Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay, one of the world's leading jurists, is certain that Israel committed genocide in Gaza. And that is precisely why she wants to address Israelis directly. An interview
By Alexander Cornwell Nov 12 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is pressing the EU to designate Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi movement as a terrorist organisation, but has yet to overcome European concerns that this could undermine a future peace process, according to six European
Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a security briefing amid opposition concerns that the government could launch a military operation against Iran.
A nine-month-old baby died of hypothermia on Thursday, his father and a doctor told AFP, after days of harsh weather and flooding in the Gaza Strip that displaced thousands of Palestinians living in tents. The doctor, who saw the child and spoke on condition of anonymity, said
Ankara is expanding ties with Libya’s eastern leadership while seeking to protect its agreements with Tripoli under a potential power-sharing arrangement.
A UK jury on Thursday found two Iranian men guilty of spying for Iran's intelligence service, as a chief prosecutor said it showed Tehran's willingness to use "proxies" to target the regime's critics abroad. Mostafa Sepahvand, 41, and Farhad Manesh, 46, carried out
'We've got their money, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we've got their Strait,' the U.S. president said on Truth Social
WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wanted Vice President JD Vance to focus "his complete and total attention" on any crime and corruption in Democratic-run US cities, saying that effort could save more money than a deal with Iran.
By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump saidon Thursdaythe US does not need a deal with Iran and directedVice President JD Vance, who has played a role in efforts to resolve the war, to focus "his complete and total attention" on alleged crime and
DUBAI, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Oman's National Emergency Management Committee discussed on Thursday the latest developments in handling the grounding of an oil tanker off Al Qibliyah Island and the progress of operations to deal with its cargo. The meeting also reviewed emergency
By Gianluca Lo Nostro and Yamini Kalia Nov 12 (Reuters) - Europe needs a more harmonised approach to security and a body to lead it against "hybrid warfare" following a recent series of bomb threats, the CEO of Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air said on Thursday. Bomb threats
DUBAI, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Authorities in the United Arab Emirates' Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah emirates said they had reopened several beaches following closures prompted by an oil spill from a tanker damaged in a suspected attack in the Gulf last month. Sharjah's media office
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The American public wants the unpopular eight-month-long war on Iran to end, and showed it by handing President Donald Trump's Republicans a resounding defeat in last week's congressional elections. Trump acknowledged that
Israeli fire killed 11 people in Gaza on Thursday, six of whom died in the bombing of Nasser hospital in south Gaza early in the day, health officials said, the deadliest single strike since Israel's elections last month. The Israeli military confirmed the attack on the
Nov 12 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Ukrainian military units had recorded significant disruptions to the Starshield satellite communications service for several days, affecting the entire front line and Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine. In a
By William James and Simon Jessop ANTALYA, Turkey, Nov 12 (Reuters) - World leaders have set out competing positions and made clashing demands in two days of intense speech-making at the COP31 climate change talks in Turkey, leaving negotiators with a tough task to draft a
By William James and Simon Jessop ANTALYA, Turkey, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodriguez told the COP31 climate conference on Thursday that the country has the sovereign right to develop its oil industry, even as it recognises the importance of
CAIRO, Nov 12 (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike on a building at Nasser Hospitalinsouthern Gaza killed at least six people, including a surgeon, and wounded 20 others early on Thursday, a spokesman for Gaza's civil defence service told Reuters. The Israeli military later said it
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO, Nov 12 (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike on southern Gaza's main hospital overnight killed at least six Palestinians including a surgeon and a teenage boy, medics said, the latest Israeli attack to undermine a year-old ceasefire in the war-shattered
Nov 11 (Reuters) - Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton said on Wednesday that Israel must allow aid trucks into Gaza, a day after he visited the Rafah border crossing in Egypt. Hamilton, a seven-times world champion, arrived in El Arish on Tuesday, where he was briefed on how aid
Former prisoners and relatives allege physical abuse, torture and prolonged isolation, while families say their appeals for information have gone unanswered
DUBAI, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Saudi air defences intercepted Houthi missiles and drones launched towards Riyadh, Mecca and other regions on Wednesday, as hostilities between the Iran-aligned group and the kingdom worsen. The Saudi-led military coalition fighting the Yemeni group
Netanyahu appears to be reigniting tensions with Iran to cling to power under cover of war. Eisenkot's warning backs the IDF chief, who fears renewed fighting could derail Israel's political transition
ANTALYA, Turkey, Nov 11 (Reuters) - World leaders including Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan set out their climate priorities in speeches at COP31 in Turkey on Wednesday. Below are selected quotes: UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTONIO GUTERRES
ANTALYA, Turkey, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian told the COP31 climate conference on Wednesday his country wanted compensation for environmental damage caused by US and Israeli strikes, saying the issue related to global efforts to fight climate change.