RIYADH — Under the patronage of Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the 82nd class of cadets celebrated their graduation at King Abdulaziz Military College.
The ceremony was attended by high-ranking officials including Vice (...)
At least 33 Ethiopian migrants — including an eight-year-old boy — have died after their boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti, officials have told the BBC.
They were among 77 people crossing the Red Sea from Yemen to Ethiopia, the UN's migration (...)
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 (...)
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, (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
The US transferred thousands of machine guns, sniper rifles, rocket launchers and hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition seized from Iran to Ukraine last week, US Central Command announced on Tuesday.
Ukraine has been suffering from shortages (...)
More than a quarter of all UK overseas aid was spent on asylum costs at home last year, new figures show.
The Foreign Office statistics reveal £4.3bn of its foreign aid budget went on supporting refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.
That represents (...)
The US transferred thousands of machine guns, sniper rifles, rocket launchers and hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition seized from Iran to Ukraine last week, US Central Command announced on Tuesday.
Ukraine has been suffering from shortages (...)
MAKKAH — In a development marking the ties between Saudi Arabia and the Federal Republic of Somalia, a joint statement was issued on Sunday at the end of Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's official visit to the Kingdom, underscoring the mutual (...)
The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Mine Action Advisor Charles Frisby and expert Javed Habibullah recently visited the headquarters of the "Masam" Landmine Clearance Project in Aden, where they met with Managing Director Osama (...)
The Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit strongly condemned the terrorist attack that took place near Moscow.
He described the attack as an act that cannot be justified under any pretext.
In a statement, Aboul Gheit expressed his deepest (...)
JEDDAH — Saudi Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman met with Yemen's Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs Dr. Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak in Jeddah on Thursday.
During the meeting, they reviewed the recent developments on (...)
The Indian Navy's rescue of a commercial ship from pirates off Somalia's coast last weekend shows how Delhi's military has developed special forces capabilities on par with some of the world's best, analysts say.
The navy rescued 17 crew members of (...)
Hope is fading for the imminent return of the international crew of the cargo ship hijacked by the Houthis in November, with a senior Filipino diplomat saying he does not expect a release until the war in Gaza is over, while the Houthis say the fate (...)
Warships from China, Russia and Iran have held live-fire exercises in a key Middle Eastern waterway this week as the three partners put on a show of force in the volatile region, according to reports in state-run media.
The drills near the Gulf of (...)
Two Filipino seafarers are among the dead after a Houthi ballistic missile struck a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden, marking the first fatal attack by the Iran-backed militant group in its ongoing assaults in the Red Sea.
At least three crew (...)
Some crew are abandoning a Barbados-flagged ship and others are reported missing after it was damaged in an apparent attack off Yemen, maritime security firm Ambrey said.
A US official told Reuters smoke was seen coming off the True Confidence and a (...)
Much more lifesaving humanitarian aid must be allowed into Gaza where one in six children is dangerously malnourished in the north of the war-torn enclave, UN health agency chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.
These are "children (...)
A Marine rapid response force is expected to leave the eastern Mediterranean Sea in the coming weeks and return to the United States, according to two defense officials, in a significant reduction of US forces in the region.
The USS Bataan (...)
The Pentagon said US and UK fighter planes have carried out strikes on 18 Houthi sites in Yemen — the fourth such joint operation by the allies.
The US said Saturday's strikes were directed against storage facilities, drones, air defense systems, (...)
A cargo ship that was struck by a Houthi ballistic missile on Monday has created an 18-mile long oil slick in the Red Sea as it continues to take on water, two US officials said Friday.
The M/V Rubymar — a Belize-flagged, UK-registered, (...)