By Mohammed Ghobari Nov 15 (Reuters) - Iran and its allies ramped up pressure on the US and allied Gulf states on two fronts on Sunday, with Saudi-backed forces retreating in their battle against the Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen and Iran itself firing drones at US bases in
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told UN deputy chief Amina Mohammed that Lebanon wants the peacekeepers' mandate renewed before it expires at year's end and is open to a new UN mechanism to operate in the south
Lacking an enemy or clear policy in its bid to keep the border safe, the Israeli army dreams up home invasions and other hostile operations, soldiers in the sector say. 'They'll eventually turn their anger on us,' one officer warns
Rory McIlroy won his eighth Race to Dubai title to tie the record of Scotland's Colin Montgomerie after a dramatic final round of the season-ending $10 million DP World Tour Championship on Sunday. The tournament itself was a runaway win for England's Tyrrell Hatton (66) but
An emotional Rory McIlroy sealed a record-equalling eighth Race to Dubai title on Sunday after a second-placed finish behind Tyrrell Hatton at the DP World Tour Championship edged out Eugenio Chacarra. McIlroy dedicated the win to his father Gerry who had a double lung
"Inside Gaza," a documentary that follows journalists from global news agency AFP after the October 7, 2023 attack, received the Best Documentary Film award at Montreal's Cinemania Film Festival. Directed by Helene Lam Trong, the 72-minute film follows the daily lives of four
According to the indictment, the man contacted Iranian intelligence directly and sent information on military vehicle movements, as well as a photograph of the drone defense system deployed above a police station
A Jordanian court on Sunday sentenced three men to death by hanging over a deadly church shooting, as the kingdom's Christmas celebrations were cancelled in solidarity with the victims' families. Gunmen killed nine people and wounded 25 others when they stormed a funeral at a
A New York Times probe found that the Mossad abducted two Iranian generals in an effort to uncover the fate of airman Ron Arad, who disappeared in 1986
The kingdom's State Security Court convicted the men who carried out the attack last month of offences including carrying out terrorist acts, possessing weapons and ammunition for terrorist purposes and promoting the ideology of a terrorist group
Under the cease-fire deal, Israel pledged to allow about 18,000 trucks into Gaza monthly, but IDF data obtained by Haaretz show that since March, the number has averaged about half that target
In a first attack on Bahrain since September, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had attacked a U.S. military base in the kingdom in retaliation for 'hostile U.S. actions,' Iran's Fars news agency reported
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Yomna Ehab Nov 15 (Reuters) - Hamas said on Sunday that a senior commander who helped plan and oversee the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel had been killed in an Israeli airstrike, with the Israeli military confirming his death. Samir Abu Younis, 53,
By Mohammed Ghobari Nov 15 (Reuters) - Yemeni government forces announced on Sunday they were withdrawing from the area near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to focus on a defence of their main base in Aden, in a major setback for the Saudi-backed campaign against the Iran-aligned
Nov 15 (Reuters) - Yemeni forces fighting for the internationally recognised Saudi-backed government said on Sunday that they were withdrawing from an area overlooking the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait, leaving the Iran-aligned Houthis in control. The government's retreat from
Turkey, which once distanced itself from the Arab Middle East is now the region's new power broker – forcing Israel to rethink its strategy and see what it can offer to the Gulf states turning to Ankara for regional deterrence
Nov 15 (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Sunday it had intercepted two Houthi ballistic missiles launched towards the Saudi capital Riyadh and three drones in the kingdom's oil-rich Eastern Province. The Houthis, who control most
The Cairo studio where Sudanese musician Mohamed al-Mustafa strums his guitar is a long way away from the Khartoum protests where his band once performed for thousands demanding democracy, before war scattered them across multiple continents. After living through revolution,
Nov 14 (Reuters) - Iran's navy said three oil tankers caught fire on Saturday after hitting naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media reported. One tanker hit a naval mine in the eastern Strait of Hormuz on Saturday morning, while two others struck mines later in