1+ hour, 45+ min ago   (250+ words) An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed two Palestinians and wounded 13, with Israel claiming it targeted Hamas militants. This occurred despite a 2025 ceasefire, which both sides accuse each other of violating. CAIRO: An Israeli airstrike on Sunday killed at least two…...

14+ hour, 39+ min ago   (374+ words) BAGHDAD: Iraq closed three border crossings with Iran on Saturday, officials told AFP, after a drone attack on a Saudi Arabian pipeline that both Riyadh and Baghdad said was launched from Iraq. Soon after the attack, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali…...

7+ hour, 17+ min ago   (809+ words) New attacks in the Strait of Hormuz and on a Saudi oil pipeline escalate Middle East tensions, threatening global energy supplies and driving up oil prices. ADEN/DUBAI: Maritime trackers received new reports of an attack on a ship in…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (656+ words) VENICE: The Venice Film Festival hands out its top awards on Saturday after two weeks of often dark, violent programming including a chilling Israeli-made documentary about Gaza and an oddball drama starring John Malkovich. “NAZA”, which features Israeli whistleblowers analysing…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (444+ words) ADEN/DUBAI: Yemen’s Houthis reached the strategic island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Friday, four Yemeni government sources told Reuters, moving to tighten their grip on a vital global shipping route in the widening Middle East war....

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (235+ words) Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called US President Donald Trump twice on Thursday and urged him to launch strikes against the Houthis, Axios reported, citing two US officials. Trump rejected the request, and US officials said the administration does…...

2+ week, 14+ hour ago   (157+ words) QUSRA, (Palestinian Territories): Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian village of Qusra in the northern occupied West Bank on Saturday, residents and the military said, after nearly three weeks of tension in the area. Earlier in August a group…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (208+ words) This is apropos a letter to the Editor titled ‘From Mamdani to El-Sayed: reshaping America’s politics’ carried by the newspaper yesterday. Mamdani was born in Kampala, Uganda, to filmmaker Mira Nair, who was born in India, and Mahmood Mamdani, a…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (195+ words) Business Recorder The political rise of Zohran Mamdani in New York City and Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan represents a significant development in American democracy. Their stories are not identical, and their political offices carry very different powers, but both have…...

4+ week, 18+ hour ago   (337+ words) Hezbollah vowed an "appropriate response" to Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, urging an end to negotiations, while Israel stated the strikes aim to prompt "more serious" US-brokered talks. BEIRUT: Hezbollah said that Israeli attacks on Lebanon would be met with…...