UK’s Starmer hosts Israeli president for tense visit
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosted Israeli President Isaac Herzog for a contentious meeting Wednesday, with the visiting head of...Geostrategy
Qatar says reserves right to respond to Israeli attack, even as Trump delivers rare reproach of Israel
Doha, a key US ally that hosts the largest American base in the region, has hosted Hamas' political bureau since...Geostrategy
Germany ready to sell Eurofighter jets to Saudi Arabia: minister
"We do not see ourselves, as the German federal government, opposing British considerations on other Eurofighter (sales)," Baerbock told journalists...Annalena Baerbock noted that Saudi Arabia and Israel had "not renounced their policy of normalisation" since war broke out
"The fact that Saudi Arabia is now intercepting missiles fired by the Houthis at Israel underlines this, and we are grateful for that," she added
Blinken warns Israel-Hamas war could ‘metastasize’
Blinken will meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Saudi desert city of Al-Ula, said a US official...Israel has carried out a relentless bombardment and ground invasion that have killed at least 22,835 people in Gaza, most of them women and children
Amid the deepening humanitarian crisis and mass displacement in Gaza, Blinken said civilians "must be able to return home as soon as conditions allow".
Libya declares ‘force majeure’ at major oilfield amid protests
Tripoli, Libya -- Libya's state-owned energy firm said on Sunday it had declared a state of "force majeure" at Al-Sharara oilfield...Declaring "force majeure" allows parties to free themselves from contractual obligations when factors such as fighting or natural disasters make meeting them impossible.
The NOC did not elaborate on the protesters' demands but said "negotiations are ongoing to resume production as soon as possible".
Turkish Airlines grounds Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets amid inspection orders
Turkish Airlines said that it would stop flying five Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets in its fleet even as the...The Alaska Airlines scare prompted the US Federal Aviation Administration to order immediate inspections of around 171 of the jets operated worldwide.
Boeing has so far delivered about 218 of the 737 MAX planes worldwide, the company said.
Gaza war rages into fourth month as Blinken tours Middle East
Jordan's king urged Blinken to push for a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the humanitarian crisis brought by...Outside Jordan's capital, ahead of Blinken's visit to a World Food Programme aid warehouse, senior UN official Sheri Ritsema-Anderson described Gaza situation as "epic catastrophe"
Israeli airstrikes overnight and early Sunday killed at least 64 people, including two journalists, in the devastated territory, the health ministry said.
Six Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in West Bank
The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported early Sunday that a major deployment of Israeli forces was under way in...A PA official said that Israeli bombardment on a group of citizens killed six people in Jenin
At least 327 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since the conflict broke out
Palestinians rebury bodies exhumed from Gaza cemetery
The footage from the cemetery in Al-Tuffah neighbourhood in Gaza City showed bodies wrapped in bags and laid out on...Hamas on Saturday accused the Israeli military of "destroying 1,100 graves"
Israeli brutal bombardment in Gaza has killed at least 22,722 people
US military shoots down another drone over Red Sea
The Houthis say they are targeting Israel and Israeli-linked vessels to push for a stop to the offensive in Gaza....Maersk said Friday that it would divert all vessels around Africa instead of using the Red Sea
The rebels have launched more than 100 drone and missile strikes in Red Sea
Hamas command structure ‘dismantled’ in north Gaza: Israel
The army spokesman told reporters that its forces dismantled "the Hamas military framework in the northern Gaza Strip" and that...Israeli PM said his government had directed the army to "eliminate Hamas"
He said the war should not stop until Israel has achieved "all of the goals"
EU’s Borrell meets Hezbollah official in bid to avoid wider war
Josep Borrell held talks with the head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc, Mohammad Raad, Lebanese media reported. An EU source confirmed...Borrell said it is important to avoid Lebanon being dragged into a regional conflict
Cross-border fire has killed 181 people in Lebanon, including 135 Hezbollah fighters
