RIYADH: Yemen’s Houthi rebels have fired two missiles at a ship in the Bab Al-Mandeb strait, the US military said early on Tuesday. The MV Star Iris, a Greek-owned, Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel transiting the Red Sea carrying corn from Brazil, suffered minor damage but the crew were not hurt, according to US Central Command.
BEIRUT: The Israeli army expanded operations against Hezbollah and its allies deep into Lebanese territory on Saturday. Israeli drone strikes hit a car and motorcycle south of Beirut, killing a Syrian and a Lebanese national, and wounding a Palestinian. Wajih Khalil Fares, a vegetable vendor from the town of Aitaroun, was killed while attempting to … Read more
Biden is left with few choices as immigration takes center stage in American politics SCOTTSDALE, Arizona: Almost immediately after he walked into the Oval Office on his first day as president, Joe Biden began rolling back his predecessor’s immigration policies, which he had assailed throughout the 2020 campaign as harsh and inhumane. A lot has … Read more
SEOUL: North Korea fired multiple unidentified cruise missiles on Tuesday into the sea off its west coast, South Korea’s military said, the third time Pyongyang has tested cruise missiles in less than a week. The missiles were launched at around 7 a.m. (2200 GMT on Monday), Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. South … Read more
SEOUL: North Korea tested its new strategic cruise missiles for the second time in a week on Sunday, calling it a newly developed submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM), accelerating its navy’s nuclear armament, state media reported on Monday. Leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test of the missile, called “Pulhwasal-3-31,” which is identical to the strategic … Read more
SANAA, Yemen: US forces struck an anti-ship missile in Houthi-held Yemen that they said was ready to fire Saturday, hours after the Iran-backed rebels caused a fire on a British tanker in the Gulf of Aden with a similar munition.US and British forces have launched joint strikes aimed at reducing the Houthis’ ability to target … Read more
Trump wins New Hampshire primary as rematch with Biden appears increasingly likely MANCHESTER, N.H.: Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, tightening his grip on the Republican presidential nomination and bolstering the likelihood of a rematch later this year against President Joe Biden.The result was a setback for former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, … Read more
GAZA/JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON: Intense international mediation efforts are working toward exchanging Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners during a proposed month-long ceasefire in Gaza, Reuters reported on Tuesday, as the White House said its envoy was having active discussions on the issue. Qatar, the US and Egypt have held shuttle diplomacy since Dec. 28 and Israel and Hamas … Read more
BEIRUT: Hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel expanded into new territory on Thursday as Lebanese civil society figures appealed for national neutrality. In response to the violence, which began 103 days ago, Lebanon’s deputy speaker of parliament called for urgent diplomatic action. “The idea of opening the war front is extremely dangerous, and the only solution … Read more
Iraq’s foreign minister: Iran cannot hit Israel… and attacked a friendly and allied country Hours before Iraq filed a complaint against Iran to the Security Council, the Iraqi Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein condemned, in an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Iran’s attack on Irbil, considering the escalation “an attempt by Iran to export its internal problems.” … Read more