Israeli Warplanes Break Sound Barrier Over Beirut as Israeli-Iran Conflict Grinds On
BEIRUT, July 23 (Reuters) - Israeli warplanes broke the sound barrier over Beirut and other areas of Lebanon on Tuesday, Lebanese security sources and media reported, rattling nerves as the conflict between the Iran-backed Hezbollah and...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Intercepted UAE-Managed Tanker, IRGC Says
DUBAI, July 22 (Reuters) - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has intercepted a Togo-flagged, UAE-managed products tanker carrying 1,500 tons of marine gas oil, the IRGC and British security firm Ambrey said on Monday.
The vessel had...
Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu Heads to Washington to Discuss Gaza
By James Mackenzie
JERUSALEM, July 22 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Washington this week, under pressure to end the Gaza war both from Israelis who want hostages brought home and from a U.S. administration focusing increasingly...
Joe Biden Backs Kamala Harris After Dropping Out of US Presidential Election
By Nandita Bose, Jarrett Renshaw and Jeff Mason
WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris was moving swiftly on Monday to try to lock up the Democratic presidential nomination, the day after President Joe Biden,...
Israeli Jets Strike Houthi Targets in Yemen After Tel Aviv Attack
By Ari Rabinovitch and Enas Alashray
JERUSALEM/CAIRO, July 20 (Reuters) - Israeli fighter jets struck Houthi military targets near Yemen's Hodeidah port on Saturday, killing at least three people and wounding 87, a day after a drone...
Islamic Republic Backed-Houthis Step up Attacks
By Hatem Maher and Lisa Baertlein
CAIRO/LOS ANGELES, July 19 (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthi rebels hit and damaged a Singapore-flagged container ship with two missiles on Friday as they escalate attacks on global shipping over Israel's war in...
Polish State Company Denies Its Parts Were Used in Iranian Drones
WARSAW, July 19 (Reuters) - A Polish state-owned engineering company denied on Friday that its parts were used in Iranian combat drones, saying an ongoing investigation only concerns whether it had the required export permits.
Private broadcaster Radio Zet reported...
Oil Tanker Carrying Sanctioned Iranian Oil Catches Fire Near Singapore, Crew Rescued
By Jeslyn Lerh, Florence Tan and Jonathan Saul
SINGAPORE, July 19 (Reuters) - Two large oil tankers were on fire on Friday after colliding near Singapore, the world's biggest refuelling port, with two crew members airlifted to...
Spanish, German Police Detain Four Suspected of Trafficking Drone Parts to Islamic-Republic Backed Hezbollah
MADRID, July 18 (Reuters) - Police detained four suspects - three in Spain and one in Germany - as part of an investigation into the sale of drone parts to Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon,...
Polish State Company Sold Parts Used in Iranian Drones, Radio Zet Reports
WARSAW, July 18 (Reuters) - A Polish state-owned company sold parts which were used in Iranian combat drones, private broadcaster Radio Zet reported on Thursday without naming sources, adding that prosecutors had been investigating the issue...
