Saudi top diplomat says ‘at vanguard’ of efforts to rebuild Syria after 14 years of civil war
On a visit to Riyadh earlier this month, US President Donald Trump said he would lift US sanctions on Syria,...Geostrategy
UAE orders all companies to monitor emissions in new climate law
Under the new law, companies are required to report and reduce their emissions of the greenhouse gases that are responsible...Geostrategy Climate Change
Israeli protesters demand return of hostages, elections
Demonstrators marched through the city's Habima Square, a frequent protest site, with some carrying signs calling Netanyahu "the face of...Netanyahu is under intense pressure to secure the return of the hostages seized by Hamas
A father of one of the hostages said Netanyahu's war cabinet was heading for disaster
Iran vows revenge after Guards die in Israeli strike
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi vowed not to let the "cowardly assassination" go unanswered. Israel has been blamed for intensifying strikes...Tehran said it lost five members in the strike that it blamed on Israel
Media reports from Iran say that one of the dead was General Sadegh Omidzadeh,
US-led coalition base in Iraq hit by missiles
Al-Asad airbase was targeted by 15 rockets" fired from Anbar province, which is home to the military base, an Iraqi...A US defense official confirmed that "missiles impacted Al-Asad airbase", adding that a joint damage assessment was under way with coalition and Iraqi forces.
The attack on the air base comes amid soaring tensions in the Middle East following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war on October 7.
NASA loses contact with its mini-helicopter on Mars
WASHINGTON, US - NASA has lost contact with its tiny helicopter Ingenuity during the hard-working craft's 72nd flight, the space agency...In a post on X, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory added that Perseverance was temporarily "out of line-of-sight with Ingenuity.
NASA has lost contact with the helicopter before, including for an agonizing two months last year.
Hamas rejects US president’s comment on two-state solution
A senior Hamas official dismissed comments by US President Joe Biden about the possibility of Israel agreeing to the establishment..."The illusion that Biden is preaching about a state of Palestine and its characteristics does not fool our people," a Hamas member said.
The call between Biden and Netanyahu came a day after the Israeli leader said he opposes allowing Palestinian sovereignty.
Iran launches research satellite, says minister
Iran's Revolutionary Guards launched a research satellite, a minister said, putting it into a higher orbit in a milestone for..."The Soraya satellite of the Iranian Space Organization... was successfully launched with the Ghaem-100 satellite carrier of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps," a report said
It cited Telecommunications Minister Issa Zarepour as saying that the satellite, which weighs about 50 kilograms (110 pounds), was put in orbit 750 kilometers above Earth
US carries out fresh strikes against Yemen’s Houthis
Washington is seeking to reduce the Iran-backed Houthis' capabilities, but the Yemeni rebels are still able to attack despite a week...The air campaign against the Houthis began last week with American and British strikes on nearly 30 sites in Yemen using more than 150 munitions
Washington is also seeking to put diplomatic and financial pressure on the Houthis, re-designating them as a "terrorist" entity
5 dead in Israel strike on Syria targeting ‘Iran-aligned leaders’: monitor
The mid-morning strike, which caused a large plume of smoke to billow into the sky, was also reported by Syrian...Targeted neighborhood is known to be a high-security zone home to leaders of Iran's IRGC and pro-Iran Palestinian factions
"They were for sure targeting senior members" of those groups, said Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman
Israel to allow flour shipments for Gaza through key port: US
Three UN agencies -- the World Food Program (WFP), UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) -- pushed for the...The move comes days after the UN called on Israel to allow access to the port for the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid for Gaza
US teams would "separately work on options for more direct maritime delivery of assistance into Gaza," the Whit House statement said
Israel bombards Gaza’s south as leaders discuss post-war future
Netanyahu has said Israel expects the war to continue for months, but his comments on Thursday rejecting a so-called two-state...Witnesses said the Israeli bombardment was again focused overnight on Khan Yunis, the largest city in Hamas-controlled Gaza's south
Biden and Netanyahu held their first call since December 23 a day after the Israeli leader reiterated his rejection of any form of Palestinian sovereignty
