14+ min ago   (889+ words) ANKARA – The Houthi capture of Yemen’s Red Sea coastline is reshaping the balance of power in the Gulf, strengthening Iran’s hand and confronting Saudi Arabia and its neighbours with a difficult choice: absorb mounting costs or seek accommodation with Tehran....

17+ hour, 35+ min ago   (866+ words) ADEN/DUBAI – Maritime trackers received new reports of an attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, adding to concerns about Iran-related threats to global energy supplies after Saudi Arabia shut down a vital oil pipeline. The…...

16+ hour, 59+ min ago   (685+ words) BAGHDAD – Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi leaves Baghdad on Sunday for an official visit to France and Germany, seeking to strengthen bilateral ties with two major European powers and broaden Iraq’s international partnerships around economic development, investment, technology and industry....

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (767+ words) FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank looks set to raise interest rates on Thursday for the second time this year, seeking to head off an energy-driven surge in inflation triggered by the Iran war. Attacks by both sides since the end…...

4+ day, 1+ min ago   (645+ words) DAMASCUS – Syria on Wednesday condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s entry into Syrian territory, calling his visit to Mount Hermon a “provocative” violation of its sovereignty as Israel signalled it would maintain its military presence in southern Syria. Netanyahu visited…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1086+ words) WASHINGTON – When Donald Trump campaigned for a second term in the White House, he promised to be a “president of peace,‌” who would stop foreign wars, not start them. Now, a quarter-century after the September 11, 2001, attacks that triggered America’s global “war…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (584+ words) But 25 years ago, the impulse to avenge the horrors of 9/11 was instant. Fear and rage blended into high octane for war machinery. Suddenly, overwhelming public emotions were fully in sync with the psychology of a military-industrial complex set for large-scale…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1036+ words) CAIRO/WASHINGTON – Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it fired ballistic missiles at a base in Jordan used by the US military and attacked 10 ships on Wednesday, after the US said it had destroyed five Iranian oil tankers, in a sharp escalation…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1066+ words) WASHINGTON – Republican Vice President JD Vance called Abdul El-Sayed, a Muslim and a Democrat running for the US Senate in Michigan, “very, very evil” at a rally last week, accusing him of defending terrorism because of remarks he made after…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (481+ words) SEOUL – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed cooperation on security and freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz during a summit in Paris on Tuesday, but the talks did not concern troop deployment,…...