Netanyahu's efforts are aimed at strengthening ties with Riyadh and paving the way for a future normalization agreement between the two countries, a source told Haaretz
JERUSALEM, Oct 12 (Reuters) - A 14-year-old Israeli boy was killed and 24people were injured when what was most likely an unexplodedordnance went off during a school hiking trip near the border with Lebanon, Israel's ambulance service said on Monday. The area is littered with
Britain's government Monday accused Iran's Revolutionary Guards of being behind a major scare at a UK airbase used by the United States, as allies including Washington warned Tehran against hostile acts. UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham told the British parliament that Iran's
ANKARA, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Turkey will send the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, a defence pact between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, to parliament to be ratified in the coming days, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. Speaking following the cabinet meeting, Erdogan
BENGHAZI, Libya, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Libya's eastern-based authorities have seized about 400 kg of hashish worth around 6 million dinars ($934,000) and arrested some suspects near the coastal city of Tobruk, officials said. Libya has become a major drug transit route as gangs
The United Nations Population Fund's report, based on conversations with 230 women at displacement sites in Gaza City and Khan Yunis, documents physical and emotional domestic violence, sexual exploitation and a rise in child marriage
By Michael Holden LONDON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Monday that a suspected plot targeting the RAF Fairford air base in Britain was "highly likely" to have been coordinated in Iran, and almost certainly directed by the Islamic Revolutionary
Saudi Arabia's energy minister on Monday said the country had been tested but would mount a "serious" response after a string of attacks on Riyadh's international airport by Yemen's Houthis that left 18 people dead. Lethal airport strikes since last week have rocked the
The Saudi-backed government in Yemen passed a draft law designating the Iran-backed Houthis as a terror group, as the US considers further action against the group over its attacks against Saudi Arabia.
By Timour Azhari RIYADH, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said it was facing a new barrage of incoming fire on Monday and that Riyadh airport would remain shut for now, days after Saturday's deadly missile strike on a departure terminal that was claimed by Yemen's Iran-allied
The withdrawal comes as the peace process between Turkey and the militant group gains momentum alongside increasing security cooperation between Ankara and Baghdad.
Saudi authorities said on Monday they were extending the suspension of operations at King Khalid International Airport after deadly attacks over the weekend by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis.
By Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM, Oct 12 (Reuters) - US academics Robert Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel economics prize on Monday for decades of work developing ground-up models currently used by central banks and finance ministries across the world
By Elizabeth Pineau and Michel Rose PARIS, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Joseph Martin saw his hopes of becoming a far-right National Rally (RN) lawmaker derailed in 2024 after journalists unearthed a seemingly antisemitic post. It was RN president Jordan Bardella who initially withdrew
By Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM, Oct 12 (Reuters) - US academics Robert Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel economics prize on Monday for decades of work developing ground-up models currently used by central banks and finance ministries across the world
STOCKHOLM, Oct 12 (Reuters) - US academics Robert Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel economics prize for "for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation", the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday. The prestigious award, formally known as the
DUBAI, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Iran is still reviewing a US response to its proposal regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and will reply to Washington via intermediaries when the review is over, foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday. Baghaei also
By Sarah El Safty and Jana Choukeir DUBAI, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Several top energy executives were dropped from the schedule of the WPC Energy Congress in Riyadh, as Saudi authorities pressed ahead with the event despite deadly attacks on the capital claimed by Yemen's
By Gianluca Lo Nostro, Menna AlaaElDin and Joanna Plucinska Oct 12 (Reuters) - The skies over the Saudi capital Riyadh were virtually empty on Monday as authorities extended the suspension of operations at the city's international airport after deadly weekend attacks by Yemen's
Oct 12 (Reuters) - The skies above the Saudi capital Riyadh were largely empty on Mondayafter deadly attacks by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on the city's airport, with about 60% of scheduled flights expected to be cancelled, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium.
By Gianluca Lo Nostro, Menna AlaaElDin and Joanna Plucinska Oct 12 (Reuters) - Authorities have extended the closure of Riyadh's international airport until Saturday and airlines scrapped flights after continuing attacks by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis emptied the skies over
By Gianluca Lo Nostro Oct 12 (Reuters) - Saudi authorities said on Monday they were extending the suspension of operations at the international airport in the capital, Riyadh, after deadly weekend attacks by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis. Operations at King Khalid International
Iran proposed reopening the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if Washington met seven conditions. Rezaei said the U.S. had accepted some but left others unclear, days after Trump rejected an earlier Iranian proposal
CAIRO, Oct 12 (Reuters) - An Israeli strike killed at least two Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday, health officials said. The Israeli military said it targeted a militant in the area, without giving further information. Late on Sunday, an Israeli airstrike hit
CAIRO, Oct 12 (Reuters) - An Israeli strike killed at least two Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday, health officials said. The Israeli military said it targeted a militant in the area, without giving further information. Israel, which says Hamas has been
ANKARA, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia condemned attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militants on Riyadh's international airport, saying they were a "dangerous escalation that cannot be justified or accepted under any pretext". One person was
A Melbourne man whose Islamic community centre has been linked by prosecutors in the United Arab Emirates to the co-pilot who allegedly attacked the captain of a flydubai jet has hit out at "false accusations". The Omani co-pilot, now in custody in the UAE, had drawn
Nations are steeling for a disappointing report card at this month's UN biodiversity summit, with governments falling short on their commitments to protect the plants, animals and ecosystems that sustain life on Earth. The so-called COP17 summit in the Armenian capital,
A fresh Houthi strike hit Riyadh's international airport on Sunday, killing one person and wounding 11 others, a day after another deadly attack claimed by the Yemeni group forced authorities to suspend operations there. Saturday's attack, the deadliest on Saudi soil in more