CAIRO, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Iranian media suggested explosions in southern Iran on Saturday evening were related to Iranian military activities rather than US strikes while both sides reported that shipping had been hit in or near the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's state television said
PARIS, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Europeans will participate in talks on Ukraine in Abu Dhabi next week, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Sunday. "The Europeans will be well represented; France will be in Abu Dhabi to take part in these discussions," Barrot told French
A Revolutionary Guards spokesperson told Fars that the U.S. military's new Task Force Iron Gate won't succeed in 'imposing economic pressure to cause a collapse in Iran'
By Leila Miller and Joshua McElwee FLORIDA, Uruguay, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Pope Leo heads to Argentina on Sunday for the second leg of a 12-day tour across South America, kicking off the visit with a closely watched speech to Argentine President Javier Milei, a libertarian seen as
Yemen's Houthis on Sunday claimed an attack on the financial district of the Saudi capital Riyadh, with eyewitnesses saying they saw damage to a skyscraper belonging to oil giant Aramco. Aramco facilities and infrastructure have been repeatedly struck by the Houthis in recent
Multiple witnesses told AFP on Sunday that Riyadh's financial district was targeted and the area's Aramco tower was damaged, after the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthis said it had intercepted missiles launched by the group. "Aramco tower in KAFD has been targeted,
An Aramco building in Riyadh was targeted in an "attempted attack", the Saudi energy ministry said on Sunday, with eyewitnesses telling AFP the skyscraper sustained damage, after the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthis said it had intercepted missiles launched by the
By Ali Kucukgocmen IKIZKOY, Turkey, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Local official Nejla Isik is among the villagers living beside a coal mine who demand that world leaders gathering in Turkey for COP31 climate talks leave the conference venue to inspect the devastation decades of lignite
As the COP31 climate summit approaches, host nation Turkey is putting electrification front and centre, touting its renewables boom while pushing its Zero Waste agenda as a way to reduce methane emissions. But local environmental campaigners say it sidesteps the "elephant in
Nov 7 (Reuters) - An American military aircraft fired on and disabled a commercial vessel that tried to break the US blockade of Iran on Saturday, US Central Command said. The St. Kitts-flagged cargo vessel tried to depart regional waters after visiting an Iranian port, and a
Nov 8 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's civil defence on Sunday lifted alerts in several areas of the kingdom's oil-rich Eastern Province, including Dhahran, home to the headquarters of oil major Saudi Aramco, shortly after warning of potential danger. The all-clear also applies to
Nov 7 (Reuters) - Israel's president on Saturday chose Gadi Eisenkot, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's strongest rival, to try to form a new government following a deadlocked election that left neither man with a clear path to power. Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving
Nov 7 (Reuters) - At least 33 people were killed and 39 wounded in what the Houthi-run Saba news agency said were Saudi airstrikes on a village near Yemen's capital Sanaa on Saturday, in one of the deadliest reported attacks since fighting between Saudi Arabia and the
Nov 7 (Reuters) - At least 27 people were killed and 36 wounded in what the Houthi-run Saba news agency said were Saudi airstrikes on a village near Yemen's capital Sanaa on Saturday, in one of the deadliest reported attacks since fighting between Saudi Arabia and the
Israel's president announced on Saturday he would task Gadi Eisenkot with forming the next government following last week's election, in what Netanyahu's rivals see as a first step to remove the country's longest-serving prime minister. The opposition bloc led by Eisenkot, a
The report came after President Donald Trump said the U.S. military carried out new limited strikes on Iran on Friday, targeting an Iranian air defense system
Thousands of Syrian troops are set to deploy to Saudi Arabia and Yemen, with some already on the ground, multiple Yemeni officials told AFP, as Riyadh rallies international help to repel the Houthis and bolster the government in Aden. It came after the two countries signed
Marc Marquez will have the chance to win his eighth MotoGP title on Sunday after storming to victory in a thrilling sprint race in Qatar. Starting from second on the grid, Ducati's Marquez needed to finish Saturday's sprint with five more points than closest rival Jorge Martin
Nov 7 (Reuters) - Syria has no plans to send troops to Yemen, a Syrian diplomatic source told state news agency SANA, dismissing reportsof a possible deployment while adding that military cooperation with Saudi Arabia could eventually expand. Saudi Arabia has been locked in
CENTCOM said it launched the intra-agency Task Force Iron Gate on Saturday in an effort to 'constrain Iran's ability to replenish its military'
