BEIRUT, Lebanon — Multiple airstrikes hit a busy market in a rebel-controlled town in northwestern Syria on Monday, killing at least 27 people and turning several buildings into piles of rubble, according to opposition activists and a war monitor. Shortly after the strikes, state media said rebels shelled a government-held village, killing seven. The high […]

A divided UNSC fails to condemn deadly attack on a detention centre in Tripoli that killed 44 people. The UN Security Council has failed to condemn the deadly air raid on a migrant detention centre in the Libyan capital Tripoli amid global outrage over the attack that killed 44 people and wounded 130 others. Earlier, […]

Donald Trump hints at possible restoration of $1.3bn US aid to Pakistan during his meeting with PM Imran Khan. US President Donald Trump has voiced optimism that Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan could help broker a political settlement to end the 18-year war in Afghanistan and held out the possibility of restoring aid to Islamabad. […]

British prime minister chairs emergency meeting to decide on how to respond after Iran seized its oil tanker. The United Kingdom has called on Iran to release a British-flagged tanker and its crew immediately, describing the seizure of the Stena Impero oil tanker by the Iranian forces as illegal. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commandos rappelled from helicopters and […]

A crisis has erupted between Iran and Western countries – in particular the UK and US – after a series of incidents in and around the Gulf, a strategically important waterway in the Middle East. Both sides are blaming the other and there are fears it could lead to war. What is the crisis about? […]

ANKARA (REUTERS) – Turkey will retaliate if the United States imposes sanctions over Ankara’s purchase of Russian S-400 missile defence systems, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday (July 22), adding that any such sanctions would be unacceptable. In an interview with broadcaster TGRT Haber, Cavusoglu said that President Donald Trump does not want to […]

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said he is “extremely concerned” by the “unacceptable” seizure of two oil tankers by Iranian authorities in the Persian Gulf. Mr Hunt confirmed that he will attend a meeting of the Government’s emergency committee Cobra on Friday night amid the escalation of tensions. The Stena Impero, which is registered […]

One of the world’s earliest known mosques, built around 1,200 years ago, has been discovered by archaeologists in Israel’s Negev Desert. The remains, dating from the 7th or 8th century, were found in the Bedouin town of Rahat. Israel’s Antiquities Authority (IAA) says the mosque was unearthed during building work in the area. It is […]

Turkish defence minister said the attack ‘dealt a heavy blow’ to the ‘terrorist’ Kurdish armed group, PKK, in Qandil. Turkey on Thursday launched an air attack on the Kurdish region in northern Iraq in response to the killing of a Turkish diplomat in the region, the country’s defence minister said. The Turkish vice consul to […]

JERUSALEM (REUTERS) – Mr Benjamin Netanyahu makes history this weekend by becoming the longest-serving Israeli prime minister, surpassing a record held by the country’s founding father David Ben-Gurion. Yet the conservative leader, who will match Ben-Gurion’s 8,475 days in office on Friday (July 19), is limping across that line, facing an election in September after […]