The United States and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday announced a landmark deal that would establish a civilian nuclear programme in the kingdom, but which critics fear could pave the way to enrichment and an atomic arms race. "It would be a mistake to allow Saudi Arabia the
U.S. intelligence analysts are examining whether Russia supplied targeting data or advanced drone technology for Iranian drone attacks on CIA facilities in Saudi Arabia and Iraq, four sources said
By Timothy Gardner July 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. and Saudi Arabia have reached a landmark agreement on civil nuclear power, the U.S. Energy Department said on Wednesday, a deal that allows the kingdom to build nuclear reactors using American technology and to enrich uranium. A
By Timothy Gardner July 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. and Saudi Arabia reached an agreement on civil nuclear power, letting the kingdom enrich uranium and build nuclear reactors using U.S. technology, without requiring the snap UN inspections that Washington has previously demanded
Congress now has 90 session days to object before the pact takes effect; the pact omits the IAEA Additional Protocol for intrusive snap inspections and allows Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium and reprocess nuclear waste
The multibillion-dollar agreement will now undergo congressional review, with expected provisions on uranium enrichment likely to draw scrutiny from some lawmakers.
(In paragraph 11, corrects first name of Harvard Law School professor to Alex, not Alexander) By Luc Cohen NEW YORK, July 22 (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said this week that he had determined he lacked the legal authority to have Israeli Prime Minister
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK, July 22 (Reuters) - New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said this week that he had determined he lacked the legal authority to have Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrested for alleged war crimes should he visit the largest U.S. city, after earlier
Against the backdrop of an anticipated agreement between Washington and Riyadh, Netanyahu still hopes to sway the U.S. into returning to a joint military campaign in Iran, but must understand Trump will no longer give Israel gifts the size of Obama's $38 billion 2016 security
'They've been talking about this pilot for several weeks,' one resident said, adding that if an IDF withdrawal from 'three villages takes so long, what will happen with the dozens of destroyed villages? No one knows when we will return to them, if at all'
By Jonathan Landay, Gram Slattery and Timour Azhari WASHINGTON/RIYADH, July 22 (Reuters) - Iranian drone attacks on CIA facilities in the Gulf have prompted U.S. intelligence analysts to investigate whether Russia assisted by providing targeting information or advanced drone
The soldiers killed were identified as Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Hawaii, Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, and Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of North Carolina. The soldier who disappeared after the Jordan attacks is Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, New York
Here are the latest main events related to the war in the Middle East. The Houthis had threatened to blockade Saudi ports on the Red Sea -- a key route for oil shipments -- while the five-month war had already led to the effective closure of the vital Strait of Hormuz.
The planned 63-mile link is intended to supply gas for electricity generation but has drawn condemnation from the Republic of Cyprus amid rising rivalries in the eastern Mediterranean.
A landmark US-Saudi civilian nuclear cooperation agreement is poised to deliver billion-dollar contracts and many question marks as the Trump administration seeks to anchor Riyadh in America's commercial orbit.
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met Pakistan's finance minister, Muhammad Aurangzeb, on Tuesday and welcomed the country's progress in implementing economic reforms and laying the groundwork for a return to international
MANILA/BEIJING, July 22 (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of the Philippines and China met in Manila on Wednesday and both made "strong" protests over an encounter between the two countries' vessels this week in contested South China Sea waters.
The agreement is likely to face questions in Congress over whether its nonproliferation safeguards are sufficient, as well as over Riyadh’s stated interest in acquiring nuclear weapons if Iran does, concerns over its human rights record and its ties with China.
The Trump administration has made American nuclear technology a major priority with an $80 billion investment in the sector, including nearly $18 billion in loans to Westinghouse Electric Company to develop its AP1000 reactor lines.
President Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to bomb Iranian civil infrastructure every time Tehran fires at ships in Strait of Hormuz, as he attended the return of four more US service members killed in the war. Trump has vowed to avenge the deaths of all US troops "many times over"
BEIRUT, July 22 (Reuters) - Lebanon and Israel are scheduled to hold their next round of U.S.-brokered talks on August 4 in Italy, a Lebanese official told Reuters on Wednesday, as the two countries begin implementing a plan for Israeli withdrawals and Lebanese army deployments
A US missile struck the Iranian island of Larak on Wednesday, the Tasnim news agency reported, in the latest attack to target the Islamic republic's islands in and around the Strait of Hormuz. - Larak - This small island occupies a particularly strategic position at the
Israel fears the US-Saudi civilian nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia could pave the way for uranium enrichment not only by the Saudis but also by other countries in the region.
WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump renewed his threats to attack Iranian infrastructure on Wednesday, saying the U.S. would attack a bridge or power planteach time Tehran targets a ship in the Strait of Hormuz. "Any time the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots
The US military struck Iran's Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump warned he was "not finished" with a war that has already cost Washington $37.5 billion. Critics have pointed to the cost of the war, which Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth
US President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to knock out one Iranian bridge or power plant in return for each attack on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, pressing on with a war that has so far cost Washington $37.5 billion. "Any time the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at a
Tyre, an ancient Phoenician city in southern Lebanon hit in recent months by Israeli bombardment, was on Wednesday added to the UNESCO list of world heritage sites in danger. The ancient city, founded some 4,700 years ago, is home to two protected areas listed as UNESCO World
The warning comes as Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Washington remains open to negotiations with Tehran.
DUBAI, July 22 (Reuters) - Iran executed a man on charges linked to nationwide protests in January, an opposition group and the Iranian judiciary's official Mizan news agency reported on Wednesday. Mizan identified the man as Mehdi Khaneki and said he was executed for
DUBAI, July 22 (Reuters) - The Trump administration backs a nuclear energy pact with Riyadh allowing Saudi Arabiato enrich uranium and process spent atomic fuel, two sources have said, a move that may worry regional states concerned about weapons proliferation. Here are some of
In Tunisia long power outages across the country have added to the strain of an intense heatwave, with temperatures as high as 49C, leaving many fearing for their livelihoods. Power and water cuts have affected parts of Tunisia in previous summers, but this year's outages have
Israeli sources warn the provision could spur regional proliferation if Washington ultimately allows Riyadh to enrich uranium on its own soil
The agreement would allow US companies to build uranium enrichment facilities in Saudi Arabia for its civilian nuclear program.
Lebanon is working towards a "complete Israeli withdrawal" from areas it occupies, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Wednesday on a visit to a village where Lebanon's army recently deployed. Under a US-sponsored agreement signed last month, Lebanon's army is meant to disarm
By Michael Martina MANILA, July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday he talked a lot during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi about a planned trip to the United States by President Xi Jinping. Meeting with Wang in Manila on the
By Michael Martina MANILA, July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he discussed with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday the need to identify areas of cooperation to lay the groundwork for a "very positive visit" to Washington in September by
By Michael Martina MANILA, July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he discussed with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday the need to identify areas of cooperation to lay the groundwork for a "very positive visit" to Washington in September by
By Jarrett Renshaw DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Delaware, July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will attend a ceremony for four U.S. service members who returned to American soil in flag-draped caskets on Wednesday after being killed in Iranian attacks in the Middle East.
By Jarrett Renshaw DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Delaware, July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump attended a ceremony for four U.S. service members who returned to American soil in flag-draped caskets on Wednesday after being killed in Iranian attacks in the Middle East. The
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Rick Noack KABUL/ISLAMABAD, July 22 (Reuters) - Amnesty International on Wednesday called for an investigation into Pakistani airstrikes in Kabul four months ago, labeling them a "possible war crime." The strikes killed at least 269 civilians and
Iran warned that any U.S. strike on its nuclear sites would vastly expand the conflict, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington remains open to negotiations if Tehran 'is serious'
MANILA, July 22 (Reuters) - Canada is calling for a de-escalation and a permanent ceasefire in the Middle East, with the situation "quite grave", its foreign minister Anita Anand said on Wednesday on the sidelines of an ASEAN meeting. She also reaffirmed Canada's support for
MANILA, July 22 (Reuters) - Australia's foreign minister said on Wednesday that Asian countries face a choice in how they respond to instances of aggressive conduct in the South China Sea that were of concern to Canberra. A recent encounterin the South China Sea between China
DUBAI, July 22 (Reuters) - Two French diplomats at the centre of a dispute between France and Iran were not ill-treated by Iranian security personnel, according to an Iranian foreign ministry official quoted by state media on Wednesday. France has said that the diplomats in
KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE, July 22 (Reuters) - Civil society groups have called on Malaysian billionaire tycoon Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary to revoke the appointment of Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem as executive chairman of logistics giant MMC Port Holdings due to his alleged ties to the
DUBAI/PARIS, July 22 (Reuters) - An Iranian foreign ministry official denied on Wednesday that two French diplomats were mistreated by Iranian security personnel who detained them for several hours in Tehran. Paris swiftly dismissed the Iranian official's comments, which were
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - A Houthi threat to impose a naval blockade against Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea could significantly widen the Iran war and strain a U.S. military already focused on stopping Tehran's attacks across the region,
By Michael Martina and Nestor Corrales MANILA, July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Wednesday discussed a visit to the U.S. in September by Chinese President Xi Jinping during an Asian gathering where ministers voiced
By Jana Choukeir, Elwely Elwelly and Michael Martina DUBAI/MANILA, July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that Iran is not serious about talks to end their war, as the widening conflict disrupted two of the world's most critical energy