U.S. President Donald Trump pressed NATO allies to sharply raise defense spending as leaders gathered in Ankara, singling out Spain as a "terrible partner" for refusing to commit to a 5% GDP target by…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has issued a decree scheduling legislative elections for November 28, a vote that would mark the first such ballot in 20 years. The decree calls on Palestinians in…
The United States and Iran traded heavy blows on Wednesday, shattering a fragile ceasefire and plunging the Gulf into a dangerous new escalation. US Central Command struck roughly 90 Iranian military…
Syrian authorities have arrested the cell responsible for twin bombings in Damascus that killed one person and wounded dozens earlier this week, Interior Minister Anas Khattab announced Wednesday. The…
The United States and Iran exchanged heavy fire near Iran's only civilian nuclear power plant on Wednesday, shattering a fragile ceasefire and escalating hostilities across the Gulf. US Central Comman…
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone on Thursday to align their countries' next steps across multiple fronts, including ongoing tensions with Iran.…
The NATO leaders' summit in Ankara entered its second and final day on Wednesday with a North Atlantic Council session at the heads-of-state level, as the alliance works to shift conventional defence…
President Donald Trump pressed NATO allies on Tuesday to channel rising defence budgets into American weapons systems, casting a shadow over a summit in Ankara where economic commitments dominate the…
Millions of mourners gathered in Karbala, Iraq, on Wednesday for the sixth day of funeral rites for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a U.S.-Israeli strike on Feb. 28 after 37 years as Iran's…
Andy Burnham has apologised for Labour's early response to Israel's military campaign in Gaza, conceding the party "was not good enough" and that the UK took too long to demand a ceasefire, in a video…
Oil prices jumped more than 5% on Wednesday as mutual military strikes between the United States and Iran intensified and Washington moved to choke off Iranian crude exports. Brent futures climbed $3.…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presented each leader attending the NATO summit in Ankara with a loaded revolver engraved with the recipient's name, accompanied by a box of ammunition and a let…
Jordan's military intercepted eight Iranian missiles that penetrated the kingdom's airspace on Thursday, with air raid sirens sounding across Amman and other areas. No casualties or damage were report…
Israeli air strikes and gunfire killed at least nine Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, including a 10-year-old and a 6-year-old, medical sources said. The violence marks a continued erosi…
Israel has elevated its armed forces, air force, and air defences to maximum readiness as confrontations between Washington and Tehran intensify across the Middle East. Defence Minister Israel Katz sa…
Mohamed al-Wahidi, director of the Egyptian Committee in Gaza, was killed on 8 July in an Israeli airstrike that hit a car in the Sabra district of Gaza City, roughly an hour before Egypt's World Cup…
U.S. President Donald Trump declared the ceasefire with Iran "over" on Wednesday, signaling a sharp escalation in hostilities following a night of reciprocal military strikes between the two nations.…
Czech President Petr Pavel has warned that Western allies have a narrowing two-month window to pressure Russia into peace negotiations with Ukraine before Moscow may escalate the conflict. Speaking on…
Qatar Airways and Hamad International Airport have launched Fast Pass, a biometric facial recognition system allowing passengers to navigate departures without physical documents. The service, availab…
President Donald Trump switched back to the previous Air Force One for his flight from Turkey to the UK following the NATO summit, citing nostalgia despite mounting questions over security amid height…
ANKARA — President Donald Trump has signaled his intention to remove Syria from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism following a bilateral meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on the…
Amnesty International has called for three Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon to be investigated as war crimes, saying the attacks wiped out entire families and killed 24 civilians, including 12 c…
Modon's Hudayriyat Golf Estates has recorded more than AED 13 billion in sales within days of its launch, marking the highest sales tally for a single residential project in the United Arab Emirates.…
Hundreds of football fans across Gaza gathered among the ruins of shattered buildings to watch Tuesday's Argentina v Egypt World Cup match, with thousands viewing screenings projected onto sheets desp…
A €43 billion European Union programme to improve household energy efficiency is prioritising speed over impact, yielding only modest energy savings, the European Court of Auditors warned on 7 July. R…
U.S. President Donald Trump expressed optimism on Monday about a potential peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, saying both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky want a deal to end the war that…
President Donald Trump repeatedly misidentified Iran as the "Islamic Republic of Japan" during a press briefing in Ankara on Wednesday, claiming the country had fired 111 missiles at the USS Abraham L…
President Donald Trump announced plans to suspend all bilateral trade with Spain, escalating a public dispute over allied defence spending during a NATO summit in Ankara. Speaking at a joint press con…
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has endorsed the latest American military strikes on Iran as "absolutely necessary", offering the alliance's strongest public backing for Washington's escalation as a…
A peace council established by Donald Trump is planning to launch a pilot humanitarian zone in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, according to reports on Wednesday. The enclave would be secured by mul…