The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the escalating conflict in Yemen is taking a “devastating toll,” with nearly 1,000 people killed, more than 4,200 injured and almost 198,000 displaced since the latest escalation. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the worsening violence is unfolding alongside outbreaks of cholera and measles, placing additional pressure...
The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen says it has destroyed a weapons depot in the country’s northwest that was reportedly storing 20 ballistic missiles. According to the coalition, the facility was located in Saada province, a stronghold of Yemen’s Houthi movement. The operation was carried out as part of ongoing efforts to target what the...
Pakistan’s Information Ministry has rejected a Reuters report about the Makkah defence pact, describing parts of the report as speculative and saying it should not be treated as an official interpretation of the agreement. The ministry said the defence agreement between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia should be understood according to its actual text and the...
An Israeli military operation targeting a senior Hamas figure in Gaza may have failed, according to Israeli media reports. The reports said the Israeli military carried out a strike in an attempt to eliminate a senior Hamas leader, but there was no immediate confirmation that the target had been killed. Israeli officials have not publicly...
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is set to travel to Riyadh to attend a meeting of the committee established under the Saudi Arabia-Türkiye Strategic Defence Agreement, according to reports. The meeting in the Saudi capital is expected to focus on strengthening defence and security cooperation between the two countries. Fidan’s visit comes as Saudi Arabia...
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has welcomed the completion of the US military withdrawal from Iraq, describing it as a “historic victory” and saying it could mark the beginning of a broader American withdrawal from West Asia. In a statement, the IRGC said the departure reflected what it described as the Iraqi people’s determination...
Qatar is set to present the United States with new ideas discussed with Iran on how to meet Tehran’s conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said. Speaking to reporters in New York, Araghchi said he had held further discussions with Qatari mediators on possible ways to implement Iran’s conditions....
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the United Nations General Assembly has drawn strong reactions from officials and political figures, following a speech in which he defended Israel’s actions and criticised several governments and public figures. Dozens of delegates walked out of the UN General Assembly hall as Netanyahu began speaking on September 24....
TEHRAN: Iran has announced that a temporary transit corridor agreed with Oman in the Strait of Hormuz will be seven miles wide, while stressing that the arrangement does not mean the strategic waterway has been fully reopened. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said the agreed route would allow commercial vessels to pass through a...