and drone-related equipment to Yemen aboard a July 13 flight, as Tehran seeks to bolster its Houthi allies' ability to threaten Red Sea shipping
By Updates with backgroun in paragraphs 4-7 WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he does not believe China or Russia are "participating" in the ongoing Iran conflict, but warned that if they did get involved "it would be very bad for
WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he trusted China and Russia not to help Iran in the conflict with the U.S., but warned that if they did get involved "it would be very bad for them." "President Xi, at our recent meeting in Beijing,
By Timour Azhari and Mohammed Ghobari RIYADH/ADEN, July 24 (Reuters) - Yemen is edging towards the resumption of a more than decade-old frozen conflict, Yemeni officials, Western diplomats and analysts say, as attacks on Saudi infrastructure and shipping by Iran-aligned Houthis
The main international oil contract Brent North Sea fell back under $100 Friday after surging past the key milestone the previous day on escalating Middle East strikes, helping US and European stock markets stabilise. Brent fell five percent to under $96 a barrel, having
The main international oil contract Brent North Sea fell back under $100 Friday after surging past the key milestone the previous day on escalating Middle East strikes, helping US and European stock markets stabilize. Brent dropped about four percent to under $97 a barrel,
The White House is set to allow US airlines to fly to Beirut for the first time in decades, but experts say the move is more about politics than planes as Washington creates new openings for Lebanon's battered economy.
(Changes story date to July 24) By Asif Shahzad and Mubasher Bukhari ISLAMABAD, July 24 (Reuters) - Pakistan is exploring a path towards a resumption of stalled U.S.-Iran talks over ending their nearly five-month-old war, three Pakistani sources said, following a push initiated
International Criminal Court member states voted Friday to dismiss prosecutor Karim Khan following disputed allegations that he sexually assaulted a female member of his staff. Khan, 56, was suspended last month by a key governing body of the ICC ahead of the secret ballot in
International Criminal Court member states voted Friday to dismiss prosecutor Karim Khan, diplomatic sources told AFP, following disputed allegations that he sexually assaulted a female member of his staff. Khan, 56, was suspended last month by a key governing body of the ICC
The International Criminal Court's 125 member states convened Friday to determine the fate of prosecutor Karim Khan, who was suspended over allegations of sexual assault against a member of his staff -- accusations he firmly denies. In May 2025, Khan had stepped back from his
The attacks on Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait come after 13 consecutive nights of US strikes against Iran.
By Mahmoud Hasano and Aziz Taher ZAWTAR AL-GHARBIYEH, Lebanon, July 24 (Reuters) - Residents began entering the southern Lebanese town of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh on Friday, some inspecting damaged homes and searching for belongings after Israeli troops withdrew and the Lebanese
July 24 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Washington on Monday and will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, according to a statement from Netanyahu's office. Netanyahu will also attend U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham's funeral, his
Iran's foreign minister urged members of the China and Russia-led bloc to focus more on economic development, while host Kyrgyzstan said progress was a made toward an SCO development blank.
Should the United States and Iran return to the negotiating table, the newly reached US-Saudi nuclear deal could give Tehran fresh leverage.
A Kuwaiti court has convicted a citizen of of spying for Iran and sentenced him to life in prison.
Saudi airlines emerged as the Middle East's biggest buyers at the international event, while the Gulf's three largest carriers browsed.
BRUSSELS, July 24 (Reuters) - The European Union sanctioned five Iranian judges over alleged human rights violations, as well as a leading figure in a cyber group accused of helping the regime suppress information, the EU Council said on Friday. The Council said it had
(Refiles to add dropped name and title in paragraph 6) By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, July 24 (Reuters) - The U.N. World Food Programme warned on Friday it would have to make deeper cuts to its aid in Gaza, where it supports 70% of the population, unless additional funding is
The United Nations on Friday called for the safe evacuation and repatriation of some 6,000 sailors stuck in a "dire humanitarian and human rights crisis" in the Strait of Hormuz. UN human rights chief Volker Turk called for urgent action to remedy the plight of thousands of
Tehran reportedly rejected a truce proposal that leaves the Strait of Hormuz unresolved as Iran expanded drone attacks on U.S. military facilities in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan
Reports of an Iranian espionage ring and nuclear centrifuges movement could help Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu make the case to the Israeli public and Donald Trump to rejoin the war, ahead of a critical election in October.
ANKARA, July 24 (Reuters) - Turkish opposition leader Ozgur Ozel and 91 breakaway lawmakers applied on Friday to launch a new political party, seeking to regroup to challenge President Tayyip Erdogan after their former party faced an unprecedented legal crackdown. They applied
By Ali Sawafta, Sinan Abu Mayzer and Eman Abouhassira TAL, West Bank, July 24 (Reuters) - Four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers were killed near a Palestinian village on Friday in a confrontation that added to a growing toll over recent weeks as Israeli settler violence
July 24 (Reuters) - Four Palestinians and one Israeli were killed in a shooting incident in the occupied West Bank on Friday, according to Israeli and Palestinian health officials. The Israeli military said it had been dispatched to the area, southwest of the Palestinian city