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The US and Iran have accelerated talks to restart shipping through the Strait of Hormuz in what would be a short-term fix amid a slowdown in fighting, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
The Houthi threat to Saudi oil exports comes as Japan, South Korea and the Philippines are still reeling from the closure of the strait of Hormuz
Iran's military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, has warned the US against attacking Iranian vessels in coastal and territorial waters, saying it will not leave any threat "unanswered".
Houthis claim Saudi drone downed over northwestern Yemen
Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
El Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, Volker Turk, habla con los medios de comunicación durante una conferencia de prensa, el lunes 27 de julio de 2026, en Beirut, Líbano. (AP Foto/Hassan Ammar)
YEMEN. A Houthi supporter holds a poster with an image of the Houthis’s leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, as he speaks on a mobile phone during a demonstration in solidarity with Iran, as the US-Israeli conflict with Iran continues, in Sanaa, Yemen, March 27, 2026.
Tuesday is a big day in Washington DC, even by White House standards. Long-time Republican Senator Lindsay Graham's funeral is bringing the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to town. They will separately meet with President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss…
CRISIS. US and Iranian flags are seen in this illustration taken March 23, 2026.
Saudi Arabia's Aramco has reportedly suspended operations at the Abqaiq oil processing and stabilisation facility following a Houthi attack on Monday.
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Hours before a big debate showdown with her primary rival, US Rep. Haley Stevens began a routine campaign stop Monday seemingly comfortably in her element.
Just one in three Americans support the war on Iran, the lowest reading in a Reuters/Ipsos poll since the five-month-old conflict's early days, with most respondents saying that President Donald Trump has failed to explain his goals.
Israel's leader of the opposition said on Monday that the future of the conflict in Lebanon depended on disarming Hezbollah.
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TEHRAN — US President Donald Trump on Monday voiced optimism at the prospects for a negotiated peace deal with Iran, as the two sides held their fire for a third consecutive day.
Just one day before his funeral is set to take place in Washington, DC, video footage has emerged showing a gleeful Senator Lindsey Graham rejoicing at the launch of the US-Israeli war on Iran, and even single-handedly offering US military involvement to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his war on Lebanon.
The Houthis have continued to promote propaganda claiming they have provided support to Hezbollah despite the anger it provokes among Yemenis, who continue to endure a humanitarian crisis, because of the group's perception of itself as the “vanguard of Muslim causes and Muslim people,” Bridget Toomey, a research ana…
Defense department updated database of casualties to list four service members deceased in ‘Overseas Operations’
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry has “strongly” condemned drone attacks against Saudi Arabia, saying that "such provocative attacks pose a grave threat to peace and stability across the entire region."
A series of explosions was heard in Iraq’s Erbil, according to local media reports.
Afrah al-Zouba, the Foreign Minister Designate of Yemen’s internationally recognized Saudi-backed government said the Houthis were seeking to replicate Iran's model of trying to impose control on international shipping around the Strait of Hormuz in the Bab al-Mandab.
On a ridge in the Judean Hills, twenty-odd kilometers from Jerusalem, there is a moshav called Ness Harim. A few hundred families. Peach and apple orchards, mostly gone now. It was founded in 1950 and filled with immigrants from Kurdistan, and for fifty years nothing happened there that anyone outside it needed to k…
US President Donald Trump said that he is making the “largest ever investment in the United States armed forces.”
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned plans to accelerate the development of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
President Trump said "good talks" were taking place
Donald Trump is set to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Tuesday, as both seek US support for their countries amid continuing wars.
When US President Donald Trump took the stage earlier this month at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, flanked by the CEOs of some of America's largest defence firms, he had one message in mind: build more weapons, and build them faster.
Mediators have expressed hope of progress in pulling the United States and Iran back to the negotiation table as the two sides maintained a pause in hostilities for a third day.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani of “fomenting hate” following the mayor’s call for his arrest in relation to the war in Gaza.
Just one in three Americans support the war on Iran, the lowest reading in a Reuters/Ipsos poll since the five-month-old conflict's early days, with most respondents saying that President Donald Trump has failed to explain his goals.
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Armenia does not come up frequently in my conversations, and certainly not in the context of K-pop. Kim Kardashian and Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian) are likely the most famous Americans of Armenian ancestry, but Armenia itself is mysterious to the average American. It is a small landlocked country of about 3 millio…
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Afrah al-Zouba, the Foreign Minister Designate of Yemen’s internationally recognised government, said the Houthis were seeking to replicate Iran's model of trying to impose control on international shipping around the Strait of Hormuz in the Bab el-Mandeb.
Palestinian health workers said a woman delivered a stillborn baby in an ambulance after the vehicle was reportedly delayed by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Monday, AFP reported on Monday.
Stocks drifted to a mixed close on Wall Street and oil prices fell after the U.S. and Iran paused their attacks while work resumed on restarting negotiations to end their war.
Palestinian workers are now permitted to work in Israeli West Bank communities, the IDF told military reporters on Monday, following a ban imposed by Central Command Chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth on Saturday.
The Board of Peace, established in the wake of the US-backed ceasefire in Gaza in October, said there are important developments in Gaza this week. This is linked to Israel agreeing that the International Stabilization Force, a key part of the ceasefire and peace proposal, will enter Gaza.
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Just one day before his funeral is set to take place in Washington, DC, video footage has emerged showing a gleeful Senator Lindsey Graham rejoicing at the launch of the US-Israeli war on Iran, and even single-handedly offering US military involvement to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his war on Lebanon.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has accused Israel of committing large-scale violations of human rights in Lebanon that might be classed as war crimes.
Iran on Monday had scathing words for Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after he announced that Kyiv had struck vessels linked to Iran in the Caspian Sea.
Stocks are drifting on Wall Street and oil prices fell after the US and Iran paused their attacks while work resumed on restarting negotiations to end the war.
Flight delays are expected for aircraft flying to and from Israel due to air traffic control disruptions in Europe, the Israel Airports Authority (IAA) said in an X/Twitter post on Monday.
UN experts on Monday called on Iran to cancel the death penalties given to 10 young men over anti-government protests that rocked the country in January.
The Trump administration supports a phased IDF withdrawal from southern Lebanon under the framework of the Hezbollah disarmament deal, senior US officials told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.
The Likud Central Committee voted on Monday to grant Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the authority to determine eight slots within the first 30 spots on the party list ahead of internal primaries before the upcoming elections.