JERUSALEM, Oct 20 (Reuters) - US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an unannounced visit to Israel on Monday, a person familiar with the matter said, as tensions flare between the US and Iran. The person did not say what the
WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an unannounced visit to Israel on Monday, Axios reported, citing two sources with knowledge. Reuters could not immediately confirm the meeting, but Hegseth
JERUSALEM, Oct 20 (Reuters) - US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth discussed Iran with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an unannounced visit to Israel on Monday, three Israeli officials said, as tensions flare between the US and Iran. Doron Spielman, a spokesperson
A former OpenAI employee accused of planting a recording device at the company's San Francisco offices was ordered held without bail Monday after a federal judge deemed him a flight risk. US District Judge Alex Tse ruled that there was "significant" risk that Abdulrahman
Oct 19 (Reuters) - Pakistan's army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir is due to visit Tehran on Tuesday, according to a Pakistani official and Iranian media. Pakistan has played a key mediating role between the U.S. and Iran this year. The scheduled visit follows earlier talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu basked in Donald Trump's endorsement on Monday ahead of close-fought elections, airing a phone call in which the US president predicted he would win and suggested they may again attack Iran together. A day after Trump publicly endorsed
By Nate Raymond and Jonathan Allen Oct 19 (Reuters) - Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that opened the door for President Donald Trump's administration to re-arrest and deport the Palestinian activist.
By Timour Azhari, Federico Maccioni, Tala Ramadan and Alexander Cornwell Oct 19 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has decided to postponeits flagship investment conference until next year, organizers confirmed in a statement on Monday, following deadly attacks which rocked the kingdom
Teacher shortages, rising school costs and graduate unemployment are widening the gap between Tehran's military ambitions and the resources needed to sustain them
The prolonged closure of Riyadh's airport after a series of fatal attacks has exposed the risks confronting Saudi Arabia's drive to shift its international image, disrupting businesses, airlines and residents more than a week after flights were grounded. Deadly strikes by
CAIRO, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Israel said on Monday it would resume allowing commercial goods shipments into Gaza after a days-long halt over a tax dispute involving Hamas and merchants, restoring a key route for food and other essentials to the aid-dependent enclave. COGAT, the
Indonesia's sovereign wealth fund Danantara has received ownership certificates for the 2-billion-riyal ($531.4 million) acquisition of a hotel and 14 adjoining development plots.
Oct 19 (Reuters) - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said regional issues should be resolved through diplomacy and blamed the United States for insecurity and tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, speaking at a joint news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
During a meeting with his Iranian counterpart earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin renewed Moscow’s offer to mediate between Tehran and Washington.
Israeli police said Monday they had arrested 10 people in the occupied West Bank after settler attacks on an American photographer and a French mayor that drew international condemnation but mixed messages from the government. In a rare action against rising settler violence,
CAIRO, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Egypt's parliament is expected to vote next week on whether toauthorise the armed forces to help defend Saudi Arabia against attacks by Yemen'sHouthis if Riyadh requests its support. The move would bring the Arab world's most populous country closer to
Oct 19 (Reuters) - Fifty-eight people were killed and more than 200 were injuredafter an attack on Monday by the Iran-aligned Houthis on a government security forces training camp in Yemen's Shabwa province, Governor Awad al-Wazir said, as fighting in the impoverished country
Houthi attack comes amid a surge in fighting with Saudi-backed government forces. A separate airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition killed at least nine in northern Yemen, while Houthi attacks on Saudi airports and oil facilities have killed 19
Palestinian American analyst Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib lost 33 relatives in Gaza. He blames Hamas for his homeland's ruin, rejects accusations of genocide and has little patience for the Western left speaking in his name
Palestinian American analyst Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib lost 33 relatives in Gaza. He blames Hamas for his homeland's ruin, rejects accusations of genocide and has little patience for the Western left speaking in his name
At 15 years old, Mahmoud Abou Nusair recalls the love he had for football, before Israeli fire in Gaza took his leg and his dreams away. He is one of more than 450 Palestinian amputees receiving care and prosthetic limbs at a centre in Amman and in Gaza, part of an initiative