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Oil tanker seized by Iran moving to international waters, tracking data shows
A Chevron-chartered oil tanker that was seized by Iran more than a year ago was heading for international waters on Thursday, LSEG ship...
Jul 12, 20241 min read


Factbox-How much has US-built Gaza aid pier helped get aid into Gaza?
A U.S.-built pier designed to increase flows of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip has been beset by challenges and is now expected to...
Jul 12, 20243 min read


Erdogan says Biden, U.S. complicit in alleged Israeli war crimes
ANKARA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has said U.S. President Joe Biden and his administration are complicit in what he called ...
Jul 12, 20242 min read


Iran's acting foreign minister says indirect talks with US ongoing via Oman
DUBAI - Iran is still conducting indirect nuclear talks with the United States via Oman, Iran's Etemad newspaper on Thursday quoted...
Jul 12, 20242 min read


Gaza airstrike hit as displaced gathered for soccer match, witnesses say
CAIRO/GAZA - An Israeli missile slammed into a tent encampment in southern Gaza on Tuesday just as displaced people had gathered there to...
Jul 11, 20243 min read


Pagers and drones: How Hezbollah aims to counter Israel's high-tech surveillance
BEIRUT - Coded messages. Landline phones. Pagers. Following the killing of senior commanders in targeted Israeli airstrikes, the...
Jul 9, 20247 min read


Egypt's Sisi and CIA's Burns discusss Gaza ceasefire efforts
CAIRO - Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns on Tuesday discussed efforts...
Jul 9, 20241 min read


Israeli minister: stopping Gaza war now would be folly
JERUSALEM - Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Monday it would be a huge mistake to stop Israel's military offensive in...
Jul 8, 20241 min read


Saudi crown price keen to develop Iran ties following Pezeshkian's election, state news agency says
CAIRO - Saudi Arabia's king and crown prince congratulated Masoud Pezeshkian on his election as Iran's president, state news agency SPA...
Jul 8, 20241 min read


Netanyahu: Gaza deal must let Israel resume fighting until war goals met
CAIRO/JERUSALEM/GAZA - Any Gaza ceasefire deal must allow Israel to resume fighting until its objectives are met, Prime Minister Benjamin...
Jul 8, 20244 min read


UK seeks balanced position on Israel and Gaza, says new foreign minister Lammy
BERLIN - Britain wants a balanced position on the war in the Middle East and will use diplomatic efforts to ensure a ceasefire is reached...
Jul 8, 20242 min read


Iran's Pezeshkian brings hopes of moderation after routing hardline rival
DUBAI - Iran's president-elect, low-profile moderate Masoud Pezeshkian, carries the hopes of millions of Iranians seeking less...
Jul 6, 20243 min read
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