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We've been documenting the Houthi rapid advance along Yemen's western coast, as the Iran-aligned rebel group closes in on owning more vital Red Sea chokepoint coastal real estate.
Germany's federal prosecutor said on Friday it had charged seven men in Berlin over alleged membership in Hamas and preparing a serious violent act endangering the state, linked to weapons procurement in Germany.
When IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir finished 2025, he was on track as one of the most popular IDF chiefs in recent memory.
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Abu Dhabi is filling with superheroes, manga artists, professional wrestlers, cosplayers and collectors as the 14th Middle East Film & Comic Con begins.
Dubai's travel and tourism officials are cautiously optimistic about a rebound in the industry despite the Iran war, betting on Emirates airline's rapid recovery, a busy events calendar, the appeal of the city's winter season, and close collaboration between the public and private sectors.
Israel said Friday it was prepared to launch further strikes on Hezbollah after demolishing what it described as a vast tunnel network beneath the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon. Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israel was ready to “continue striking Hezbollah and at additional locations”, claimin…
Futures are higher thanks to an overnight retreat in oil prices (which is unlikely to hold now that Houthi rebels effectively control the entire Red Sea) and bond yields which track oil tick for tick, but the tone could quickly shift with the week’s biggest catalyst, August CPI data, due before the cash open. As of …
The UK's new sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements include those in the occupied Golan Heights as well as in occupied Palestinian territory, Middle East Eye understands.
An Israeli flag, expected to receive official recognition as the largest mobile flag in the world, was raised in Haifa on Friday as part of an initiative aimed at strengthening a sense of unity, belonging, and Israeli pride.
Sir Tony Blair knows what happens when energy, politics and the Middle East collide.
Israeli forces carried out several air raids on southern Lebanon, targeting Mansouri and areas near the coastal city of Tyre, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported.
The IDF released new footage and details on Friday from its latest operation in southern Lebanon, in which it secured and destroyed Hezbollah's underground infrastructure on the Ali al-Taher ridge.
BERLIN — Hamas planned coordinated terrorist attacks in Berlin and Vienna to mark the second anniversary of the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel, according to a 214-page indictment filed by Germany’s federal prosecutor.
The Israeli military said it blew up more than a mile of tunnels
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Satellite images showed smoke rising near Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline, one of the kingdom’s key energy assets, Reuters has reported.
Brent crude futures nearly topped $110 a barrel in the overnight hours but fell 3.5% to the $103 handle by 6 a.m. ET, after reports from the International Energy Agency that soaring fuel costs could spark global demand destruction.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed that Israel may join a broader campaign against the Iranian-backed Houthi terror group in Yemen, Lebanese newspaper Al Akbar claimed on Friday, citing US sources.
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Ed Miliband, Britain’s foreign secretary, this week announced plans for a ban on trade and services with Israel’s illegal Jewish settlements, in a move the government has hyped as a “comprehensive reset” of relations with Israel.
The Iran and Ukraine wars are adding pressure to an oil refining system "stretched to the limit," the International Energy Agency warned Friday, as it once again cut its global supply and demand forecasts amid the ongoing energy shock.
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A Bahrain-based United States military installation has sustained severe damage during recent months of fighting with Iran, the acting secretary of the US Navy has said, prompting Washington to evaluate what to do with its headquarters in the Middle East.
Oil prices retreated on Friday, but remained on track for a weekly gain of almost 10% after soaring above $100 a barrel for the first time in months.
Oil prices traded sideways on Friday and were on track to end the week above $100 per barrel for the first time in nearly four months as supply concerns from the Middle East rose after Houthi rebels seized a key port city along the Red Sea and ships continue to come under attack in the Strait of Hormuz.
Our person of the year 5786 must be an Israeli.
The United Arab Emirates is quietly revising plans for a 5-gigawatt AI data center project – one of the biggest outside the US – after the Iran war prompted a rethink of how and where critical infrastructure should be built, six people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
When Danny Danon returned to New York two years ago for his second stint as Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, he described the organization as a far more ferocious lion’s den than the one he had left four years earlier.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said he does not support continuing the war, but he stressed that Iran needs to improve its resistance to future challenges so that it does not have to negotiate from a position of weakness.
The president’s chaotic schemes of aggrandizement, from Venezuela to Iran, have no larger rationale
Vladimir Putin will join leaders from Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. (Reuters: Vladimir Smirnov)
Iran and the United States have entered another limited but dangerous phase of confrontation, with mounting military and economic pressure forcing Tehran to weigh escalation against the narrowing possibility of a negotiated settlement.
Pakistan said on Thursday that no military response by Islamabad was currently being discussed under its joint defence agreement with Saudi Arabia and Turkey following attacks by Yemen's Houthis on Saudi Arabia.
NUEVA YORK (AP) — El precio del gasóleo en Estados Unidos batió un nuevo récord el viernes al superar los 6 dólares por galón (3,78 litros) en promedio, mientras la guerra de Washington con Irán altera el flujo mundial de combustible.
The Adalah organization, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, clashed with Israeli universities after it published a harsh report on Monday titled “Apartheid in Israeli Academia: Arab Students After October 7, 2023,” which claims that Israeli higher education institutions have implemented discriminat…
Mediators between Israel and Hamas had warned that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was considering launching a major kidnapping operation for years before the October 7 massacre, Col. (res.) Doron Hadar told Kan News on Thursday.
Pakistan said on Thursday that no military response by Islamabad was currently being discussed under its joint defence agreement with Saudi Arabia and Turkey following Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir have discussed ways to revive diplomatic efforts to de-escalate conflicts across the region, including a possible return to US-Iran negotiations.
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This month, like in September every year, world leaders from the 193 member states of the United Nations are set to descend on the organization’s headquarters in New York for what is termed the “high-level week.”
NEW YORK (AP) — Diesel prices in the U.S. hit yet another record on Friday, soaring past $6 a gallon on average as Washington’s war with Iran disrupts the world’s flow of fuel.
Roman Gofman only took office heading the Mossad on June 2 and had little time or opportunity to work a transition with his predecessor. This was because, in a wild twist, David Barnea was part of a lawsuit trying to block his appointment, which only resolved that week.
Rebeldes hutíes de Yemen circulan en motocicleta durante una campaña de movilización en Saná, Yemen, el 10 de septiembre de 2026. (AP Foto)
The Iran-backed Houthi militant group has seized control of Yemen's port city of Mokha on the Red Sea coast, bringing Tehran closer to securing another point of leverage in its six-month-long conflict with the U.S.
London, United Kingdom – A 22-year-old Egyptian student suspended from King’s College London (KCL) last year after his involvement in pro-Palestine campus activism is returning to university.
Four officials involved in determining Gaza’s future appeared together onstage at the MEAD conference in Washington on Tuesday.
A Thursday overnight Israeli Air Force strike in Khan Yunis killed the commander of Hamas’s Khan Yunis Brigade, Muhammad Yazouri, the IDF announced on Friday.