1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (663+ words) The Middle East has been rocked by US and Iranian attacks of a scale unseen since an April ceasefire, as fighting over the strategic Strait of Hormuz threatened to derail efforts to permanently end the war. As the US attacks…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago  (342+ words) US President Donald Trump yesterday criticized NATO allies at a summit in Ankara, lamenting their lack of backing in the US’ war against Iran, while he insisted that the US still wanted Greenland. He singled out Spain for particular criticism,…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (543+ words) Iran launched a drone assault targeting Bahrain while a ship in the Strait of Hormuz separately came under attack yesterday, likely Tehran’s response to overnight airstrikes by the US. The attacks across the Persian Gulf show the danger of the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (515+ words) Deadly exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon put a newly signed deal to end the Middle East war under further strain yesterday, after the postponement of planned US-Iran talks in Switzerland. The delay came as Tehran’s top negotiator warned…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (330+ words) Kuwaiti civil aviation authorities said the country’s main airport has partially reopened after an Iranian attack damaged it yesterday. Kuwait Airways flights resumed from a different terminal from the one that was hit. No other flights would be operating, they…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (473+ words) Turkey yesterday said it was sending charter flights to Israel to repatriate Gaza flotilla activists, after Israeli forces detained them in scenes that sparked international condemnation. “We plan to bring our citizens and participants from third countries to Turkey via…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (326+ words) Israel yesterday launched a series of airstrikes on southern Lebanon, despite the extension of the truce between the two countries. Israel said it was targeting Hezbollah, but the strikes were preceded by an evacuation warning covering nine villages. The continuing…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (616+ words) Kuwait on Tuesday said that Iran launched a failed attack earlier this month on an island where China is helping build a port in the Gulf Arab country. Kuwait said that a paramilitary Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps team tried to…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (381+ words) Dozens of activists on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla intercepted by Israeli forces off Crete left their boats on Friday, with many taken to hospital on the Greek island while others were flown out. Greek officials said 31 of the roughly 175 activists…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (357+ words) The US embassy in Lebanon on Thursday urged a meeting between Lebanese and Israeli leaders as the Lebanese Ministry of Health said Israeli strikes on the country’s south killed at least 17 people despite an ongoing ceasefire. Israeli and Lebanese representatives…...