Saudi-led bombing of Yemen's airports is obstructing aid deliveries aimed at easing a "catastrophic" humanitarian situation in the impoverished country, international relief agencies have warned./ The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said they ...
Hassan Rouhani (centre left) inspects a display of Iran's new Nasr-e Basir missiles in Tehran on August 24, 2014 (AFP Photo/)/ Tehran (AFP) - Iran's president denounced western countries for taking pride in arms sales Tuesday, after France signed a warplanes deal with Qatar, saying weapons ...
Wadia border outpost between Saudi Arabia and Yemen, east of the southern Saudi province of Najran (AFP Photo/Khaled Fazaa)/ Riyadh (AFP) - Mortar shells and Katyusha rockets fired by Iran-backed rebels in Yemen struck the Saudi border town of Najran on Tuesday, Saudi state television and a ...
Gulf monarchs gather on Tuesday for an extraordinary summit amid growing international concern over the Saudi-led air war against Shiite rebels in Yemen and a deepening regional threat from jihadists./ French President Francois Hollande will become the first Western leader to sit in on the ...
France and Saudi Arabia believe that any future deal between Iran and six major powers must ensure not to destabilise the region further and threaten Iran's neighbours, the two countries said ahead of a summit in Riyadh on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia invited French President Francois Hollande, whose ...
Hollande first Western leader to address Gulf summit * France aims to reassure leaders over Iran nuclear deal * Saudi FM says historical ally, has common vision (Adds Hollande speech, Saudi FM, context) RIYADH, May 5 (Reuters) - France and Saudi Arabia believe that any future nuclear accord ...
Supporters of Yemen's Southern Separatist Movement keep position around armed vehicles flying the movement's flag near the International airport in the port city of Aden, as battles against Shiite Huthi rebels continue, on May 3, 2015 (AFP Photo/Saleh Al-Obeidi)/ Dakar (AFP) - Senegal on Monday ...
Yemen's president has called a meeting of political forces on May 17 to discuss his country's war that will include former associates of a powerful ally of the Houthis, a move that could bolster the ranks of opponents of the Iranian-allied force./ Mukhtar al-Rahbi, press secretary at President ...
Negotiators of Iran and six world powers hold meeting on Iranian nuclear deal at the historic basement of Palais Coburg hotel in Vienna April 24, 2015./ (Reuters) - France and Saudi Arabia said on Monday any future deal between Iran and major powers had to ensure that it did not destabilize the ...
Iran nuclear deal must avoid destabilising region/ (Reuters) - France and Saudi Arabia believe that any future deal between Iran and six major powers must ensure not to destabilise the region further and threaten Iran's neighbours, the two countries said ahead of a summit in Riyadh on Tuesday. ...
France and Saudi Arabia believe that any future nuclear accord between Iran and six major powers must be robust, verifiable and no threat to Tehran's neighbors, the two countries said ahead of a summit in Riyadh on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia invited French President Francois Hollande, whose country ...
France and Saudi Arabia believe that any future nuclear accord between Iran and six major powers must be robust, verifiable and no threat to Tehran's neighbors, the two countries said ahead of a summit in Riyadh on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia invited French President Francois Hollande, whose country ...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal is sending 2,100 troops to help back the military intervention led by Saudi Arabia that is underway in Yemen, becoming the first sub-Saharan African country to contribute soldiers to the effort, the country's foreign minister said Monday. The decision to deploy ...
Saudi-led air strikes against rebels in Yemen have destroyed much of their military capabilities, but almost six weeks into the campaign the situation on the ground remains unchanged, analysts said./ Last month, the kingdom declared the strikes against the Iran-backed rebels that began on March ...
A fighter jet of the UAE armed forces taking off from an air force base before raids against Shiite Huthi rebels in Yemen as part of the Saudi-led coalition (AFP Photo/)/ Riyadh (AFP) - Saudi Arabia is considering temporary halts in coalition air strikes against rebels in Yemen to allow for aid ...
French President Francois Hollande sought to boost ties in the Gulf Monday as he oversaw the signing of a warplanes deal with Qatar and headed to Saudi Arabia for a summit./ Hollande was to be the first Western head of state to attend a summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) during the ...
France and Saudi Arabia warned on May 4 that any future deal between Iran and six major powers must not destabilize the region further and threaten Iran's neighbors. French President Francois Hollande met with Saudi Arabia's King Salman ahead of a regional summit on May 5 with Gulf Arab leaders ...
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — French President Francois Hollande, seeking to strengthen political and business ties with the energy-rich Gulf states, arrived in Qatar on Monday at the start of a two-nation trip that will include a visit to neighboring Saudi Arabia./ The trip comes as France and other world ...
France and Saudi Arabia believe that any future deal between Iran and six major powers must ensure not to destabilise the region further and threaten Iran's neighbours, the two countries said ahead of a summit in Riyadh on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia invited French President Francois Hollande, whose ...
Solutions will be hard to find Tuesday when Gulf monarchs hold their annual summit in a region threatened by jihadists and a war in Yemen that has raised tensions with Iran./ "You go down that list, it's very complex," Anthony Cordesman, of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in ...
Senegal will send 2,100 troops to Saudi Arabia as part of an international coalition combating Houthi rebels in neighbouring Yemen, the West African nation's foreign minister said on Monday./ Senegalese President Macky Sall said, after returning from a visit to Saudi Arabia last month, he was ...
Special forces troops fighting the Houthi militia in Aden were Yemenis deployed there two weeks ago after retraining in Gulf Arab countries, not foreign troops, Yemen's Foreign Minister Reyad Yassin Abdulla said on Monday. Their smart uniforms and equipment led to reports on Sunday that a ...
France and Qatar signed a 6.3 billion euro ($7.02 billion) deal on Monday for the sale of 24 Rafale fighter jets, an accord President Francois Hollande hailed as a mark of Gulf Arab regard for French regional strategy including its firm line on Iran. The contract - the third this year for ...
France’s tough line in talks with Iran and a similar analysis to Gulf Arab states on regional crises has sealed strategic new links in the Middle East that will be cemented when President Francois Hollande attends a regional leaders’ summit next week. Those ties, which Paris has sought to ...
The Egyptian government said it had extended by three months the deployment of "some elements of the armed forces" abroad, enabling it to continue participating in a Saudi-led coalition that has been launching air strikes in Yemen. Egypt, which has one of the Middle East's largest military ...
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham/ Iran has warned of the deterioration of humanitarian situation in Yemen, urging international organizations to take effective measures to send immediate relief aid to people in the war-wracked country. “Yemen’s blockade is an inhumane scenario ...
run authorities in Gaza say dozens of homes were damaged during the operation/ The UN human rights office says it is “profoundly shocked” at the impact on civilians of the Israeli operation in central Gaza that rescued four hostages held by Hamas. Palestinian health officials said hundreds of ...
The US is pushing for Israel and Hamas to reach a ceasefire deal/ US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has "reaffirmed his commitment" to a Gaza ceasefire plan, and that if it does not progress Hamas will be to blame. Mr Blinken reiterated his ...
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — After weeks of dry and hot weather, we finally have widespread chances for rain setting in overnight Monday into early Tuesday morning. The downpours will build after midnight in Sarasota, Manatee, Hardee, DeSoto, and Highlands counties. After sunrise, the showers will begin ...
Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Sunday, June 9, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)/ WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the against former President Donald Trump and two of his associates struck a paragraph from ...
Nancy Iskander, left, holding the hand of her husband, Karim, leaves Van Nuys Courthouse on Monday, June 10, 2024, in Van Nuys, Calif., after attending the sentencing hearing in the murder trial of Rebecca Grossman, who is charged in the deaths of their two sons, Mark, 11, and Jacob, 8. Grossman ...
The United Nations Security Council has voted to support a US-proposed Israel-Gaza ceasefire plan. It sets out conditions for a "full and complete ceasefire", the release of hostages held by Hamas, the return of dead hostages' remains and the exchange of Palestinian prisoners. Fourteen of the 15 ...
Milken Conference 2024 Global Conference Sessions/ (Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk said on Monday he would ban Apple devices at his companies if the iPhone maker integrates OpenAI at the operating system level. "That is an unacceptable security violation," Musk, who is the CEO of ...
Taillights trace the path of a motor vehicle at the Naughton Power Plant, Jan. 13, 2022, in Kemmerer, Wyo. Bill Gates and his energy company are starting construction at their Wyoming site adjacent to the coal plant for a next-generation nuclear power plant he believes will “revolutionize” how ...
Antony Blinken is visiting the Middle East to seek backing for a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal/ If diplomats have groundhog days, when they are condemned to reliving the same 24 hours, perhaps Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, felt a certain weariness as his jet approached ...
Grief in Gaza as scores killed in IDF hostage raid/ Two days after Israel's operation to free four of its citizens from central Gaza, more details are emerging of how Saturday’s rescue mission unfolded and of the hostages' eight months in captivity. The Hamas run Health Ministry says at least ...