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“We might have gone too far with the leaders because we don’t know who the hell we’re dealing with anymore,” the US president told supporters at a rally in Ohio.
The 14-year-old student was killed during a school trip in the Ramim Ridge area near the Lebanese border. His family described him as a beloved, full-of-life boy with his entire future ahead of him.
Women say they share stories of abuse to highlight the issue, despite social pressure and safety fears.
Yemen's entrenched civil war is now impossible to ignore. But in operating rooms in its port city of Aden, geopolitics feels remote.
Security correspondent Frank Gardner explains how the Iran-backed Houthis' precision strikes and guerrilla tactics have made it difficult for Saudi forces to gain the upper hand.
It comes after the armed group hit Riyadh's international airport and another facility, killing 13 people, in a significant escalation.
Footage from inside the airport shows the moment the strike hit on Saturday.
Neither Egypt nor Sudan has commented on the alleged strikes on an artisanal mining camp on Saturday.
The Yemeni group says it carried out attacks that killed 13 people in Riyadh over the weekend and targeted two airports and oil facilities.
While the physical damage from Houthi attacks can be quickly repaired, the Saudi reputation for stability is taking a battering.
The boat was travelling from Djibouti to Yemen with 305 people on board, when it capsized near the port town of Obock on Thursday night.
Saturday’s attack was the deadliest in Saudi Arabia since May 2015. US and Saudi officials are blaming Yemen’s Houthis, who have yet to comment on the strike.
The United Arab Emirates' attorney-general also alleges the co-pilot was trying to crash the plane into Tel Aviv's airport.
The missile attacks come amid an escalation in fighting between the Iran-backed group and Saudi Arabia, which backs Yemen's government.
Casualties have been reported on the vessel, identified by a maritime intelligence firm as the oil and chemical tanker, Acers.
The consulate, first established in 1838, was set to be closed by the Israeli government in retaliation for UK sanctions.
Israel said in September it would act in response to UK sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
Many Palestinians are still living in cramped tent cities, with the US plan to end the war largely stalled.
Bassam al-Hassan is being sheltered in return for information - including about abducted US reporter Austin Tice.
Jon Rahm is quitting LIV Golf due to "unacceptable" terms, the star's lawyer said on Wednesday, dealing a significant blow to the divisive breakaway tour as it attempts to relaunch itself after declaring bankruptcy. Along with Bryson DeChambeau, double major winner and former world number one Rahm was arguably the most prominent golfer to defect from the PGA Tour and join the free-spending Saudi-backed league. But LIV filed for bankruptcy protection last month after its deep-pocketed Middle Eastern backers pulled the plug.
ALBAWABA- US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that American officials do not believe the death of a laboratory worker in Russia is linked to a biological weapon, while calling for greater transparency from Moscow
By Timour AzhariRIYADH, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Syria is carefully considering providing military assistance to key ally Saudi Arabia amid an escalating war against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, a US official and a Syrian military official briefed on the matter said.Options being considered include defensive aid to protect the kingdom from attacks, or deployment of forces in an offensive capacity to help Saudi-backed Yemeni troops fight the Houthis,
An editorial questioning Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf’s role as Iran’s lead negotiator has raised an awkward question in Tehran: who exactly is Kayhan criticizing, given that senior officials have said the parliament speaker was given the job with the Supreme Leader’s approval?
ALBAWABA- Two people were killed and 28 others were injured after a Houthi attack targeted Abha International Airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, the kingdom’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said Wednesday, as the conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis entered a new phase of escalation
By Alex Lefkowitz SOFIA, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Bulgaria has halted its search for the missing crew of a ship that sank after being hit by a drone about 70 nautical miles (130 km) off its coast, Vice-Admiral Rumen Nikolov of the Maritime Administration Executive Agency said on Wednesday. Early on Tuesday, two ships were hit in a drone attack in Bulgaria's Black Sea exclusive economic zone. One sank and the other was damaged. The crew of the damaged ship were rescued, but the crew of the sunken one remain missing.
Pentagon aims to keep Yemen and Iran wars separate while shielding the flow of Gulf oil exports from attack as Riyadh bears the brunt of the Houthis’ missile and drone barrages.
ALBAWABA- A German federal judge on Wednesday ordered former intelligence chief August Hanning to remain in pre-trial detention after prosecutors accused the 80-year-old of treasonous espionage, obtaining state secrets, attempted treason and other intelligence-related offences
China’s independent refiners are turning to Iraqi crude to replace dwindling Iranian supplies as a US blockade chokes Tehran’s exports, forcing some of Iran’s biggest oil customers to seek barrels elsewhere.
Parliamentary ratification will remove a legal hurdle for Turkish military deployment to Saudi Arabia under a trilateral defense pact.
(Corrects date of interview to Monday in paragraph 1)By Francois MurphyVIENNA, Oct 7 (Reuters) - US Vice President JD Vance told Reuters on Monday that Iran must make a “meaningful” reduction in its uranium enrichment capacity to satisfy US demands and end the countries’ seven-month war.While it is not clear what exactly he meant, below is a summary of what is known, and not, about the current status of Iran’s uranium enrichment programme, which is at the heart of its nuclear infrastructure.WHAT DID IRAN HAVE BEFORE THE US AND ISRAEL BOMBED?
More than 1,000 protesters gathered in Turkish opposition stronghold Izmir on Wednesday, angered by the defection of the city's
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to take any personal responsibility for what happened or order a state inquiry.
Heads of state, senior diplomats, business executives, and thought leaders gathered at the Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference to discuss the forces reshaping Israel, the region, and the world.
By Allison Lampert, Tim Hepher, Steven Scheer and Federico MaccioniOct 7 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has launched an air accident probe following last week’s cockpit stabbing on a flydubai jet, as experts examine any fallout for aviation safety alongside a separate UAE-led criminal investigation, three people close to the matter said.Safety probes designed to keep flights safe are normal after accidents but are not mandatory when a deliberate act is involved,
By Laila Bassam and Maya Gebeily BEIRUT, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Hezbollah has received $200 million from Iran to help Lebanese displaced by this year’s war with Israel, two people with direct knowledge of the transfer said, in what would be the first significant aid from the group to supporters who bore the brunt of the conflict. The US disputed the claim. State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said in a statement that the money "is not there," accusing Hezbollah of "trying to save face with fake stories about cash influxes from Iran."
Iran’s central bank is offering as much as $2 billion in cash dollars to the public in an effort to slow the rial’s slide, triggering a fierce debate over whether the intervention can stabilize the currency or merely burn through increasingly scarce foreign reserves.
An IRGC official said the exercise will focus on countering extremist activities and containing violent groups.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that Iran has “lost complete control” of the waterway, pointing to the recovery in Gulf oil exports in September.
By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Attacks on tankers sailing through the Strait of Hormuz hit their highest last week of any week since the Iran war began, according to maritime security sources tracking incidents, amid a bigger export push by Gulf producers. Attacks, attempted attacks and harassment activity including drone overflights, surveillance and hailing using VHF radio by Iran's Revolutionary Guards have persisted in the strait, the US Navy-led Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) said in a note on Sunday.
Oct 7 (Reuters) - An African Union delegation that met Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo has called for continued engagementin the peace process, as fighting continues despite ongoing mediation efforts.• The delegation, which includes three former presidents, Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta, Ethiopia’s Sahle-Work Zewde and Botswana’s Mokgweetsi Masisi, met leaders of the AFC/M23 rebel group on Monday,
It’s unclear whether Vice President Vance was signaling a retreat from earlier demands of zero enrichment in a final deal or describing preliminary steps Iran would need to take to end the war.
Alireza Sepahi was arrested in the wake of Iran's January protests, was spared public execution in July after suffering a heart attack and married his fiancee on the eve of his death. But on the morning of October 5 came the moment the 25-year-old had feared for months when he was hanged in the central city of Isfahan. He had married his partner Mahshad Kashani, 22, who was also jailed over the protests, in a ceremony conducted by telephone by their lawyer on the eve of the execution, according to reports by several rights groups.
The ruling party’s takeover of Izmir’s mayoralty is the latest example of the unraveling of the opposition parties’ historic gains in Turkey’s 2024 local elections.
Former AKP deputy chairwoman Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya is facing allegations of being linked to a market manipulation scandal.
DUBAI, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Transit routes in the Strait of Hormuz deemed illegal by Iran will soon be closed, an adviser to the Revolutionary Guards’ Commander told the semi-officialFars News Agency on Wednesday, referring to the southern pathway hugging Oman’s coast.
A Palestinian man was killed and nine people were injured during an Israeli settler attack followed by army intervention in an occupied West Bank village on Wednesday, according to the mayor and the Palestinian health ministry. The Palestinian health ministry said 44-year-old Ali al-Bazzari died and nine others were injured "as a result of an assault by occupation forces and settlers" on the village of Burqa, north of Nablus in the northern West Bank.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that Iran had failed to take advantage of repeated opportunities to reach an agreement with Washington over its nuclear program, while also saying Tehran had “lost complete control” of the Strait of Hormuz.
ALBAWABA - Sydney Sweeney is facing another wave of online criticism after promoting her latest SYRN lingerie collection with a provocative “Send Nudes” campaign, just weeks after her controversial Novig advertisement sparked backlash over its use of nudity
ALBAWABA - ATV’s new drama Mercan Köşk will reportedly come to an early end with its seventh episode after failing to meet expectations in the ratings
Iran’s Bank Parsian, under US sanctions, used its foreign-exchange arm to move millions of dollars abroad through a network of intermediaries, according to an Iran International investigation based on leaked internal correspondence and transaction records.
By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Timour Azhari ANKARA/RIYADH, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Turkey is sending mainly defensive and technical support to Saudi Arabia to help it fight Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, two officials said on Wednesday, after the NATO member and Pakistan pledged to act on the collective defence commitment of their newly formed alliance.
ALBAWABA - Highly informed intelligence sources uncovered that Iran is planning a "terror" operation in the Bab al-Mandab Strait with the help of local African tribes
ALBAWABA - Discord suffered another major data breach involving a server protection service called Double Counter, which leaked about 275,000 unique email addresses
“Write your will.” Those were the words Iranian protester Erfan Nabian says he heard in solitary confinement before he was handed a sheet of paper and asked what he wanted for his final meal before his execution.
By Ece Toksabay and Huseyin HayatseverANKARA, Oct 7 (Reuters) - The mayor of Izmir, Turkey’s third-largest city and a bastion of its secular opposition, joined President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AK Party (AKP) on Wednesday, amid a crackdown on the opposition in which dozens of mayors have been jailed.Cemil Tugay, elected mayor in 2024 as a candidate of the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) before quitting in June, formally joined the AKP at a ceremony in Ankara,
France recently witnessed nationwide student-led protests over school conditions and low funding. One video flooding social media sparked out
The Houthis claimed a flurry of attacks on Saudi targets on Wednesday including firing a ballistic missile at Riyadh airport, as the group battles for territory in Yemen against government forces supported by the kingdom. The Houthis, who control most of northwest Yemen, captured swathes of coastal land from Yemen’s pro-government forces last month after the country’s civil war reignited in July. The fighting has displaced more than 200,000 people within the country, the United Nations said Wednesday.
The family of Alireza Raisi, executed this week over the January protests in Isfahan, still does not know where he was buried after security agents took his father blindfolded to the burial site, a source close to the family told Iran International.
ALBAWABA - American star Zendaya was heavily attacked on social media after a behavior that was dubbed as an insult to France's First Lady Brigitte Macron
A senior hardline Iranian lawmaker has been named in an allegation involving unauthorized excavation for antiquities and treasure, while parliament is also examining a reported excavation case involving an unnamed member of the legislature.
(Adds dropped word 'release' in paragraph 1) By Kate Abnett and Holger Hansen BRUSSELS, Oct 7 (Reuters) - The International Energy Agency and European Union on Wednesday were discussing an oil and diesel stocks release proposed last week with diplomats and analysts expecting it to include volumes pledged in March. War with Iran and Ukraine has damaged refineries and disrupted tanker traffic, helping send diesel prices to record highs and impacting inflation and sectors including trucking and agriculture.
U.S. President Donald Trump said that Washington will be constructing the country’s largest new shipyard in the U.S. at Sparrows Point in Mar
ALBAWABA - American death row inmate Christa Pike is "conscious and speaking" after surviving a failed execution attempt in Tennessee last Wednesday, according to her lawyers
Two surveys emerging from within or around Iran's political establishment paint a bleak picture of public confidence: deep skepticism toward state institutions, single-digit trust in political officials and overwhelming demand for change.
ALBAWABA - A naval drone struck a Liberian-flagged oil tanker off the city of Sochi in Russia, causing a massive blaze, The Guardian reported Wednesday
ALBAWABA - Venezuela halted operations at the Cardon oil refinery, the country's second-largest field with a capacity of 310,000 barrels per day, after a fire sparked by a ruptured natural gas line, according to state-run oil company PDVSA
By Rami Amichay and Mahmoud Issa KFAR AZA, Israel/GAZA, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Israelis gathered in silence on Wednesday in a kibbutz near the Gaza border that was overrun by Hamas militants on October 7 three years ago, mourning victims of attacks that set off Israel's assault in Gaza and plunged the Middle East into war. In the Gaza Strip, devastated by two years of Israeli bombardment, Palestinians sheltering among the ruins of destroyed cities recalled life before a war that displaced nearly the entire population and tore apart families.
Israel marked the third anniversary of Hamas's October 7 attack on Wednesday with silent tributes, new strikes on Gaza and intense political debate, weeks before elections in which the country's deadliest day will be front and centre. At the site of the Nova music festival, where Hamas militants in trucks and paragliders opened fire around dawn on October 7, 2023, family members bowed their heads in silence -- although at least one instead put on techno music in tribute to the fallen.
Three years on from the attack on Nir Oz, in which 47 people were killed and 76 taken hostage, some survivors have returned to live there.
Israelis are marking three years since the Hamas-led attack on 7 October 2023.
Iran’s central bank chief has rejected what Tehran portrays as a US prediction of economic collapse, even as the rial trades near record lows and Iranian oil exports have fallen to zero.
By Peter Hobson NADI, Fiji, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Global governments must increase efforts to reduce emissions because the planet is "hurtling past" a critical temperature target that would restrain sea level rises and extreme weather, delegates at a major climate conference in Fiji said on Wednesday. Pacific nations, which are among the world's most vulnerable to climate change, are trying to lock their priorities into global climate negotiations at the ministerial meeting in Fiji, a precursor to the COP31 forum in Turkey in November.
By Enas Alashray, Mohammed Ghobari and Timour AzhariOct 7 (Reuters) - Yemen’s Houthis attacked Aden’s international airport with ballistic missiles and explosive-laden drones on Wednesday, the country’s Transport Ministry said, as fighting between the Iran-aligned group and Saudi-backed government forces intensified.Fighting has been focussed in recent days on areas around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait,
Iran’s repression of the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising was coordinated from the top through a functioning chain of command linking senior authorities to security forces on the streets, Amnesty International says.
By Jacob Bogage FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct 6 (Reuters) - US Vice President JD Vance said in an exclusive interview with Reuters that Iran must make a “meaningful” reduction in its nuclear enrichment capacity to satisfy US demands and end the countries’ seven-month war, even as Washington was unsure how Tehran makes decisions in negotiations.
By Jacob Bogage FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct 6 (Reuters) - US Vice President JD Vance gave an exclusive interview to Reuters on Monday while campaigning in Alaska, a state that has emerged as a key battleground in the November elections that will determine control of Congress. This transcript of the interview, which took place after a rally at Fairbanks International Airport for Republican US Senator Dan Sullivan, has been edited lightly for length and clarity. Jacob Bogage, Reuters:
By Gram Slattery and Kanishka SinghWASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that nobody knew who was running Iranduring the US-Israeli war with Iran, now in its eighth month.QUOTES AND DETAILS:• “Their leaders are gone, their second group of leaders are gone, and the biggest problem I have is nobody knows who the hell is running the country,” Trump said.• Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman said on Sunday Washington knows very well who their counterpart is in Iran and how the decision-making system in Iran works.
ALBAWABA - Palestinian-Algerian artist Saint Levant, whose real name is Marwan Abdelhamid, has sparked discussion after making a candid admission about his voice and explaining what he believes truly defines his music
ALBAWABA- Saudi-led coalition aircraft carried out strikes on multiple areas of Yemen on Tuesday as fighting intensified across several fronts, with the Houthis reporting 66 air and missile attacks over the previous 24 hours and Saudi Arabia confirming strikes against Houthi ballistic-missile infrastructure in Sana’a and Sa'dah
Photos: On top is the banner of the news outlet Al-Ahram touting special coverage of "The Glorious October Victory." On the lower left is a monument at the spot where Egyptian forces crossed the Suez Canal. On the lower right, a monument to the Egyptian soldiers lost in the war. October 6 is Armed Forces Day in Egypt, this year celebrating the 53rd anniversary of the "victory" in the 1973 war, which is often called the Yom Kippur War, named for the Jewish holiday. Syria
The images show renewed vehicle and earth-moving activity at an Iranian compound that Israel struck in March.
President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles or San Diego has sparked a backlash from California officials and prompted the White House to insist that he was misunderstood as he defended the mounting costs of the war with Tehran.
The Saudi-backed government is supported by several armed groups with varied histories, while the Iran-backed Houthis are largely unified under one command.
A theater production in Tehran displayed a notice to spectators before a performance saying two actors who embrace on stage are married, underscoring the restrictions governing physical contact between men and women under the Islamic Republic.
ALBAWABA- At least 488 people were detained and 43 police and gendarmes were injured during nationwide protests in France on Tuesday, as a growing student-led movement over deteriorating school conditions entered its most intense day since it began in September
By Edward CarronOct 6 (Reuters) - Video posted by government forces in Yemen showed them driving armoured cars over Houthi fighters as they recaptured areas around the vitalBab el-Mandeb Strait from the Iran-backed group on Monday in a deadly new phase of the fragmented country’s war.The videos gave a glimpse into the brutal closing stages of a pitched battle for control of territory near the strait that the Houthis had captured last month.
Iran has recently executed more protesters, raising fresh questions about how it is using wartime narratives and global inattention to reshape its approach toward dissent and instill societal fear.
ALBAWABA- Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh on Tuesday during a brief official visit focused on bilateral relations and regional developments
Iran has executed nearly two people a week in political and security cases since the January protests, including over protest- and war-related accusations, while another 194 people face death sentences, an Iran International review of cases shows.
By Steve Gorman and Bo Erickson LOS ANGELES, Oct 5 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump suggested to a crowd of his supporters in Nebraska that Iran could "take out" a major US city like Los Angeles or San Diego, drawing a swift rebuke from California's Democratic leaders and some fellow Republicans. Trump, speaking at a political rally in the state's farm belt on Monday, discussed American wartime economic sacrifices and said he was determined to "see a tremendous victory, because it verifies all the things we did."
Rhetoric is hardening on both sides of the Iran-US standoff, with even Iranian analysts traditionally optimistic about diplomacy warning that relations are slipping back to “square one” as military and economic pressure intensifies.
ALBAWABA- France has conducted the first sea launch of its upgraded M51.3 strategic ballistic missile from the nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine Le Vigilant, in a test witnessed by President Emmanuel Macron off the coast of Brittany
WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - A suspected plot involving Iran to launch a complex drone attack on a key British airbase led the United States to remove its B-1 bomber aircraft from the base, two US officials told Reuters on Tuesday, speaking on condition of anonymity.Iran has denied any involvement in any alleged plot at RAF Fairford, the preferred European base for US bombers.
Armed Israeli settlers on Tuesday beat an AFP photographer, leaving him requiring hospital treatment, as he covered ongoing violence by settlers against West Bank olive farmers. Jaafar Ashtiyeh, 58, a veteran photographer for the international news agency in the Palestinian territory, had tried to rush into a car for safety but two men tackled him down and clobbered him with their rifle butts, according to witnesses, his family and fellow journalists.
Kuwait is seeking to attract wealthy foreigners to reside in the country while escalating its crackdown on citizenships it says were obtained fraudulently.
Between 80,000 and 100,000 Palestinian families in the West Bank rely on the olive harvest for primary or secondary sources of income, according to the United Nations.
Three Iranian men spied on Iran International journalists to assist Iranian intelligence services and prepare for serious violence against at least one target, prosecutors told a London court Tuesday.
The White House pushed back Tuesday after Democrats accused President Donald Trump of suggesting Iran should "take out" the major US cities of Los Angeles and San Diego. Viral footage showed comments by Trump at a midterm elections rally in Nebraska on Monday, where he said high oil prices from the Iran war were justified by the need to stop Tehran getting nuclear weapons. "It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe," Trump said.
Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa held talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a visit to Riyadh as the Houthis escalated their attacks on Saudi Arabia and warned international airlines against using Saudi airspace.
(Amends word order in paragraph 1) By Timour Azhari RIYADH, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Democratic US Senator Chris Murphy said the US Department of Defense denied him access to a key US military base in Qatar during a visit to the Middle East, describing it as part of a US government effort to conceal the impact of the Iran war. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Al Udeid Air Base is the largest US base in the region and has repeatedly been attacked by Iran during the war launched by the US and Israel in February.
By Gianluca Lo Nostro Oct 6 (Reuters) - A flydubai co-pilot stabbed his captain with an emergency "crash axe" in what UAE prosecutors have called a terrorist attack, with the plane plunging 16,000 feet in 30 seconds before it was brought under control by passengers and a stand-by crew. It landed safely thanks to some heroics from the injured captain, with all on board surviving. The co-pilot is being questioned, with Israeli officials saying that he had planned the attack even before joining the airline.
ALBAWABA - Mediator Qatar has said that the U.S. and Iran are still in active talks to end the war which has dragged on and off with varying degrees of intensity for seven months
ALBAWABA - At least one student was killed in a knife attack at a school in Istanbul, Turkey.A teenage girl stabbed colleagues at the Sheikh Shamil Imam Hatip Middle School in Istanbul's Başakşehir district in Istanbul on Tuesday, the education minister revealed in remarks carried by local media
ALBAWABA - A car bomb went off on Meir Feinstein Street in Israel on Tuesday morning, the explosion seriously injured Israeli crime figure Itzik Bar Mocha and his son
Overnight attacks on King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Jazan and Najran International Airport damaged facilities and wounded three people.
BRUSSELS, Oct 6 (Reuters) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday that attacks on civilian shipping are unacceptable after civilian ships were hit in Bulgaria's economic zone in the Black Sea. "Commercial ships – and innocent crews – are being targeted, with lives already lost at sea," she said. While the circumstances of the incidents are being investigated, the situation in the Black Sea is increasingly concerning, von der Leyen added.
ALBAWABA - Unconfirmed reports emerged on social media in the past few hours that Turkish star Cemre Baysel is separating "Güller ve Günahlar" series
Three Iranian men went on trial in the United Kingdom Tuesday charged with spying for Iran, allegedly laying the groundwork for a violent attack against at least one London-based journalist. The Iranian nationals visited addresses linked to people including two journalists working for the Farsi-language Iran International television news network, which Tehran has labelled a terror organisation.
Economic crisis is driving some Iranians across the border to Armenia for construction, taxi and delivery work, turning a longtime holiday destination into a source of income for families struggling to make ends meet at home.
Israeli intelligence assessments indicate that Hamas remains active, with the group estimated to have about 30,000 armed fighters, roughly the same as its estimated strength before the attack.
Saudi-backed Yemeni forces on Monday reversed weeks of Houthi gains around Bab al-Mandab, the strategic strait linking the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, exposing vulnerabilities in the Iran-backed group even as fighting elsewhere showed how far Yemen remains from a decisive shift.
ALBAWABA - Before heading off to a rally in Nebraska, U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters outside the White House that Canada imposed 'secret tariffs' on the U
At least 12 crew were injured after an attack on a tanker off Oman, India announced on Tuesday.India’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that
Police in Tehran have warned cafes that they could face closure or lose their licenses for hosting live music, using DJs or serving hookah, extending a broader campaign of enforcement against businesses over entertainment, mandatory hijab rules and support for protests.
ALBAWABA - Britain is implementing a one-for-one expulsion strategy, promising to expel one Israeli diplomat for each British diplomat expelled from the British consulate in East Jerusalem
Yemen's Houthis claimed an attack on the main airport in the Saudi capital while also denying on Tuesday losing territory to government forces, as fighting intensified. After declaring a counter-offensive, government forces claimed Monday to have pushed the Houthis out of the Bab al-Mandab area, a key shipping route in the Red Sea, as well as the port city of Mocha, which was captured last month. Claims by both sides have been impossible to independently verify with the situation on the ground moving fast and access for journalists difficult.
ALBAWABA - Pro-Palestine and human rights activists in Jordan are calling for the boycott of Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli's upcoming concert in Petra over his history and strong ties with Israel
LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is considering delaying an announcement on how and when Britain will raise defence spending to 3% of GDP, The Times reported on Tuesday, pushing back a key milestone on the path to meeting NATO's target of 3.5% by 2035. Britain is under pressure to spell out how it will meet the NATO commitment and respond to a heightened security threat. Burnham has pledged to meet the 2035 target, but his government has yet to set out the steps required to get there.
ALBAWABA - In just 30 days, 16 trucking companies declared bankruptcy due to record diesel prices in the U
In just 30 days, 16 trucking companies declared bankruptcy due to record diesel prices in the U.S. – Trump points to Ukraine hitting Russian
Clothes, diaries, books and childhood dolls are being taken from the bedrooms of protesters killed in Iran, as security forces extend pressure on families seeking accountability into the most private spaces of their grief nearly nine months after the January 2026 killings.
ALBAWABA - The incident on board the UAE's Flydubai plane remains center stage of attention across social media platforms after the start of the investigation into the Omani co-pilot who attacked the flight's main pilot
ALBAWABA - The incident on board the UAE's Flydubai plane remains center stage of attention across social media platforms after the start of the investigation into the Omani co-pilot who attacked the flight's main pilot
Iranian authorities have released hardline cleric Mohammad-Bagher Kharrazi on bail after about a month in detention, the judiciary said on Tuesday.
JERUSALEM, Oct 6 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump’s year-old plan to end the Gaza war has stalled, with Israel mounting near daily attacks and occupying around two-thirds of the shattered enclave where Palestinians face dire conditions. The initial phase resulted in a ceasefire on October 10, 2025 and secured the release of the last remaining hostages seized in Hamas’ 2023 attacks on Israel, along with freedom for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees held by Israel.
By Alexander CornwellTEL AVIV, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Britain is likely to expel Israeli diplomats if Israel carries out its order to shut the British consulate in East Jerusalem this week in a dispute over sanctions targeting Israeli settlements, four sources said.Israel on September 8 ordered Britain to close the East Jerusalem consulate within 30 days and remove its diplomats from the city, after Britain said it would impose a ban on trade of goods made in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
ALBAWABA - A new website took the internet by storm after letting gamers play GTA 5 in their browser for free using leaked source code and compressed 700MB of assets
Hadi Abbasian, a 38-year-old resident of northeastern Iran, has been sentenced to death by a Revolutionary Court in Bojnurd after being arrested over his support for the nationwide protests in January, according to information obtained by Iran International.
Iran’s oil minister left office as exports fell sharply and questions mounted over billions of dollars in sanctioned crude sales, bringing disputes over oil intermediaries, corporate management and political pressure into focus.
In rare access to Taiz, the BBC World Service speaks to children, teachers and families affected by the war.
ALBAWABA - Tomorrow is the third anniversary of the October 7 attack launched by Hamas against Israel, in which the Palestinian group took 251 people hostage in the Gaza Strip in 2023
ALBAWABA - Speaking on war and high prices at a Nebraska rally, U.S. President Donald Trump stirred debate after saying to let Iran take out Los Angeles and San Diego since it's a "very small price to pay" for keeping the world and America safe
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday. Here is a look at how the award works: WHO IS NOMINATED? Some 287 candidates have been nominated,including 208 individuals and 79 organisations. We don't know who because the list is kept secret for 50 years, inside a vault in the basement of the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo. Still, nominators, of whom there are thousands worldwide, can choose to reveal their choices. IS US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP NOMINATED AND CAN HE WIN?
ALBAWABA - Yemen's Houthi group claimed on October 5 that they had targeted King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, an oil refinery and other sites in Saudi Arabia
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The flydubai co-pilot who stabbed his captain in an alleged attempt to crash a plane last week was in New Zealand seven years ago to complete a portion of his flight training for a U.K.-based company, New Zealand police said in a statement on Tuesday. Police said the man was in New Zealand between November 2018 and May 2019 on a six-month student visa.
Senior IRGC commander Hossein-Reza Sadeghi and his son Saeed played central roles in efforts to preserve an IRGC Intelligence oil-sales network and shift its financial operations from the United Arab Emirates to Russia, an Iran International investigation found.
On Israel's border with Lebanon where Hezbollah fired thousands of rockets and drones, previous backers of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say they are rethinking how they will vote in the first election since the war. "Many I know were right-wing and were Bibi supporters, and today they're not," said plant nursery owner Sigal Malachi, using a nickname for Israel's longest-serving premier.
The school struck in February in Iran’s Minab was founded by the wife of senior IRGC commander Ali Fadavi as part of a wider educational project linked to the Guards’ navy, according to his remarks and an earlier Iranian media account.
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - An envoy of President Donald Trump said he attended an event over the weekend with the head of Sudan's army, which is fighting a war with paramilitary forces that has created one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. DETAILS: • US Senior Advisor for Arab and African Affairs Massad Boulos said on X he attended a lunch hosted by Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi alongside Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Monday that talks with the United States were meaningless, even as President Donald Trump remained open to direct negotiations, while a third tanker in two days was struck near the Strait of Hormuz.
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A new travel advisory warns of “the potential for aerial drone or missile attacks in Saudi Arabia” and urges US citizens to “remain vigilant.”
ALBAWABA- A commercial tanker was struck by an unknown projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, causing a fire in its engine room, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO)
ALBAWABA- Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey have moved to put their newly established Makkah Joint Defence Agreement into practical operation, following an emergency meeting of the alliance’s Strategic Political and Defence Committee in Riyadh on Monday amid escalating Houthi attacks and a major intensification of fighting in Yemen
ALBAWABA- Former White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is joining Fox News as an on-air contributor, weeks after leaving the Trump administration to spend more time with her family
Roughly a dozen reported attacks on tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz suggests Iran is once again dialing up the pressure as US economic sanctions plunge the rial to new lows.
Saudi Arabia is providing significant air support to the Yemeni government offensive and held a meeting with senior Turkish and Pakistani officials amid the escalation.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has nominated Mehrdad Akhlaghi Ketabchi as defense minister, moving to fill a post left vacant since Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh was killed in US-Israeli strikes in February.
ALBAWABA- Yemen’s Houthi group on Monday warned international airlines against operating in Saudi Arabian airspace, declaring the kingdom’s skies unsafe and saying they would become a “theater of operations” for its armed forces amid a sharp escalation in fighting with Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces
ALBAWABA- All 32 people aboard a Nigerian military aircraft are feared dead after it crashed in southwestern Nigeria on Monday, although authorities had not officially confirmed any fatalities as search-and-rescue operations continued
Major housing and tourism projects in Damascus and Latakia are set to advance following a new agreement with UAE real estate tycoon Mohamed Alabbar.
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan activated collective deterrence measures Monday and agreed to rapidly deploy forces and military capabilities to the kingdom, as Saudi-backed Yemeni troops advanced against the Iran-backed Houthis.
By Alexander CornwellTEL AVIV, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Britain’s top national security official quietly visited Israel last week in a bid to prevent the closure of his country’s consulate in East Jerusalem which was ordered by Israel after London announced sanctions on Israeli settlements, three sources said.
Turkish, Saudi and Pakistani officials agreed to bolster military cooperation under the Mecca defense pact as Houthi attacks and fighting in Yemen intensify.
All four countries have increasingly tense relations with Ethiopia, driven by disputes over the Nile, Red Sea access and security.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday vowed there would be no Hamas rule in Gaza as he attended a memorial event marking three years since the militant group's October 7, 2023 attack. Monday is a national day of remembrance for the deadliest day in Israel's history, with flags lowered to half-mast on public buildings from 6:29 am, the time the attack began.
The UN Human Rights Council on Monday unanimously urged the Taliban to repeal all practices restricting the fundamental freedoms of women and girls, saying Afghanistan's i
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu predicted the eventual fall of Iran’s leadership while the Islamic Republic’s top armed forces commander warned a new conflict would engulf the region, sharpening exchanges over the prospect of renewed fighting on Monday.
Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing sources, that Saudi Arabia’s key East-West Pipeline was flowing as normal, despite an earlier report that it had closed again following a new attack.
ALBAWABA - The U.S. has withdrawn their B-1 bombers from a British airbase due to "new threats" while Britain insists the site is safe
Oct 5 (Reuters) - Two people died and others were rescued after a fire on a ship in the Black Sea outside Romania's territorial waters, Romanian authorities said on Monday, as Ukraine blamed Russian drones for the incident. Romania's interior ministry said 11 crew members of the ship which sank had been rescued. The country's Naval Authority said the incident involved a fire on the ship Royad Mammadov.
Foreign Minister Gideon Saar announced Sunday that Green Party of England and Wales leader Zack Polanski would be barred from entering Israel after his party adopted a policy defining Zionism as a form of racism.
The withdrawal of a dozen strategic B-1B bombers back to the US came amid heightened concerns about a potential Iranian-linked plot to attack the facility.
ALBAWABA - The Saudi-led military coalition announced that it participated in Yemen’s government forces’ newest campaign against the Houthi militia – using 100 fighter jets to provide support and cover
ALBAWABA - A 15-year-old student, who joined school protests in France, has had their hand blown off while catching a police grenade, AFP reported Monday, citing authorities and police sources
The Islamic Republic executed two more people detained in connection with the January 2026 protests, bringing to seven the number put to death in the Alikhani Square case in Isfahan, rights groups and the judiciary reported Monday.
Iran’s oil minister has resigned amid mounting economic pressure from US sanctions and restrictions on the country’s exports.
KABUL/ISLAMABAD, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Problems affecting relations between neighbours Afghanistan and Pakistan can be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy, Afghan Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said on Monday at talks on Afghanistan held in Moscow.• Instead of seeking “political understanding”, Pakistan’s powerful military uses only military language in relations with Afghanistan and has carried out aggression in violation of international laws, Muttaqi said
(This Oct 2 story has been repeated to add a picture and additional codes, with no changes to text.) By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - A US judge dismissed a lawsuit against pro-Palestinian organizations and protesters that President Donald Trump's administration brought last year under a law traditionally used against people blocking access to abortion clinics.
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Iranian authorities have stepped up warnings against Starlink as the cost-of-living crisis deepens and the prospect of renewed public protests grows, signaling mounting concern over citizens’ access to satellite internet.
ALBAWABA - Following Merz’s unofficial visit to Ukraine on Oct. 4, Germany announced that it is preparing a new $1
By Mohammed Ghobari and Timour AzhariOct 5 (Reuters) - Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces have secured effective control of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Yemen’s Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani told Reuters on Monday, though fighting continues with Houthi forces in the area.
By Mohammed Ghobari and Timour AzhariOct 5 (Reuters) - Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces staged a lightning advance on Monday to retake the coast around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait up to the city of Mocha, the government said, pushing the Iran-backed Houthis out of most of the areas they seized last month. The forces of the internationally recognised government, backed by heavy Saudi air strikes, reached the outskirts of Mocha late on Monday and Houthi fighters were retreating into the highlands, four government sources said.
ALBAWABA - A Turkish company recently went viral on social media after launching bulletproof school backpacks to protect students following several school shooting incidents across the country
ALBAWABA - A senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) threatened the United States that Iran is ready to strike all U
ALBAWABA - Names, addresses and personal identification numbers belonging to about 8.8 million people registered in Denmark’s central population database have been compromised
Workers across several sectors in Iran say employers are delaying or splitting wage payments, cutting benefits and warning staff they could lose their jobs for protesting, as inflation and rising living costs deepen pressure on households.
By Kate Holton and Jonathan Landay LONDON/WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday there was no direct link between the sudden removal of his country's bombers from a British airbase and a suspected Iranian plot at the site last week.
Yemen's military backed by Saudi jets attacked Houthi targets including in the capital on Monday as they launched an ambitious counteroffensive to recapture all territory held by the group following its recent lightning gains. The Yemeni military said it carried out more than 1,000 strikes and began an offensive against the Houthi-held capital, Sanaa, while the Saudi-led coalition supporting the internationally recognised government said 100 warplanes flew sorties at dawn.
ALBAWABA - Yemeni government forces said in a statement on Monday that they have succeeded in regaining control of Bab al-Mandab from the Houthi group
ALBAWABA - The Yemeni government announced Monday that its forces launched a "decisive military operation" against the Houthi group
ALBAWABA - Oil coming from the Middle East surpassed its pre-Iran war levels last week even with Hormuz closure, according to data from the maritime tracking firm Kpler
ALBAWABA - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez dissolved parliament on Monday and called for early elections in November
ALBAWABA - A California woman known as Heather was arrested by the FBI at Los Angeles International Airport before leaving for China
By Maayan Lubell and Emily Rose TEL AVIV, Oct 5 (Reuters) - One was inspired by her son's last stand trying to fight off attackers rampaging through a kibbutz. Another by her son's final words as militants tossed grenades into a bomb shelter packed with fleeing revellers from a music festival. A third by the brothers he campaigned to bring home from captivity in Gaza.
By Shir Torem and Hannah Confino TEL AVIV, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Taken with their children or alone. Held for weeks, months or years. Confined in captors' homes or Hamas tunnels as war raged above them. Israeli former hostages seized on October 7 say they now cherish even the smallest moments of freedom. Hamas' October 7, 2023, attack was Israel's single deadliest day. The militants rampaged through villages, a music festival and army bases, killing 1,200 people and dragging 251 hostages back to Gaza.
ALBAWABA - About 200 people were placed under medical observation (lockdown) in Siberia’s Irkutsk region after a laboratory worker died from plague, health authorities in the region said FridayRussia's head of the neighboring republic of Buryatia, Alexei Tsydenov, confirmed the lab worker's death, saying it was caused by an unspecified form of plague
By Dr. Gil FeilerNearly thirty years ago, I was asked to examine how multinational companies were changing their strategies in the Middle East and North Africa
Israeli rescuer Natan Kenig says it does not take much of a trigger for him to relive the October 7, 2023 attack: his eyes open or closed, at home or out with friends, he still sees the rockets, torched cars and lifeless bodies. "I saw atrocities. The most terrible things in the world," he said. Three years after Hamas led the deadliest attack ever against Israel, Kenig, like so much of the country, remains traumatised. The flashbacks come daily, to the point that he has needed to see a therapist.
Iran’s oil minister Mohsen Paknejad resigned Sunday, leaving acting minister Hamid Bovard with crude exports choked by a US blockade and scrutiny of intermediaries used to sell sanctioned oil, raising questions over what he can change.
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ALBAWABA - Due to increased security concerns over an alleged plot to attack the strategically significant airbase, the United States has removed all B-1 Lancer bombers stationed at RAF Fairford in Britain
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Israel's national football team wore black armbands in their Nations League clash against Ireland on Sunday to commemorate the victims of Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack, after Irish players wore them to protest the war in Gaza. The simple black armbands were inscribed with the numbers "7.10" to mark the date of the attack. The move comes a week after the teams played at a near-empty stadium in Hungary, with Irish players bowing their heads during Israel's national anthem and no exchange of handshakes over Israel's military campaign in Gaza.
Iran’s scientific Olympiad system has become a pipeline of elite talent into universities feeding sensitive nuclear, missile and technology sectors, even as many of the same high achievers leave the country for better opportunities abroad.
ALBAWABA - The internationally recognized government of Yemen has declared the beginning of a significant military operation to retake areas under Houthi control and reinstate state authority throughout the nation
DUBAI, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Iran's Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad has resigned for personal reasons, and Hamid Bovard, chief executive of the government-owned National Iranian Oil Company, will be acting minister, state media said on Sunday. Mohsen Paknejad, oil minister of the OPEC member country since August 2024, resigned as the seven-month-old war between Iran and the US has put pressure on the country's economy.
By David Milliken LONDON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Britain's Green Party voted to class Zionism as a form of racism, drawing criticism from British Jews and from the Israeli government which said it now viewed the party as "a body that gives legitimacy to terrorism". The Greens – who received 6% of the vote in a national election in 2024 and have around 10% support in recent opinion polls – said they regarded Zionism as "an ethnonationalist political project" and repeated their call for Britain's Labour government to end all arms trade with Israel.
The UK’s left-wing Green party voted Sunday to define Zionism as racism at the party’s annual conference, drawing sharp backlash from three British Jewish groups, the ruling Labour Party and Israel’s government. Members of the Green party, which has five MPs in Britain’s 650-seat parliament and which enjoyed a boost in recent local and special elections, backed the motion at the party’s conference, with 1,022 votes in favour and 813 against.
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