LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - Shipping companies should not load or discharge cargo at Saudi Arabian ports and such activity may result in being targeted "in any location" by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi militia, according to an email sent to companies by the Houthis. The Houthis
Iran stepped up its attacks in the Middle East on Tuesday, two weeks after its war with the United States resumed, with sirens sounding in Bahrain and Jordan announcing it had intercepted two waves of missiles and drones. "With this radar sweep, the enemy should prepare for
Aoun seeks to strike a delicate balance on his visit to Washington. He needs U.S. backing on one hand, and on the other to reassure his critics that he won't launch a full peace process with Israel
Facing government paralysis and mounting debt, the Palestinian Authority is turning to creative solutions like the new Yabous app
By Jana Choukeir, Nayera Abdallah and Elwely Elwelly DUBAI, July 21 (Reuters) - U.S. forces bombed targets in southern Iran overnight after President Donald Trump said Tehran would pay dearly for the deaths of American soldiers, while Iran targeted U.S. sites in Bahrain, Kuwait
By Giselda Vagnoni and Oriana Boselli ROME, July 21 (Reuters) - Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, with improvements recorded across every continent, although mounting risks from climate shocks and trade disruption could threaten further progress, a
By Maya Gebeily BEIRUT, July 21 (Reuters) - Lebanese army troops began deploying in the southern Lebanese town of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh on Tuesday after Israeli forces withdrew from the area, a senior Lebanese security official said, in line with a U.S.-brokered plan. The plan
BEIRUT, July 21 (Reuters) - Lebanese army troops began deploying in the southern Lebanese town of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh on Tuesday after Israeli forces withdrew from the area, a senior Lebanese security official said, in line with a U.S.-brokered plan. The plan foresees Lebanese
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dawoud Abu Alkas CAIRO/GAZA, July 21 (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike on Tuesday killed a father, his wife and their four children in Gaza City, while setting their home ablaze, health officials said, in the latest deadly attack since a U.S.-backed
By Maya Gebeily and Tom Perry BEIRUT, July 21 (Reuters) - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday to present a plan on how to disarm Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and secure Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon.
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dawoud Abu Alkas CAIRO/GAZA, July 21 (Reuters) - In pre-dawn darkness, Ibtisam Al-Helou leaves her tent on Gaza's seafront on a daily search for fresh water. The Mediterranean lies only a few steps away, but the water she needs to cook, drink and wash
The Wall Street Journal reported that the centrifuges were moved to the Pickaxe Mountain site following the U.S. and Israeli strikes in June. The report also claims that Netanyahu sought to persuade Trump to resume attacks on Iran
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, July 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said late on Monday it finished its latest round of strikes on Iran, saying it hit Iranian military command centers, missile and drone launch sites, maritime capabilities and air defense systems. The U.S.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun was to meet with his US counterpart Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday, as Beirut's military moved into an area of the south under a deal with Israel to disarm Hezbollah. Aoun is the first Lebanese president to be invited to Washington since
Eight-year-old Ruba Saadeh spends her days confined to the tent she shares with her family in Gaza, her body dotted with inflamed red blisters as chickenpox sweeps through overcrowded camps like the one they live in. he said, as he diagnosed a child who had red blisters on his
By Karen Lema MANILA, July 21 (Reuters) - Tensions between the U.S. and Iran are likely to cast a shadow over a diplomatic gathering in Southeast Asia this week, injecting additional uncertainty into a region grappling with maritime tensions with China and a faltering regional
By Karen Lema and Nestor Corrales MANILA, July 21 (Reuters) - The Middle East crisis cast a shadow over a diplomatic gathering in Southeast Asia on Tuesday, where foreign ministers voiced serious concern over renewed hostilities that add to uncertainty in a region grappling to
July 20 (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Monday it had begun a pilot programme for safe zones in southern Lebanon in cooperation with U.S. and Lebanese forces, in what a U.S. official called a step toward reasserting Lebanese state authority in the area. The pilot zones
Saudi Arabia slammed the Iran-backed Houthi militia on Monday for its announcement of a naval blockade against the Kingdom.“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's strongest condemnation of the allegations made by the so-called military
The chairman of Yemen’s internationally recognized Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad al-Alimi, said on Monday that “the time has come to end the suffering caused by the terrorist Houthi militia.”He called on Yemenis from all sections of society to rally behind the state,
After weathering five months of airstrikes, the IRGC's strategy to deny the US Air Force safe harbor at runways across the region still shows lethal progress.
A senior official from one of the Palestinian factions keeping contact with Hamas told Haaretz that the election of Khalil al-Hayya signals the continuation of an aggressive posture and opposition to any real compromise with Israel
By Doina Chiacu July 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be arrested when he visits the U.S., after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he was still considering the move. "Benjamin Netanyahu will
Iran's president said his country is fighting a "full-scale war" with the United States, as Washington expanded its strikes across the Islamic republic and Tehran hit Gulf states. Iran in 'full-scale war' with US Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country was in a
President Donald Trump on Monday said Iran would “pay” for killing US soldiers after multiple service members were killed over the weekend as part of the United States’ war against Iran.The number of US troops killed in the war on Iran rose to 17 over the weekend, with the
Tehran briefly regained billions in oil revenue under June's truce, raising questions about how long the Islamic Republic can withstand a fresh economic siege.
Two French diplomats in Iran suffered “an extremely serious act of intimidation” by Iranian security services, with one of them physically abused, France’s foreign minister said Monday.Jean-Noel Barrot said in a statement that the two diplomats were targeted by the Iranian
In a televised statement, Houthis' spokesman warned that 'any foolish act committed by the reckless Saudi enemy will be met with a comprehensive and decisive escalation.' Last week, the Yemeni rebels threatened that a Saudi strike on Sanaa's airport would not go unanswered
The Iran-backed group said the maritime embargo on the Gulf's biggest crude exporter would be effective immediately.
The Iran-backed group said the maritime embargo on the Gulf's biggest crude exporter would be effective immediately.
By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowall DUBAI, July 20 (Reuters) - Opposition to Iran's clerical rulers has long simmered in the country's impoverished south. But after bearing the brunt of U.S. strikes this month, many residents are directing their anger at President Donald Trump
The account offers Tehran's first public confirmation of reports that Ankara intervened to stop armed Iranian Kurdish groups from entering the conflict.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Sunday during the first part of his four-day visit to Washington.
The celebrations followed Israel's vocal support for Argentina, led by Netanyahu ally Javier Milei. After Spain's 1-0 victory, a Gaza poet reposted Netanyahu's message alongside a photo of Spanish star Lamine Yamal carrying the Palestinian flag. 'Revenge in its finest form,' he
The handover was a direct result of discussions between the sides last week, the U.S. State Department said. Washington is overseeing the process at the diplomatic level, but will not have personnel on the ground to monitor implementation – and one source said it is yet unclear
(Fixes garble in paragraph 6) By Nayera Abdallah and Timour Azhari DUBAI, July 20 (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, a move that threatens to escalate the conflict in the region and disrupt global energy
By Jonathan Saul LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) - Oil transfers between tankers in waters outside the Strait of Hormuz have slowed following a wave of recent attacks on vessels by Iranian forces, according to satellite analysis and sources. Since the start of the Iran war in late
For months, veteran Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya spearheaded the group's indirect ceasefire negotiations with arch-foe Israel in an effort to halt the war in Gaza. "Khalil al-Hayya was elected by an overwhelming majority," a senior Hamas official told AFP, adding that he is
Near the base of a column atop which Saint Simeon Stylites once perched, scattered stones lay bare the damage inflicted on the surrounding Byzantine monastery in northern Syria by war, looting and rampant illegal excavations. The Saint Simeon monastery itself was subjected to
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun enters a pivotal week in Washington after receiving a strong public endorsement from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who framed Lebanon’s future as dependent on strengthening the state, disarming Hezbollah and restoring the government’s monopoly
The United States on Monday accused Cuba of infiltrating the highest levels of government in Washington, as President Donald Trump intensifies his campaign to force an end to communist rule of the island.A US State Department report alleged that Cuba’s decades-long espionage
(Corrects Palestinian death toll to 73,000 from 67,000, in paragraph 17) By Nidal al-Mughrabi July 20 (Reuters) - Khalil Al-Hayya, a senior Hamas official who survived an Israeli raid on Qatar in September last year and who is seen as having good ties with Iran, was named on
Tensions escalated further after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps vowed on Monday that not a "single drop" of oil or gas would pass through the Strait of Hormuz.