Australian police have arrested seven teenagers as part of a wave of counter-terrorism raids across Sydney, claiming it was "likely" the youths may have been plotting an attack.
The suspects are believed to share a "religiously motivated violent (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
Australian police have declared Monday's stabbing at a Sydney church a religiously motivated "terrorist act".
A 16-year-old boy was arrested after a bishop, a priest and churchgoers were attacked during mass at the Assyrian Christ The Good Shepherd (...)
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Daniel Hagari said Tel Aviv must do everything necessary to protect the state "at the time and in the way we in Israel choose to do so".
Hagari said the Iranian attack was "thwarted with the iron defense (...)
Oil prices fell in early Asian trade after Iran's reprisal attack on Israel over the weekend.
Brent crude — a key benchmark for oil prices internationally — was lower but still trading close to $90 a barrel on Monday morning.
Prices had already (...)
The White House has warned Israel that the US will not participate in any retaliatory strikes on Iran, senior administration officials have said.
Over 300 drones and missiles were fired at Israel overnight, which Iran said was in response to an 1 (...)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is calling for "maximum restraint" and de-escalation after Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel early on Sunday.
"We have a shared responsibility" to de-escalate tensions and work for peace, (...)
Iran has launched hundreds of aerial drones and missiles at Israel, marking a widely anticipated reprisal attack.
It is the first such direct clash between the two enemies, who have been engaged in a years-long shadow war, with Iran using proxy (...)
British fighter jets shot down "a number of drones" fired at Israel from Iran, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said.
The UK was one of several countries, including the US, which helped counter Iran's unprecedented attack — its first ever direct strike on (...)
In a significant escalation of tensions in the Middle East, Iran has confirmed launching a "massive" attack involving over 50 drones and missiles directed at Israel. This marks the first direct Iranian assault on Israeli territory, intensifying the (...)
Israel's prime minister is to meet top officials to prepare for a possible attack by Iran, local media say.
Tensions are high over the possibility that Tehran will retaliate for an air strike that killed senior Iranian commanders nearly two weeks (...)
President Joe Biden has promised Israel "ironclad" US support amid fears that Tehran could launch reprisals for an attack that killed senior Iranians.
Biden warned that Iran is threatening to launch a "significant attack" after Israel struck the (...)
US President Joe Biden has said that he is considering a request from Australia to drop the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
The country's parliament recently passed a measure — backed by PM Anthony Albanese — calling for the return (...)
President Biden's pressure on Israel after last week's deadly attack on aid workers did not go far enough and will fail to stem the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, according to current and former US officials who have spoken to the BBC.
They said (...)
RIYADH — The 53rd Meeting of the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC), conducted via videoconference on Wednesday, reviewed crude oil production for January and February 2024.
The Committee noted the high level of conformity with the (...)
Iran has vowed to retaliate after it accused Israel of bombing its embassy complex in Syria on Monday, in a deadly escalation of regional tensions over the war in Gaza that once again appeared to raise the risk of a wider Middle Eastern (...)
Former President Donald Trump is officially selling a patriotic copy of the Christian Bible themed to Lee Greenwood's famous song, "God Bless the USA."
"Happy Holy Week!" Trump announced on social media Tuesday, during the most solemn period of the (...)
Former US Senator and vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman has died at 82.
The cause was complications from a fall, according to a family statement obtained by CBS News.
The centrist represented the state of Connecticut in the Senate for nearly (...)
JEDDAH — On behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman received the credentials of a number of ambassadors of friendly countries accredited to the Kingdom in a ceremony held at (...)
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has fended off the threat of immediate extradition to the United States after the High Court in London said the US needed to provide more assurances.
US authorities say Assange, 52, put lives at risk by publishing (...)
RIYADH — The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) signed on Wednesday a memorandum for financial support with the Iraqi Ministry of Environment.
The memorandum is aimed at funding projects for the survey, removal and qualitative (...)
JEDDAH — Jasem Albudaiwi, secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), revealed that the GCC will vigorously pursue to get the Gulf citizens exempted from Schengen visas. "During negotiations in Brussels with the leaders of the European (...)
With the Republican primary nomination drained of much of its drama, political conversation on the right is shifting to who the clear front-runner, Donald Trump, might pick as his vice-presidential running mate.
It certainly was a topic of (...)