One Hamas official said mediators and the newly proposed Board of Peace were now expected to ensure Israel implemented the...
- Iran responded by warning the United States against targeting its commercial shipping and oil tankers, saying any such move would...
Iran has been rocked this week by protests that started in Tehran and have spread to other cities, with at...The protests began on Sunday in Tehran, where some shopkeepers went on strike over high prices and economic stagnation
Iran's economy has been battered by years of crushing international sanctions over its nuclear programme, with raging inflation and a collapsing currency
- Yemen's UAE-backed separatists on Friday announced the start of a two-year transitional period towards declaring an independent state after their...
The Southern Transitional Council (STC), whose forces came under fire from deadly Saudi-led coalition airstrikes on Friday, said the process would include dialogue and a referendum
SCT forces seized large swathes of Yemen's south, run by a fractious government with competing agendas, in a lightning and largely unopposed offensive last month
Following the strikes, a military spokesman for the STC said it was in a "decisive and existential" war with Saudi-backed...Saudi Arabia and the UAE have for years supported rival factions in Yemen's government-run territories, but the STC's offensive has angered Riyadh and left them at loggerheads.
The air raids came shortly after pro-Saudi forces launched a campaign to "peacefully" take control of military sites in Hadramawt.
- The breakaway region of Somaliland on Thursday denied allegations by the Somali president that it would take resettled Palestinians or...
Israel last week became the first country to recognise Somaliland as an "independent and sovereign state", triggering protests across Somalia
Somaliland unilaterally declared independence in 1991 and has enjoyed far more peace than the rest of conflict-hit Somalia, establishing its own elections, currency and army
Zohran Mamdani, the young upstart of the US left, was sworn in Thursday to take over as New York mayor...After the clocks struck midnight, bringing in 2026, Mamdani took his oath of office at an abandoned subway stop to begin managing the United States' largest city
Mamdani's private swearing-in to start his four-year term was performed by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who successfully prosecuted Trump for fraud
- A surprise STC offensive seizing resource-rich Hadramawt and Mahra has pushed the UAE and Saudi Arabia, officially allies in Yemen,...
On Tuesday, the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen struck what it said was a shipment of Emirati weapons destined for the separatists.
But a source close to the Saudi government told AFP on Thursday that Saudi Arabia's security needs would only be met if the STC "move out of Hadramawt and Mahra".
Israel's Mossad spy agency issued a direct call urging Iranians to press on with protests, saying it was supporting them...Protests that began on Sunday with Tehran shopkeepers rallying against Iran's worsening economy have spread to other cities
The Iranian rial has dropped against the US dollar and other world currencies, forcing up import prices and hurting retail traders
- Apart from MSF, some of the 37 NGOs to be hit with the ban are the Norwegian Refugee Council, World...
In a territory with 2.2 million inhabitants, "1.3 million people still require urgent shelter support," the ministers of Britain, Canada, Denmark and several other nations said.
On Wednesday, the United Nations rights chief Volker Turk described Israel's decision as "outrageous", calling on states to urgently insist Israel shift course.
US President Donald Trump warned Iran of fresh strikes and said Hamas would have "hell to pay" if it fails...Speaking at a news conference with Netanyahu, Trump threatened to "eradicate" any attempt by Tehran to rebuild its nuclear program
Trump also downplayed reports of tensions with Netanyahu over the Gaza ceasefire, saying Israel had "lived up" to its commitments
- Riyadh also backed a demand from Yemen's presidential council for Emirati forces to withdraw from the country within 24 hours,...
In recent weeks, separatists backed by the UAE seeking to revive the formerly independent state of South Yemen have made sweeping territorial gains in a lightning offensive.
The UAE said "the shipment in question did not contain any weapons, and the vehicles unloaded were not intended for any Yemeni party."
