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Yemen's Houthis complete takeover of Bab al-Mandab area: govt official to AFP
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
Yemen's Houthis seized on Friday a key Red Sea island in the middle of the Bab al-Mandab strait, completing a push to take control of a waterway crucial to Saud...
Ten Iranian fishermen stranded in UAE to return home
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
Ten Iranian fishermen who went missing in August off Iran's southern coast and were later found in the neighbouring United Arab Emirates will return home on Fri...
Iran says to discuss Hormuz with Gulf states in Oman on Monday
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
Iran's foreign ministry said the country would meet with Gulf states in Oman on Monday to discuss the strategic Strait of Hormuz, which the Islamic republic has...
Yemen's Houthis take over strait vital to global shipping
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
The Iran-backed Houthis seized control of Yemen's entire Red Sea coast and captured three strategic islands on Friday, in a lightning offensive that cemented th...
Saudi says drones launched from Iraq hit oil pipeline
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
Saudi Arabia on Friday said drones launched from Iraq hit the East-West pipeline and led to its closure.
North Korea fires projectile toward sea: South Korea
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
North Korea fired an unidentified projectile toward the Sea of Japan on Saturday, South Korea's defense ministry said.
Saudi Arabia launches two airstrikes on Mocha airport: Houthi media
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
Saudi Arabia launched two airstrikes on Friday targeting the airport of the strategic city of Mocha, now under Houthi control, according to the Iran-backed grou...
Russia threatens to point nukes at Lithuania if it hosts allies' weapons
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
Russia said on Friday it would aim its nuclear warheads at Lithuania if the Baltic state hosted any weapons from the nuclear arsenals of its NATO allies on its ...
Israel says ready for more strikes on Hezbollah after tunnel detonation
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
Israel said Friday that it was prepared for more strikes on Hezbollah after demolishing tunnels built by the Iran-backed group in southern Lebanon with a massiv...
Fenced off: Thailand builds border wall after Cambodia clashes
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
A concrete fence topped with looping barbed wire runs for a kilometre along the Thai-Cambodia border, punctuated only by marker stones erected during French col...
Houthis seize key Red Sea island, complete takeover of Bab al-Mandab area: govt official to AFP
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
Yemen's Houthis took over on Friday a Red Sea island in the middle of the Bab al-Mandeb shipping lane, completing their push to control the area, a local govern...
Yemen's Houthis take over strait vital to global shipping
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis seized a strategic Red Sea island on Friday after capturing territory along the coast, sealing their takeover of a vital shipping co...
NATO will stay 'strong' whoever wins French election: Rutte
Sep 10, 2026 (AFP)
NATO chief Mark Rutte said Thursday that the alliance would remain "strong" whoever wins next year's presidential election in member state France.
Yemen rebels report about 40 Saudi strikes in fresh attack
Sep 10, 2026 (AFP)
Yemen's Houthi rebels reported about 40 airstrikes launched by Saudi forces on Thursday in a fresh salvo following attacks by the Iran-backed group against the ...
North Korea leader salutes 'overseas' troops
Sep 10, 2026 (AFP)
Leader Kim Jong Un praised troops in "overseas military operations" during a speech marking North Korea's founding anniversary, state media reported Thursday, a...
Defiant Iran seeks to bruise Trump ahead of midterms
Sep 10, 2026 (AFP)
Iran is intensifying confrontational actions against the United States in the hope of further raising the cost of the conflict for President Donald Trump less t...
Oil prices flare as Iran tightens grip on Hormuz
Sep 10, 2026 (AFP)
Oil prices hovered above $100 a barrel on Thursday, a day after Iran said it attacked more than a dozen vessels trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
In Nebraska, US voters ready for end of Iran war
Sep 10, 2026 (AFP)
Like many voters in the central US state of Nebraska, Kristin Benson, a 39-year-old stay-at-home mother, voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential electio...
Stung by Houthi attacks, Saudi Arabia faces delicate dilemma
Sep 10, 2026 (AFP)
Attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis are hurting Saudi Arabia's oil industry and risk dragging it back to full-scale war -- something it seems desperate to av...
Uganda royal family under 'house arrest' in succession row
Sep 10, 2026 (AFP)
The mother of a Ugandan traditional king, Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, who died last month but was once the world's youngest monarch, said Thursday she w...
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