By Mohammed Ghobari and Jana Choukeir DUBAI, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Houthi fighters were pushing to seize strategic heights in Yemen on Monday to cut off the Red Sea coast from remaining areas held by Saudi-backed forces, after a report that President Donald Trump had called off
By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Haseeb and Alwazeer CAIRO/Gaza Sept 21 (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza returned to in-person teaching on Saturday for the first time in nearly three years, albeit in damaged or makeshift school buildings and tents, and with uniforms,
By Elizabeth Piper LONDON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Andy Burnham heads to New York on Monday for the United Nations General Assembly, his first foray into global diplomacy and a test of his vow to press British interests even if they are at odds with US President
By Bo Erickson, Steve Holland and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump has invoked Joe Biden's name almost 900 times this year, a Reuters review shows, keeping his predecessor at the center of debate as Republicans fight to hold their fragile
ALEPPO, Syria, Sept 21 (Reuters) - A series of explosions tore through an army weapons depot in northern Syria early on Monday,the fourth such incident this month, wounding several people and sending villagers scattering. The blast was the latest in a series of mysterious and
ISLAMABAD, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Pakistan's information ministry said on Monday that 28 "terrorists" and suicide bombers were killed in airstrikes on three targets in Afghanistan. (Reporting by Asif Shahzad, Writing by Hritam Mukherjee; Editing by YP Rajesh)
KABUL/ISLAMABAD, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Pakistan's government said on Monday that airstrikes killed at least 28 militants in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region, with one security official saying two Afghan provinces were targeted. Hours earlier, Afghan Taliban officials
KABUL/ISLAMABAD, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Pakistani airstrikeskilled at least three people in Afghanistan on Monday, Afghan officials said, in action that could reignite tensions between the neighbours after nearly three months of relative calm. The Afghan side "will respond
By John Irish UNITED NATIONS, Sept 20 (Reuters) - France will summon Iran's ambassador and take appropriate measures in response after Iranian authorities sealed a French language centre affiliated with its embassy in Tehran, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. "This new
By Joe Cash, Trevor Hunnicutt and David Brunnstrom BEIJING/WASHINGTON, September 21 (Reuters) - In the four months since the leaders of the two global superpowers last met, Xi Jinping has overseen a surge in China's trade with the world while Donald Trump has struggled with
By Florence Tan SINGAPORE, Sept 21 (Reuters) - A dozen commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on the weekend, down from 35 the prior weekend, shipping data showed on Monday, as tension in the Gulf persisted with the US and Iran in stalemate. Visible traffic through
By Florence Tan SINGAPORE, Sept 21 (Reuters) - A total of 17 commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on the weekend, down from 37 a week earlier, shipping data showed on Monday, as tension in the Gulf persisted with the US and Iran in stalemate. Visible traffic through
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump's two days attending the United Nations General Assembly will include a series of bilateral meetings and events with notable political figures such as the leaders of Ukraine and the United Kingdom, and
A senior Houthi official said the group assured Washington it would not target U.S. vessels in the Red Sea, as rebels consolidate gains along Yemen's western coast
Speaking at Al-Monitor Live New York, US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said that several more regional states have expressed their interest in joining the Abraham Accords.
Tehran says it has information Washington is preparing a major attack; warning comes after Houthi strikes targeted Saudi Arabia amid renewed fighting in Yemen
Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi describes how Iranians are suffocating under intensifying repression and economic hardship, yet she sees a growing wave of resistance inspired by the 2022 protests over Mahsa Amini's death
Under growing U.S. pressure over its ICJ case and ties with Iran, South Africa is looking to BRICS for diplomatic and economic support. But the New Delhi summit could only accommodate so much
By Jana Choukeir DUBAI, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Iran warned on Sunday against any big new attack by the United States and its allies, saying it had information such a move was being prepared, adding to the anxiety in a region already on edge after drone and missile strikes on Saudi
By Jana Choukeir and Doina Chiacu DUBAI/WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Iran and the United States exchanged new threats on Sunday, with President Donald Trump warning Iran would fail economically or face its leadership being wiped out if it didn't make a deal, and the Iranian