1+ hour, 22+ min ago   (418+ words) Some of those displaced have begun fleeing Yemen altogether. Published Sep 13, 2026, 10:03 PM Updated Sep 13, 2026, 10:21 PM GENEVA – Flaring fighting between government forces and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen has displaced nearly 86,000 people, the United Nations said on Sept 13, with the number…...

13+ hour, 13+ min ago   (795+ words) Ongoing attacks in the widening Middle East war could send energy prices even higher. Published Sep 13, 2026, 10:26 AM Updated Sep 13, 2026, 12:03 PM ADEN/DUBAI - Maritime trackers received new reports of an attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Sept…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (341+ words) The Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon on Sept 7 (left) and the aftermath of an Israeli demolition on Sept 10 which triggered a 4.1-magnitude tremor. Published Sep 12, 2026, 03:25 PM BEIRUT - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun visited the country’s south on Sept 12, in a…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (331+ words) Iranians driving past an anti-US billboard in Tehran, Iran, on Sept 9. Published Sep 11, 2026, 03:30 AM Updated Sep 11, 2026, 04:22 AM WASHINGTON - The US government announced new sanctions on Sept 10 against firms and individuals that it says are aiding Hezbollah and other Iranian proxies…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (183+ words) A hit Chinese movie and Xi’s visit to Cairo offer uncannily similar ideas of China’s place in the Middle East – and of how Beijing wants its power to be understood. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (right) welcoming his Chinese counterpart…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (660+ words) Published Sep 10, 2026, 02:38 AM TEHRAN - Iran said it attacked more than a dozen vessels trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz on Sept 9, as it announced an expansion of a no-go zone outside the strategic waterway it has blockaded for…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (306+ words) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Israeli troops in southern Syria on Sept 9. Published Sep 09, 2026, 11:08 PM Updated Sep 09, 2026, 11:10 PM Jerusalem – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a visit to Israeli troops in southern Syria on Sept 9 that Iran’s Islamic…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (582+ words) Members of the Iraqi armed group Kataib Hezbollah attend the funeral of their members, who were killed in an airstrike that targeted a Hashd al‑Shaabi headquarters near the western al‑Qaim district on the Syrian border, amid the U....

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (564+ words) The United States and Iran have been exchanging a barrage of missiles and drones in recent days. Published Sep 09, 2026, 03:48 PM Updated Sep 09, 2026, 04:26 PM LONDON – The price of Brent North Sea oil, the international benchmark, topped US$100 a barrel on Sept…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (445+ words) One of the South Korean protesters who urged their government not to deploy troops to the Strait of Hormuz. Published Sep 09, 2026, 04:00 PM SEOUL – Dozens of South Koreans urged their government on Sept 9 not to deploy troops to the strategic Strait…...