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In today’s episode of Trending Middle East, attacks by Houthi rebels targeting Saudi Arabia have wounded 73 civilians, including women and children. The Saudi Energy Ministry said several energy sites in the south were struck, causing injuries and fires, and temporarily halting some operations.
UK to reassert support for Palestinian rights and a two-state solution in move drawing criticism from US and Israel
Police arrested three people on Monday on suspicion of involvement in a fragmentation-grenade attack on a Japanika restaurant in Rosh Pina nearly two months ago, Israel Police said Tuesday.
In carrying out maritime raids in the Red Sea, launching attacks on Saudi Arabia and collaborating with militant groups such as Al Shabab, the Houthi rebels are becoming “more dangerous” than their ally Hezbollah, the former US Deputy Special Envoy for Yemen said.
Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz slowed at the start of this week, after Iran threatened on Monday to retaliate for any new US attacks.
The last 48 hours in Yemen have seen movement and clashes on numerous frontlines as the Yemen government seeks to push the Houthis back and weaken the Iranian-backed group. Meanwhile, the Houthis have attacked Saudi Arabia.
Talik Gvili, mother of fallen soldier Ran Gvili, will receive a reserved place on the Likud list, the party announced on Tuesday, as an internal battle continued over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's remaining reserved slots and the process for approving them.
Global maritime authorities have warned that the emergence of "parallel systems" threatens to create a two-tier structure in international shipping that undermines trust and safety at sea.
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean won weakened against the U.S. dollar Tuesday, as global oil prices rose over renewed military tensions in the Middle East.
Saudi authorities said operations at some energy facilities have been attacked by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis
The Albanese government is preparing to announce a new sanctions package against Israel, but has rejected internal calls to join the United Kingdom by banning commercial activity with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
The Houthi militia in Yemen launched strikes on southern Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, targeting civilian and economic sites and injuring dozens of people, the Saudi foreign ministry said.
A school in the occupied West Bank has been surrounded by barbed-wire fencing as Palestinian parents fear for their children's safety due to the rise of Israeli settler attacks in the area.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called for Iran to be included in the Mecca Agreement, a trilateral mutual defence pact signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan last month.
RIYADH — Strikes on Saudi Arabia by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels wounded 73 people, a Riyadh-led coalition said Tuesday, vowing to respond to the attacks.
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares ended lower Tuesday as investors remained wary of the prospect of U.S. interest rate hikes amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. The Korean won strengthened against the U.S. dollar.
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Syrian state TV is reporting that Israeli forces have advanced into the village of Bareeqa in the suburbs of Quneitra, located in south western Syria.
Eyal Golan’s “Mada Bidyoni” (“Science Fiction”) was the most-played song on Israeli radio during the Hebrew year 5786, according to ACUM, the Israeli organization that protects composers’, lyricists’, and publishers’ rights.
Newly revealed documents from a secret November 1993 meeting between then-foreign minister Shimon Peres and Jordan's King Hussein show how the two leaders helped lay some of the early groundwork for the Israel-Jordan peace treaty, the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation revealed on Tuesday, marking the 10th annive…
Iran-backed rebel group hits economic and civilian sites across border cities in latest escalation
Iran-backed rebel group hits economic and civilian sites across border cities in latest escalation
by Michael West | Sep 8, 2026 | The West Report
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Several energy facilities and utilities in Saudia Arabia's southern region has been attacked by Yemen's Houthis, sparking fires at a number of sites and temporarily halting some operations, the Kingdom's energy ministry said on Tuesday.
Far-right Israeli ministers began more forcefully advocating the wholesale removal of Palestinians in Gaza last week, offering timelines and government mechanisms to conduct illegal forced expulsions while displacement, demolitions and killings continued across Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council warned that if the US continued its "economic warfare" against Tehran, it could be met with establishment of a maritime exclusion zone across the Persian Gulf.
A senior police official criticized the IDF over the large scale surprise drill that began on Sunday, calling the exclusion of the police “a disgrace.”
A 46-year-old Jenin resident was arrested on suspicion of stealing the car of Tel Aviv District Court Judge Alaa Masarwa from northern Tel Aviv on Sunday morning.
At least 73 people were injured in attacks on Saudi Arabia by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis, the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said on Tuesday, vowing to respond firmly to the latest outbreak of hostilities.
UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Hamas was planning an attack several days before the October 7 massacre, according to a Haaretz investigation published on Tuesday.
Britain is preparing to announce one of the most significant UK foreign policy interventions in Israel and the occupied West Bank, with sanctions against businesses and settlers linked to illegal Israeli settlements.
Al Hilal's 100 per cent winning start to the Saudi Pro League season was brought to a shuddering halt on Monday.
EL CAIRO (AP) — Una ola de ataques de los hutíes contra Arabia Saudí dejaron 73 heridos a primera hora del martes, informaron las autoridades saudíes.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Iran state media on Monday said a ballistic missile with improved capabilities was demonstrating a new doctrine: Tehran “will take action against any threat, even before it is carried out.”
The spokesperson of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen announced that 73 people, including women and children, were wounded after Houthis launched attacks in the cities of Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan and Najran
The Saudi Arabia-led coalition in Yemen says recent Houthi attacks on the kingdom’s southern provinces have wounded 73 civilians, including women and children, as cross-border attacks intensify alongside renewed fighting inside Yemen.
El tráfico circula por una avenida mientras un buque comercial permanece anclado en el estrecho de Ormuz, el lunes 7 de septiembre de 2026, frente a Bandar Abbas, Irán. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi)
The Iranian port of Bandar Abbas and its adjacent areas have been hit numerous times since the war started late February, like many areas along the Iranian coastline. Workers at the port say the lack of security and the economic pressure is talking a toll on their livelihoods. (AP video by Mohsen Ganji)
A Houthi-run news channel aired video Monday showing what it said was the aftermath of a Saudi airstrike on a prison in northern Yemen, as the Iran-backed rebels accused Saudi Arabia of killing seven people, including a child.
US-Israel war on Iran and political instability in Somalia lead to pirates targeting cargo ships off Horn of Africa
The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Tuesday that Houthi attacks targeting Saudi Arabia had wounded 73 civilians, including women and children, in the latest escalation by the Iran-aligned militia.
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis on Monday accused Saudi Arabia of carrying out airstrikes around the country, including the deadly bombardment of a prison, as the rebels press an offensive to seize territory near the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
A UN expert said Monday that Israeli clearance of rubble in Gaza could destroy valuable evidence of "atrocity crimes" and prevent the recovery of human remains.
A complicated Gulf is emerging. That was the broad takeaway from the opening day of the Hili Forum in Abu Dhabi on Monday. Diplomats are tackling how the region’s countries will handle that complexity.
Demand for food assistance in Israel has risen by 32% ahead of the Tishrei holidays, reflecting deepening economic hardship among families struggling with poverty and food insecurity.
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares extended their gains late Tuesday morning, led by semiconductor stocks, amid escalating tensions in the Middle East that pushed up oil prices.
Tayab Ali, Director of the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians, tells MEE’s Imran Mulla that the upcoming ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements, expected to be announced on Tuesday by UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, will have a ‘profound impact’ on Israel.