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Yemen's Houthis have long warned of their ability to close the Red Sea oil route, but have by and large stayed on the sidelines of the expanding Gulf regional conflict which is focused on Iran since Operation Epic Fury began.
President Donald Trump departs on Marine One after speaking at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
His comments come after 103 House Democrats backed an unsuccessful bid to halt billions in military aid to Israel
The government announced on Thursday that it has approved a comprehensive reform for handling the massive spike in wounded and traumatized soldiers from the last three years of war.
The Trump administration is expected to broaden the scope of its military campaign against Iran, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
KYIV — There could not be a worse moment for an internal brawl, but that is exactly what's unfolding in Kyiv, with a hasty reshuffle underway to make spy chief Yevhenii Khmara Ukraine's new interim defense minister.
Iran has accused the United States of committing a “cowardly war crime” by striking near a children’s cancer hospital and compared its actions to Israel’s targeting of healthcare facilities in Gaza.
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President says he had to choose ‘one side or the other’ after breakdown of relations between ministry and military leaders
President says he had to choose ‘one side or the other’ after breakdown of relations between ministry and military leaders
More than 100 Democrats voted to cut military aid to Israel as US public opinion shifts – Republicans are noticing too
Qatar has “categorically rejected” Israeli media reports that the country agreed to participate in military action against Iran, Al Jazeera reported on Thursday.
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Clashes between rival criminal gangs in northern Sudan have left eight people dead in the latest sign of rising crime in parts of the country as the civil war continues to rage.
Europe’s lead agency fighting drug trafficking, the Maritime Analysis and Operations Center (MAOC), released a “call to action memo” this spring, urging countries to allow the “use of force during maritime pursuits, allowing for engine-disabling tactics and shooting,” confidential documents seen by the Washington Po…
London: Britain has hit back at Argentina over a contested claim to the Falkland Islands in an escalating argument that includes calls to build up the Royal Navy more than four decades after the two nations went to war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that the head of the country's security services, Yevhenii Khmara, will be appointed as acting defense minister.
The US Department of State has approved a potential $1.96bn weapons sale to Saudi Arabia.
By Sergey Poletaev, information analyst and publicist, co-founder and editor of the Vatfor project.
By Sergey Poletaev, information analyst and publicist, co-founder and editor of the Vatfor project.
Abu Agila Mohammad Masud, accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988, was in court on Thursday as legal representatives discussed airline baggage policies in place at the time.
Yemen's Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi said on Thursday that all Saudi oil and other vital facilities would be targets for the group's missiles and drones if Riyadh escalated its involvement in the conflict.
US military leadership has held off on ordering an intelligence review to help determine the events surrounding the US-attributed strike that hit a school in Iran in the initial strikes during Operation Epic Fury, CNN reported on Thursday, citing three sources familiar with the matter.
The U.S. House on Wednesday rejected an amendment by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) that would have eliminated $3.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid to Israel, voting 314–104 to defeat the proposal.
Sixth day of fighting threatens to turn into all-out war and casts serious doubt on peace deal struck last month
This image taken from video broadcast by Al-Masirah TV, a Houthi-controlled news channel, shows an explosion at the Sanaa International Airport compound during what the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said were several Saudi airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, July 13, 2026. (Al-Masirah TV via AP)
United States Vice President JD Vance has accused some members of Israel’s government of trying to influence US public opinion to oppose a deal to end the war with Iran.
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The U.S. military said it ended its latest wave of airstrikes targeting Iran. Iran retaliated with missile and drone fire targeting Bahrain and Kuwait before dawn.
Iraq's prime minister has announced a probe into cross-border smuggling to Lebanon's Hezbollah.
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At least five Palestinians have been killed in attacks across the besieged Gaza Strip as Israel continues to violate an October “ceasefire” on a near-daily basis.
The AMIA bombing was an attack “against humanity as a whole,” Argentina Ambassador Shimon Axel Wahnish said at a ceremony commemorating 32 years since the attack against the Jewish community center in Argentina on Thursday.
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Doha on Wednesday, just days after Tehran fired missiles toward Qatari territory and other Gulf states, in a visit that underscored the Islamic Republic's attempt to produce a specific narrative for its Arab neighbors and send a message to Washington.
The High Court of Justice will convene a nine-justice panel on July 28 to hear petitions against a law freezing arrest, investigation, and enforcement proceedings against qualifying ultra-Orthodox (haredi) yeshiva students who fail to report for military service.
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Iraq's prime minister has announced a probe into cross-border smuggling to Lebanon's Hezbollah.
Lebanon's army has maintained its presence in the southern villages within one of the pilot zones proposed under a US-brokered plan signed by Lebanon and Israel – but Hezbollah has not yet been disarmed there, a security source has told The National.
Vadym Iermolaiev says military intelligence officers were behind assassination attempt that seriously wounded his wife and child
Syria’s Interior Ministry said on July 16 that it had intercepted an arms shipment that was likely destined for Hezbollah. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), a state media outlet, said that “specialized security units carried out the operation after detecting a suspicious vehicle parked near the border. A search un…
This image released by Netflix shows director Ava DuVernay, left, with 14th librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, during the filming of the documentary “14th” about the 14th amendment, which gave liberty and rights to formerly enslaved people following the Civil War. (Paul Garnes/Netflix via AP)
The transition comes at a sensitive time due to ongoing tensions in the South China Sea and Manila’s row with some retired officers over Marcos
The transition comes at a sensitive time due to ongoing tensions in the South China Sea and Manila’s row with some retired officers over Marcos
Khartoum, Sudan – A senior Sudanese minister says more than three years of a devastating war in the country have “profoundly reshaped” its demographic makeup.
In a new interview on the world's largest podcast, Vice President JD Vance warned that "elements" of the Israeli government want to keep the Iran war going "indefinitely," and were pursuing an aggressive campaign to manipulate US public opinion -- going so far as to vilify Vance for his role in pursuing a diplomatic…
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. authorized the deputation of law enforcement agencies and other government instrumentalities to help ensure the peaceful and orderly conduct of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary elections in September, Malacañang said Thursday.
Anti-war politician Boris Nadezhdin said Thursday that authorities in Russia have banned him from leaving the country, just a day before he is scheduled to appear in court on charges of publicly displaying “extremist” symbols.
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has ordered an investigation into the smuggling of arms and weapons from Iraq to Hezbollah across the Syrian border, an official Iraqi source told Al Jazeera.
Since the prior day's handover of American detainee Dena Karari back to the US, which President Trump said he "appreciated" as a rare "gesture of goodwill" from Iran, Washington's bombs over the Islamic Republic appear to have ceased or slowed, for now at least.