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Lebanon's Aoun to present Trump with Hezbollah disarmament plan as army deploys in south
By Maya Gebeily and Tom PerryBEIRUT, July 21 (Reuters) - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday to present a plan on ho…
Lebanon's Aoun to meet Trump at White House, hoping to generate pressure on Israel
By Maya Gebeily and Tom PerryBEIRUT, July 21 (Reuters) - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday to present a plan on ho…
In Gaza, a mother's hunt for water lays bare a worsening health crisis
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dawoud Abu AlkasCAIRO/GAZA, July 21 (Reuters) - In pre-dawn darkness, Ibtisam Al-Helou leaves her tent on Gaza's seafront on a daily search for fresh wate…
US military completes its latest strikes on Iran, marking the 10th successive night of attacks
By Kanishka SinghWASHINGTON, July 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said late on Monday it finished its latest round of strikes on Iran, saying it hit Iranian military command cent…
Trump vows to help Lebanon pursue peace with Israel
US President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to help Lebanon "a lot" as its president, Joseph Aoun, sought Washington's backing for a fragile effort to disarm Hezbollah and forge a pat…
Lebanon's Aoun to meet Trump as pressure builds to disarm Hezbollah
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun is set to meet with his US counterpart Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday, as pressure builds for Beirut to disarm Hezbollah, Israel's key condit…
'All these rashes': chickenpox surges in Gaza camps
Eight-year-old Ruba Saadeh spends her days confined to the tent she shares with her family in Gaza, her body dotted with inflamed red blisters as chickenpox sweeps through overcro…
ASEAN top diplomats meet, voice 'serious concern' over Middle East hostilities
By Karen Lema and Nestor CorralesMANILA, July 21 (Reuters) - The Middle East crisis cast a shadow over a diplomatic gathering in Southeast Asia on Tuesday, where foreign ministers…
ASEAN's top diplomats meet in shadow of US-Iran conflict
By Karen LemaMANILA, July 21 (Reuters) - Tensions between the U.S. and Iran are likely to cast a shadow over a diplomatic gathering in Southeast Asia this week, injecting addition…
Israel says pilot safe zones begin in southern Lebanon
July 20 (Reuters) - The Israeli military said a pilot programfor what it calls safe zones in southern Lebanon began on Monday in cooperation with the U.S. military and the Lebanes…
US launches fresh strikes on Iran, reinforces air assets in region: What to know
After weathering five months of airstrikes, the IRGC's strategy to deny the US Air Force safe harbor at runways across the region still shows lethal progress.
Netanyahu will not be arrested in US, Trump says, as New York mayor mulls options
By Doina ChiacuJuly 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be arrested when he visits the U.S., after Ne…
US-Iran strikes: latest developments
Iran's president said his country is fighting a "full-scale war" with the United States, as Washington expanded its strikes across the Islamic republic and Tehran hit Gulf states.…
Iran's economy faces renewed pressure as ceasefire collapses
Tehran briefly regained billions in oil revenue under June's truce, raising questions about how long the Islamic Republic can withstand a fresh economic siege.
As Houthis declare Red Sea blockade on Saudi Arabia, oil markets brace for impact
The Iran-backed group said the maritime embargo on the Gulf's biggest crude exporter would be effective immediately.
Houthi blockade of Bab el-Mandeb could deepen global oil shock
The Iran-backed group said the maritime embargo on the Gulf's biggest crude exporter would be effective immediately.
US attacks deepen hardship, not dissent, in Iran's restive south
By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowallDUBAI, July 20 (Reuters) - Opposition to Iran's clerical rulers has long simmered in the country's impoverished south. But after bearing the bru…
Iran's Araghchi reveals Turkey's role in thwarting Kurdish offensive
The account offers Tehran's first public confirmation of reports that Ankara intervened to stop armed Iranian Kurdish groups from entering the conflict.
Israel to withdraw from Lebanon’s pilot zones ahead of Aoun-Trump meeting
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Sunday during the first part of his four-day visit to Washington.
Yemen's Houthis declare naval blockade against Saudi Arabia
By Nayera Abdallah and Timour AzhariDUBAI, July 20 (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, a move that threate…
Oil transfer activity in Gulf of Oman slows following ship attacks, data shows
By Jonathan SaulLONDON, July 20 (Reuters) - Oil transfers between tankers in waters outside the Strait of Hormuz have slowed following a wave of recent attacks on vessels by Irani…
Khalil al-Hayya: The Gaza negotiator who will now lead Hamas
For months, veteran Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya spearheaded the group's indirect ceasefire negotiations with arch-foe Israel in an effort to halt the war in Gaza. "Khalil al-Hayy…
US-Iran strikes: latest developments
Iran's president said his country is fighting a "full-scale war" with the United States, as Washington expanded its strikes across the Islamic republic and Tehran hit Gulf states.…
Scars of war linger on Syria's Saint Simeon monastery
Near the base of a column atop which Saint Simeon Stylites once perched, scattered stones lay bare the damage inflicted on the surrounding Byzantine monastery in northern Syria by…
Who is Hamas' new leader Khalil Al-Hayya?
By Nidal al-MughrabiJuly 20 (Reuters) - Khalil Al-Hayya, a senior Hamas official who survived an Israeli raid on Qatar in September last year and who is seen as having good ties w…
Oil tops $90 as Iran warns Hormuz 'will not be safe'
Tensions escalated further after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps vowed on Monday that not a "single drop" of oil or gas would pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
Hamas names Khalil Al-Hayya as new overall leader
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Eman AbouhassiraCAIRO, July 20 (Reuters) - Hamas has named Khalil Al-Hayya as its overall leader, according to a statement from the Palestinian militant g…
Mediators propose 10-day ceasefire to revive Iran-U.S. interim deal, senior Iranian official tells Reuters
DUBAI, July 20 (Reuters) - Mediators have passed Iran a proposal to de-escalate the war with the U.S. that would offer a 10-day ceasefire to find ways to revive an interim deal re…
Hamas names Khalil Al-Hayya as new leader, statement says
July 20 (Reuters) - Hamas has named Khalil Al-Hayya as its overall leader, according to a statement from the Palestinian militant group on Monday. Al-Hayya replaces Yahya Sinwar, …
Bulgaria to ask parliament to allow US tanker aircraft to be stationed at military base
SOFIA, July 20 (Reuters) - Bulgaria, a NATO and EU member, will seek parliamentary approval on Monday for up to eight U.S. tanker aircraft to be stationed at a military airport, P…