Venezuela's parliament swore in Delcy Rodriguez as interim president on Monday, two days after US forces seized her predecessor Nicolas...
The United States is ready to work with Venezuela's remaining leaders if they make "the right decision," Secretary of State...
Palestinian medics said an air strike targeting a car in the occupied West Bank killed five people on Thursday, while...Israel launched a large-scale offensive across the northern West Bank on August 28, killing 38 Palestinians
A large number of Israeli troops stormed the Al-Faraa refugee camp in Tubas governorate, where explosions were heard.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces mounting international and domestic pressure after the killing in Gaza of six captives, with...
Britain said Monday it would suspend some arms exports to Israel
A strike a by the Histadrut trade union seeking a hostage deal brought parts of Israel to a standstill
The Houthis said in a statement they had targeted the Blue Lagoon with "missiles and drones, and it was directly...One attack was claimed by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels who have targeted ships they say are linked to Israel
The Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) said the first vessel, identified as Panama-flagged tanker Blue Lagoon I, was hit by two ballistic missiles
- A nationwide strike aimed at ramping up pressure on Israel's government to secure the release of the remaining hostages in...
Of the 251 hostages seized during Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel, 97 remain captive
At least 637 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank by Israeli troops
Rebel chief Abdul Malik al-Houthi on Thursday said his forces had "stormed" the tanker earlier this week. He added in...The group's leader said the operation took place earlier this week. Since then, the rebels have agreed to allow rescue teams to access the ship
A video shared on the rebels' media outlets showed masked men planting explosives on the vessel and then detonating them, causing several fires on board
- The vessel had departed from Iraq and was destined for a port near Athens, carrying 150,000 metric tons of crude...
The Greek-owned Sounion was hit by the Tehran-backed group off the coast of Hodeida last week, sparking fires and the evacuation of its crew
In a statement, the Houthis previously said the Sounion "belongs to a company that has ties with the Israeli enemy" and was "accurately and directly hit" with drones and missiles
- Years of diplomacy between the Caucasus rivals Azerbaijan and Armenia had failed to reach a breakthrough, but negotiations have resumed...
Top diplomats from Turkey and Azerbaijan held talks in the capital Ankara on several sticking issues including ongoing peace negotiations between Baku and Yerevan
The Caucasus rivals fought two wars -- in the 1990s and in 2020 -- over control of Nagorno-Karabakh, which had been predominantly populated by ethnic Armenians
- "After the follow-ups and consultations conducted by the president and with his written order, I will continue to exercise my...
Pezeshkian named Zarif as his vice president for strategic affairs on August 1, but the former top diplomat resigned less than two weeks later
Conservatives in Iran have criticised Pezeshkian for choosing Zarif, who became known for his vital role in negotiating the landmark 2015 nuclear deal
Cairo, a key mediator in efforts to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, "reiterated to all parties...A key sticking point in the ceasefire talks have been calls for Israel to withdraw its forces from the border area, including the Rafah crossing
Israeli forces seized the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing in early May, a move that has cut off a crucial aid route and drawn repeated condemnation from Egypt
- The result was perhaps the biggest exchange of fire in 10 months of a war which began with a Hamas...
Hizbollah, the powerful Iran-backed Lebanese armed group, denied that thousands of launchers had been destroyed or that Israel had thwarted a larger attack
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet the strikes were "not the final word" in the campaign against Hizbollah
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Antony Blinken said there was "clear interest" in pursuing relations with Israel after talks in Saudi Arabia on Monday, the latest stop in a tour to calm a region inflamed by the Israel-Hamas war. . Blinken discusses Israel normalization in tented Saudi talks