Blinken seeks to avert wider war, Israel says it is not fighting a single enemy
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on Monday before heading on to Israel after warning that the Gaza ...
Israeli strike kills two Palestinian journalists in Gaza, officials say
An Israeli air strike on a car near Rafah in southern Gaza on Sunday killed two Palestinian journalists who were out reporting, according to health officials in Gaza and the ...
Three months in, Western diplomats try to stop Gaza war’s spread (updated)
Top U.S and European diplomats sought ways on Sunday to keep the Gaza war from spreading further in the Middle East, but three months after the start of the ...
US intelligence confirms Islamic State’s Afghanistan branch behind Iran blasts
Communications intercepts collected by the United States confirmed that Islamic State’s (ISIS) Afghanistan-based branch carried out twin bombings in Iran that killed nearly 100 people, two sources familiar with the ...
Blinken to meet Turkish and Greek leaders as Gaza diplomacy tour begins
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was meeting the leaders of Turkey and Greece on Saturday at the start of a week-long trip aimed at calming tensions that have ...
Heavy fire from Lebanon targets northern Israel amid concern over Gaza spillover
Heavy fire from Lebanon targeted northern Israel on Saturday, the Israeli military said, adding it had responded by striking a “terrorist cell” that took part in the attack, as top ...
How Israel failed to learn from Northern Ireland peace process
By Colin John Irwin
There is no peace in the Middle East because there is no effective peace process. This isn’t because the Palestinians and Israelis do not know ...
Iran arrests suspects over bomb blasts, mourners demand revenge
Mourners wept over the coffins of victims of two deadly blasts in Iran as the interior minister said on Friday a number of suspects had been arrested over the attacks ...
Israeli to launch more targeted assault on Hamas, defence minister outlines plans after war
Israel announced a more targeted approach in hunting down Hamas fighters and their leaders as its aerial assault pounded the Gaza Strip, forcing some displaced families to flee for safety ...
Saudi Arabian companies warn Aramco fuel price hike may curb earnings
Several Saudi Arabian companies released regulatory filings late on Wednesday and Thursday saying that state energy company Saudi Aramco’s decision to raise feedstock and fuel prices for this year ...
US strike kills militia leader blamed for Iraq attacks, Pentagon says
The U.S. military launched a retaliatory strike in Baghdad on Thursday that killed a militia leader it blames for recent attacks on U.S. personnel, the Pentagon said, a ...
Blinken heads back to Middle East amid regional escalation fears
U.S. top diplomat Antony Blinken will return to the Middle East on Thursday, continuing the Biden administration’s intense diplomacy over Israel’s three-month long conflict with Hamas, as ...
Maersk reroutes Red Sea container ships back to Suez Canal
Denmark’s Maersk MAERSKb.CO said on Thursday it has rerouted four out of five container vessels that were stuck in the Red Sea back towards the Suez Canal and ...
Hezbollah, Israel appear to signal no desire for spread of Gaza war
Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Israeli army made statements suggesting the two avowed enemies wanted to avoid risking the further spread of war beyond the Gaza Strip after a drone ...
Hezbollah head vows group will not ‘be silent’ after Israeli killing of Hamas deputy chief
The head of Lebanon’s powerful armed group Hezbollah said on Wednesday that Israel’s killing of the deputy chief of allied Palestinian faction Hamas in Beirut was “a major, ...
Killing of Hamas deputy leader in Beirut raises risk of Gaza war spreading
Israel killed Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in a drone strike in Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Tuesday, Lebanese and Palestinian security sources said, raising the potential risk of war ...
Hamas’ Arouri was a key player until death in sudden Beirut strike
Deputy Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri had long expected the Israeli drone strike that security sources said killed him in Beirut on Tuesday, three months after his group’s surprise cross-border ...
Oil prices jump after US forces repel Houthis in Red Sea
Oil prices jumped in the first session of the New Year, boosted by the chances of Middle East supply disruptions after a naval clash in the Red Sea, as well ...
Saudi sovereign wealth fund splashes cash in 2023
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund accounted for about a quarter of the almost $124 billion spent by sovereign wealth funds worldwide last year, a report published on Jan. 1 showed.
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Israel to pull some troops from Gaza as war enters new phase (updated)
Israel pulled tanks out of some Gaza City districts on Monday, residents said, as it announced plans to shift tactics and cut back on troop numbers, but fighting raged elsewhere ...
Iranian warship Alborz enters the Red Sea – Tasnim
Iran’s Alborz warship has entered the Red Sea, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Monday, at a time of soaring tensions on the key shipping route amid the ...
Maersk pauses Red Sea sailings after Houthi attack on container ship
Iranian-backed Houthi militants attacked a Maersk MAERSKb.CO container vessel with missiles and small boats, prompting the company to pause all sailing through the Red Sea for 48 hours, Maersk said ...
Israeli jets pound central Gaza as Netanyahu indicates longer war
Israeli jets intensified attacks on central Gaza on Sunday, residents and medics said, as battles raged through the rubble of towns and refugee camps in a war that Israeli Prime ...
Israel ready to let ships bring aid to Gaza’s shores – minister
Israel is prepared to let ships deliver aid to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip “immediately” as part of a proposed sea corridor from Cyprus, the Israeli foreign minister said on Sunday, ...