Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel strikes Beirut southern suburb ahead of crucial Washington talks
BEIRUT | Israel’s air force carried out an airstrike on a southern suburb of the capital, Beirut, Thursday afternoon, the Israeli military said, further straining a fragile ceasefire a day ahead of crucial negotiations in Washington. The strike hit an apartment building but it was not immediately clear who might have been targeted. Videos from […]
Trump says Iran ‘negotiating on fumes,’ insists that midterm elections won’t impact his war strategy
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump asserted on Wednesday that Iran is “negotiating on fumes” and insisted November’s midterm elections won’t factor in shaping his approach to the nearly three-month-old conflict that’s spurred unease across the global economy. Speaking at the start of a Cabinet meeting at a precarious moment for talks aimed at ending the […]
US says ‘slight progress’ in Iran talks amid uncertainty about whether war will resume
TEL AVIV, Israel | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday there was “slight progress” during talks with Iran amid uncertainty about whether a deal will be reached or war will resume. He spoke days after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was holding off on a military strike against the Islamic Republic because […]
Israeli troops intercept flotilla boats trying to breach the blockade of Gaza
ANKARA, Turkey | Israel’s navy intercepted an activist flotilla in waters off of Cyprus on Monday, halting the group’s latest effort to challenge a blockade of Gaza. More than 50 vessels departed from the port in Marmaris, Turkey, last week in what the organizers of the Global Sumud Flotilla described as the final leg of […]
Drone attack on UAE nuclear facility sparks regional tensions
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | A drone strike sparked a fire on the edge of the United Arab Emirates’ sole nuclear power plant on Sunday in what authorities called an “unprovoked terrorist attack.” No one was blamed, but it highlighted the risk of renewed war as the United States and Iran signaled they were ready […]
Palestinians in Gaza mark anniversary of 1948 mass expulsion and say today’s catastrophe is worse
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip | Blink and you might miss the few stone walls that are all that’s left of the village that Yusuf Abu Hamam’s family was forced to flee when he was an infant in 1948. The village, al-Joura, was demolished by the Israeli military at the time. It has since vanished under […]
Tensions flare near Strait of Hormuz as a ship is seized and another is sunk
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | A ship anchored off the United Arab Emirates was seized and taken toward Iran and another — a cargo ship near Oman — sank after being attacked, authorities said Thursday, as tensions escalated near the Strait of Hormuz. It wasn’t immediately clear who was behind these incidents, but they happened […]
UAE denies Netanyahu secretly visited the country during the Iran war
JERUSALEM | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quietly visited the United Arab Emirates during the Israeli-U.S. war with Iran, his office said Wednesday. The UAE later denied any secret visit had occurred. Netanyahu met with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in a gathering that “resulted in a historic breakthrough in relations between […]
Ship is reported seized off the coast of the UAE and is heading toward Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | A ship anchored off the east coast of the United Arab Emirates has been seized and is heading toward Iranian waters, the British military said Thursday. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said it received reports that the vessel was taken by unauthorized personnel while anchored 38 nautical miles […]
Trump says Iran ceasefire is on ‘life support’ and proposes gas tax pause as strait stays closed
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said the Iran ceasefire is on “life support” after rejecting Tehran’s latest proposal, which officials said included some nuclear concessions. Trump also proposed suspending the federal gas tax to help with higher fuel prices caused by the war. The stalled diplomacy and recent exchanges […]