MADINAH — The first batch of Iranian pilgrims arrived on Monday at Prince Muhammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah on their way to Makkah to perform Umrah, after a hiatus of nine years. Iranian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Ali Reza (...)
Following reports of alleged Israeli strikes inside Iran near a nuclear power station early Friday, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a new appeal to all parties to "stop the dangerous cycle of retaliation in the Middle East".
"The (...)
After months of delay, the House of Representatives is due to vote on tens of billions of dollars in US military aid for Ukraine and Israel.
Both measures have vocal opponents in Congress, and their hopes of passage have hinged on a fragile (...)
A military base in Iraq housing a pro-Iranian militia has been damaged in an explosion, killing one and wounding eight, security officials there have said.
Iraq's military reported no drones or fighter jets in the area before or during the (...)
An unclaimed aerial attack in central Iran on Friday comes fresh on the heels of tit-for-tat Iranian and Israeli strikes earlier this month, marking a potentially dangerous escalation of the Middle East conflict.
Israel carried out the strike inside (...)
LONDON — Israel's attack on Iran was not the fierce response that US President Joe Biden and other western leaders had feared.
They have been urging Israel to draw a line under the dangerous series of events that started with Israel's assassination (...)
The president of the European Council hopes Friday's apparent Israeli retaliation will be the last in the recent escalation with Iran and believes the next "hours and days" will be critical.
Charles Michel spoke exclusively to Euronews hours after (...)
This morning warning sirens sounded across northern Israel as they do most days. The army said later that it was a false alarm. But for the people of Israel it was a reminder — if one were needed — of just how fast and how easily Iran could (...)
Israel has carried out a military strike inside Iran, a US official told CNN Friday, the latest move in a dangerous escalation that threatens to push the already volatile region into all-out war.
The US was given advance notification Thursday of an (...)
Global oil and gold prices jumped and shares fell after US officials said an Israeli missile had struck Iran.
After initial sharp moves in Asia on Friday, the market reaction eased with Brent crude oil trading around 1.7% higher, to sit above $88 a (...)
Ukraine's prime minister has told the BBC there will be a "Third World War" if Ukraine loses its conflict with Russia, as he urged the US Congress to pass a long-stalled foreign aid bill.
Denys Shmyhal expressed "careful optimism" that US lawmakers (...)
The day after the stabbing attack on a bishop, a forensics expert was sweeping a fingerprint brush over a nativity scene by the entrance of the Sydney church.
A small car parked outside Christ The Good Shepherd Church had its window screen smashed (...)
Two German-Russian men have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of espionage, prosecutors said Thursday.
One is accused of agreeing to carry out attacks on potential targets including US military facilities in hopes of sabotaging aid for (...)
Almost two-thirds of EU citizens say they are "likely" to vote in the upcoming elections to the European Parliament.
The findings stem from the latest edition of the Eurobarometer, the parliament's official survey, which collected the opinions of (...)
European Union leaders are gathering in Brussels for a special two-day summit focused on the bloc's economic competitiveness.
But the agenda is set to be overshadowed by the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, which the West fears could soon spiral (...)
David Cameron has urged Israeli leaders to do "as little as possible to escalate" tensions in the Middle East on a visit to Jerusalem.
The UK foreign secretary made the comments ahead of his meeting with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israel has (...)
The European Union will "start the necessary work" to hit Iran with heavier sanctions after Saturday's aerial attack on Israel, the bloc's top diplomat has said.
Speaking following an exceptional virtual meeting of EU foreign ministers on Tuesday, (...)
ISLAMABAD — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan reaffirmed on Tuesday that the Middle East cannot afford further conflict, amid heightened tensions between Iran and Israel.
Addressing a joint press conference with his Pakistani (...)
Nearly 10,000 women have been killed in Gaza since war erupted six months ago and one child is injured or dies every 10 minutes, UN agencies warned on Tuesday, amid spiraling violence in the West Bank and concerns over a regional escalation of the (...)
Fresh US aid for Ukraine will be put to a vote separately to the question of new military assistance for Israel, House Speaker Mike Johnson said.
Johnson has stalled a House vote on a $96bn package aimed at helping both US allies, while he faces (...)
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that Washington expects to hit Iran with new sanctions "in the coming days" following its unprecedented attack on Israel last weekend.
Yellen said Iran's oil exports "remain in focus as a possible area" they (...)
A lack of air defenses meant Ukraine was powerless to prevent a Russian airstrike last week that destroyed the biggest power plant in Kyiv region, President Volodomyr Zelensky said.
Russia fired 11 missiles towards the Trypilska power plant, (...)
Former British PM Liz Truss has endorsed Donald Trump to win this year's US presidential election, saying the "world was safer" when he was in the White House.
The UK's shortest-serving prime minster said the world was "on the cusp of very, very (...)
China said it noted Iran's statement that the actions against Israel were an "exercise of the right of self-defense" during a phone call between the foreign ministers of the two nations on Monday, and did not condemn the weekend strikes.
Chinese (...)
Israel was set to take its first steps towards a ground offensive on the Gaza city of Rafah but delayed that campaign after Iran's weekend attack on their country, which has sparked a heated debate in the war cabinet over how to respond, Israeli (...)