Panama Canal considering more cuts in transits due to El Nino

UK's Burnham, Trump discuss working towards Ukraine-Russia ceasefire, Downing Street says

LONDON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, with the two leaders agreeing on "the need to continue working towards a ceasefire" to end Russia's war in Ukraine, Downing Street said. • "The Prime Minister

Israeli clearance of Gaza rubble could destroy 'evidence', says UN expert

By Emma Farge GENEVA, Sept 7 (Reuters) - A U.N. expert said on Monday that Israeli clearance of rubble in Gaza could destroy valuable evidence of "atrocity crimes" and prevent the recovery of human remains. Israel's assault on Gaza — started after the deadly raid into Israel by

Secret Assad-era Syrian nuclear reactor was almost complete: UN

A near-complete nuclear reactor built secretly during the rule of toppled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad would have been able to produce material to make nuclear weapons, the UN nuclear watchdog chief said on Monday. Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Syrian nuclear reactor could have been useful for weapons, IAEA chief says

By Francois Murphy VIENNA, Sept 7 (Reuters) - The nuclear reactor Syria had nearly completed in 2007 when Israeli jets destroyed it was of a type that could quickly produce fissile material usable in nuclear weapons, U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Monday. The

Lebanon says Israel conducts wave of deadly strikes

Israel conducted a wave of airstrikes in south Lebanon, killing 13 people including women and children, the Lebanese health ministry said on Monday, in an intensification of violence after a weeks-long lull. Israel's military vowed to continue targeting Hezbollah, accusing the

Two Palestinians killed, Israeli stabbed as West Bank settler violence flares

By Ali Sawafta HAJJA, West Bank, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Violence in the occupied West Bank flared on Monday as Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian during a village raid by settlers from a nearby outpost and killed another Palestinian who entered an outpost and stabbed a settler,

Saudi Arabia preparing to grant IAEA more intrusive powers, Grossi says

By Francois Murphy VIENNA, Sept 7 (Reuters) - A planned U.S.-Saudi atomic deal does not include Riyadh signing the Additional Protocol that gives the U.N. nuclear watchdog sweeping inspection powers, but something close to it on some points is in the works, the agency's chief

Israeli rubble-clearing in Gaza could erase 'atrocity crimes' evidence: UN expert

A UN expert warned Monday that large-scale rubble removal in parts of Gaza under Israeli control risked erasing traces of "atrocity crimes", and preventing the recovery and identification of human remains. Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the

UAE says its energy exports will not be 'held hostage' by Iran war

DUBAI, Sept 7 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates is building alternative routes for its energy exports and trade to ensure they are not "held hostage" by the ongoing war between the U.S. and Iran, UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash said on Monday. The conflict has had a

Katz warns PA against 'Oct. 7-style' attack as West Bank violence rises

After a West Bank stabbing of an Israeli settler, Defense Minister Israel Katz warns the Palestinian Authority against launching an “Oct. 7-style” assault.

Iran to announce new Gulf restricted zone, Hormuz route: What we know

Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said the restricted zone would begin at the point where the US blockade of Iranian ports starts and extend into the Gulf.

Yemen army ups strikes on Houthis, retakes Red Sea coast positions

The Iranian-backed Houthis launched an offensive to take areas bordering the Red Sea, prompting heavy clashes and exchanges of fire with Saudi-backed government forces.

Germany asks UN top court to throw out Israel arms export case

By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Germany asked the International Court of Justice on Monday to throw out acase brought by Nicaragua which accuses Berlin of violating the 1948 Genocide Convention because it supplies arms to Israel. Berlin suspended weapons

Lebanon says 11 killed in Israeli strikes as tensions rise in south

The escalation in Southern Lebanon casts a shadow over upcoming Israel-Lebanon talks in Rome.

AI could pose 'existential' risk to humanity, UN rights chief warns

By Emma Farge GENEVA, Sept 7 (Reuters) - U.N. rights chief Volker Turk warned on Monday that artificial intelligence could pose a threat to humanity, and pledged to press AI firms to reduce risks that his office said included disruptions to services, communications and

Israeli strikes on southern Lebanese town kill 12 as fears of escalation mount

BEIRUT, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Israeli strikes on a southern Lebanese town killed at least 12 people including two children early on Monday, Lebanon's health ministry said, in one of the deadliest daysof Israeli bombardment in recent weeks. Fears of a renewed Israeli military

Israeli strikes on southern Lebanese town kill 11, state news agency says

BEIRUT, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Israeli strikes on a southern Lebanese town early on Monday killed at least 11 people including two children and two medics, Lebanon's state news agency said. Israel has intensified its bombardment of south Lebanon in recent days despite a June

Iran vows to respond to US strikes, says US energy companies' facilities are 'exposed'

By Nayera Abdallah and Eman Abouhassira DUBAI, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Iran threatened on Monday to retaliate against any new U.S. attacks on its assets, warning that the energy production chain in the region was "sprawling, accessible and exposed" and that U.S. oil and gas

Iran says to announce new restricted zone in the Gulf in the coming days

(Fixes typo in byline) By Yasmine Ghania and Hatem Maher DUBAI, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Iran said it will announce a new restricted zone in the Gulf in the coming days, along with maps of a new shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz, as a weekend exchange of strikes on

Israel rehearses its next war as Netanyahu refuses to end the last one

Military Intelligence believes Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei may try to turn Israel into the next front in his escalating conflict with the U.S. The IDF is preparing for a coordinated multifront attack as Israel heads toward elections in 50 days

Iran, backed into a corner, may strike at Israel

Military Intelligence believes Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei may try to turn Israel into the next front in his escalating conflict with the U.S. The IDF is preparing for a coordinated multifront attack as Israel heads toward elections in 50 days