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Born into poverty and with little opportunity at home, Hiwot Mehari took the dangerous smuggling route out of Ethiopia and across the Red Sea to Yemen, from where he hoped to reach Saudi Arabia.
Air raid sirens ring out across Kuwait City as Iran launches missile and drone attacks, triggering the activation of the country's air defenses.
Foreign ministers from the 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations and major partners gathered in Manila on Tuesday against a backdrop of instability beyond the region since the US and Iran resumed open conflict, raising concerns about energy supplies through the Strait of Hormuz, as well as inflation and g…
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The Israeli soldier stood on the balcony of a distant Lebanese house overlooking a yellow gate that marks the boundary between Lebanese-controlled land and the Israeli-occupied south.
Projects in Morocco, Ecuador and Iraq have taken the three first prizes in an international award recognising the use of earthen materials in landscape architecture.
A ramp-up in fighting between the U.S. and Iran over the weekend has left Wall Street reconsidering its expectations for the war's economic impact.
Shipping companies should not load or discharge cargo at Saudi Arabian ports, and such activity may result in being targeted "in any location" by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi terrorists, according to an email sent to companies by the Houthis.
Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has described the renewed US war on Iran as the ideal outcome for Israel, provided Israelis do not have to fight it themselves.
US stock futures are higher led by Tech after a strong bounce in chip stocks in Japan (memory stock Kioxia traded limit up after trading limit down on Friday and Monday was a holiday) and Korea, as evidence mounts that Momentum / Semis pullback have bottomed, with supportive price action elsewhere in Asia and Europe…
Iran's president Masoud Pezeshkian said in a statement delivered today that his communication with the supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is increasing day by day, according to state media.
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Iran is avoiding a broad, direct attack on Israel because it fears Israeli strikes on senior regime figures and institutions vital to its survival, Iran researcher Beni Sabti told 103FM on Sunday.
On 16 July, activists launched a digital campaign under the hashtag "They Lied to You" to refocus global attention on Israel's ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and to challenge the perception that the October 2025 ceasefire agreement brought Israel's military attacks on the besieged strip to an end.
The tit-for-tat escalation between the US and Iran entered its tenth day as another tanker was struck in the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, the Iran-backed Houthis threatened shipping at a second strategic chokepoint in the southern Red Sea.
In a warning sent by the Houthis' Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center, Houthis told shipping companies that loading or discharging cargo at Saudi ports would make them a potential target.
BRUSSELS — European natural gas prices shot to a four-month high as renewed violence around the Strait of Hormuz triggered concerns about the feasibility of transporting energy through the world’s most vital energy chokepoint.
Lebanon: President Joseph Aoun meets Trump as security talks continue over southern Lebanon
PM Mark Carney says Canada has made proposals to resolve dispute as tariffs are due to be imposed on wide range of goods
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel sent an urgent appeal on Monday to Central Elections Committee chairman Justice Noam Sohlberg, acting Central Elections Committee director-general attorney Din Livne, Transportation Minister Miri Regev, and Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara, demanding immediate action to …
Salah Sarsour, president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque, said ‘dehumanizing’ treatment reminded him of time spent in Israeli military jail
Britain’s new Foreign Secretary is already facing questions over his suitability for the post given his role in preventing the UK from joining a coalition to stop former Syrian president Bashar Al Assad from killing his own people.
US President Donald Trump is allegedly pressing the new British prime minister, Andy Burnham, to continue allowing American forces to use UK military bases for strikes on Iran, The Telegraph claimed on Tuesday.
US President Donald Trump is allegedly pressing the new British prime minister, Andy Burnham, to continue allowing American forces to use UK military bases for strikes on Iran, The Telegraph claimed on Tuesday.
A six-person subcommittee in the Supreme National Security Council was behind the “on the spot” decisions made while negotiating the now-defunct Memorandum of Understanding with the United States, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Asriran, admitting that he has never met Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khame…
The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and Israel Police arrested Muhammad Awad, a 29-year-old Israeli citizen from Nazareth, on suspicion of promoting terrorist activity, authorities announced on Tuesday.
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The US has completed its 10th consecutive night of attacks on Iran, widening the war it launched alongside Israel on 28 February, as Tehran retaliated against US military bases across the region and two vessels came under attack in the Strait of Hormuz.
Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun is set for talks with his United States counterpart Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, as the government in Beirut pushes for Israeli withdrawal from the south and grapples with internal divisions.
At least 73,293 Palestinians have been killed and 173,96 wounded in Israeli attacks across Gaza since 7 October 2023, the enclave's health ministry is reporting.
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Nearly 100 US service members were wounded to some extent since the renewal of the US-Iran hostilities, Pentagon Spokesperson Sean Parnell stated on social media on Tuesday.
Ultra-Orthodox (haredi) draft dodgers over the age of 18 and whose draft date has passed must avoid the airport and other border crossings to evade arrest, the Vaad Hayeshivos (Council of Yeshivas) warned on Tuesday.
Iranian officials have held talks with both Turkey and Azerbaijan officials, warning them against participating in attacks on Iran, Azerbaijani media site News.AZ reported on Monday, citing Iran's senior military advisor Yahya Rahim Safavi.
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Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran's parliament speaker and chief negotiator in talks with the United States, is facing perhaps the greatest political test of his career.
ASEAN Chair and Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro hosts an informal consultation with Foreign Ministers during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (Francis R. Malasig/Pool Photo vi…
Alarm sirens are sounding again in Bahrain, amid a fresh missile barrage fired from Iran.
Lebanon's army says its troops have begun deploying to a "pilot zone" in the south of the country following the withdrawal of Israeli forces under a US-brokered agreement reached last month.
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Bahrain's Defence Forces have said their air defences downed a barrage of missiles fired from Iran.
Israeli media has claimed that Turkey was prepared to provide Iran with aerial military support if Kurdish militias had invaded the country during the Israeli-US war on Iran earlier this year.
Mediators are attempting to persuade the US and Iran to halt hostilities, proposing a 10-day truce and a return to negotiations to reach an agreement on the running of the Strait of Hormuz.
US attacks Iran for 10th consecutive night as military operation expands beyond south
The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), a Brussels-based pro-Palestinian organization, filed an urgent criminal complaint with the Belgian federal prosecutor on Monday against an IDF veteran who attended Tomorrowland, the world's largest and best-known electronic music festival.
The U.S. completed a fresh round of strikes against Iran on Monday evening as Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis threatened to impose a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, potentially opening a new front in the Middle East conflict.
Tight mandates remain in place to protect domestic energy security amid a resurgence of war in the Middle East
Tight mandates remain in place to protect domestic energy security amid a resurgence of war in the Middle East