Operation to Tow Stricken Tanker and Avert Spill Starts in Red Sea
ATHENS, Sept 14 (Reuters) - The operation has started to tow a Greek-registered oil tanker stranded in the Red Sea after an attack by Houthi militants last month, a shipping source told Reuters on Saturday.
Towing the...
Houthi Missile From Yemen Hits Central Israel, No One Hurt
JERUSALEM, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The Iran-aligned Houthis who control northern Yemen fired a surface-to-surface missile that reached central Israel for the first time on Sunday, hitting an unpopulated area and causing no injuries.
Air raid sirens had...
Hamas Chief Sinwar Thanks Hezbollah in Letter to Nasrallah
BEIRUT, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Hamas chief Yehya Sinwar thanked the leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah for his group's support in the conflict with Israel, Hezbollah said on Friday, in the first reported message since Sinwar...
Russian Lawmaker Warns the West Over Supplies of Long-Range Missiles to Ukraine
MOSCOW, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Russia will consider the United States and its allies to be parties to the Ukraine war and Moscow will use more powerful weapons if the West allows Ukraine to use long-range...
Turkey’s Erdogan Calls for Islamic Alliance Against Israel
ISTANBUL, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Islamic countries should form an alliance against what he called "the growing threat of expansionism" from Israel, drawing a rebuke from the Israeli foreign minister.
He made...
Blinken Says Incumbent on Hamas, Israel to Remove Gaps in Gaza Ceasefire Deal
By Kanishka Singh and Daphne Psaledakis
Sept 5 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday it was incumbent on both Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to say yes on remaining issues to...
US Charges Employees of Russia’s RT Network in Crackdown on Election Influence Efforts
By Sarah N. Lynch, Andrew Goudsward and Christopher Bing
WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. on Wednesday filed money-laundering charges against two employees of Russian state media network RT for what officials said was a scheme...
US Charges Hamas Leaders Over Oct. 7 Attack on Israel
Sept 3 (Reuters) - The United States announced criminal charges on Tuesday against Hamas' top leaders over their roles in planning, supporting and perpetrating the deadly Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel.
The charges against Yahya Sinwar,...
UK Suspends 30 of Its 350 Arms Export Licences to Israel
By Michael Holden and William James
LONDON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Britain will immediately suspend 30 of its 350 arms export licences with Israel because there was a risk such equipment might be used to commit serious violations...
Netanyahu Says Israel Must Control Philadelphi Corridor in Gaza
By Ari Rabinovitch and James Mackenzie
JERUSALEM, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday rejected calls to soften his demand to keep troops in the southern Gazan border area as the price for a ceasefire deal,...
