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Iranian drone strikes warehouse in Kuwait

📡 BBC NewsMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 6♥ 0💬 0

Verified video shows an Iranian drone hitting a warehouse in Kuwait

What is cyclospora? Diarrhoea symptoms, foods linked to US outbreak

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 2♥ 0💬 0

Cyclospora cases are rising across the US. Here's what to know about symptoms, spread, treatment and prevention.

More than 500 feared dead after reports of boats capsizing off Myanmar

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 2♥ 0💬 0

The IOM and UNHCR say two boats carrying mostly Rohingya passengers departed Rakhine State in late June.

Vance says some in Israeli government sought to sway US on Iran deal

📡 Al-MonitorMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 0♥ 0💬 0

JERUSALEM, July 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance said some members of the Israeli government had tried to influence U.S. public opinion to oppose a deal by the U.S. to …

Trump hails release of US citizen held in Iran as 'goodwill' gesture

📡 Al-MonitorMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 2♥ 0💬 0

July 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has called the release of a U.S. citizen held in Iran a "gesture of goodwill", even as conflict raged for a fifth night across the …

Photos: Messi’s Argentina stun England to reach World Cup final vs Spain

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

Messi inspires Argentina’s dramatic late comeback win over England to reach final against Spain.

Decades of denial: Death certificate for disappeared reopens Kashmir wounds

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 1♥ 0💬 0

After years of searching and court battles, a judge declares what Junaid Rashid already believed: His father was dead.

Yemen is edging closer to renewed confrontation

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

The Iranian aircraft incident has exposed a fragile calm that may not survive a wider regional escalation.

FIFA World Cup final: Date, time, halftime show, prediction and Trump

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

From Donald Trump's attendance to the match winner, the short guide before football’s global showpiece in New Jersey.

Why Italy’s Genoa bridge collapse led to one of its biggest criminal trials

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 2♥ 0💬 0

Eight years after 43 people were killed, judges rule in the first trial over the Genoa bridge collapse.

Iran, US step up attacks, though release of American may signal path to climbdown

📡 Al-MonitorMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 2♥ 0💬 0

By Nayera Abdallah, Jana Choukeir and Eman AbouhassiraDUBAI, July 16 (Reuters) - Iran and the United States exchanged intensified fire on Thursday in a week-long escalation that h…

Iran, US escalate in Gulf but release of American signals path to climb down

📡 Al-MonitorMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 1♥ 0💬 0

By Nayera Abdallah and Jana ChoukeirDUBAI, July 16 (Reuters) - Iran and the United States exchanged intensified fire on Thursday in a week-long escalation that has all but torn up…

Iran warns Strait of Hormuz is a 'red line' and will resist until the end

📡 Al-MonitorMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 2♥ 0💬 0

By Jana Choukeir and Nayera AbdallahDUBAI, July 16 (Reuters) - Iran said on Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz was an inviolable "red line", warning that if U.S. President Donald …

Vance says Epstein had connections to US, Israeli intelligence

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

The US vice president says Epstein 'seemed' to be connected to elements of the 'Israeli deep state'.

US releases video of strikes on Iran

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

US releases video of strikes on Iran

US strikes Iran, tanker, as Tehran hits Kuwait, Jordan: What’s the latest

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

Strikes have hit closer to Tehran for the first time since the latest wave of attacks started.

Greece pins hopes on heat-seeking satellites to predict wildfires

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

The country, which suffers each summer, builds an arsenal of high-tech surveillance to help pre-position firefighters.

US launches new attacks on Iran as Tehran targets Gulf sites

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 2♥ 0💬 0

Iran's Health Ministry has said at least 35 people have been killed and more than 300 injured since fighting resumed.

‘Escaping Beijing’: Why some young Chinese are quitting the capital

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 1♥ 0💬 0

A slowing economy and rising prices are making it harder for young Chinese to thrive in the city.

Pete Hegseth says US military to start testosterone screening for over 30s

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

US Defense Secretary says plan is 'about restoring and optimising ... natural capabilities' of troops.

Iran targets military bases as US launches wave of strikes

📡 BBC NewsMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 1♥ 0💬 0

Explosions were heard across Iran overnight, shortly after neighbouring Gulf states began to report attacks.

US strikes expand to northern Iran as Tehran fires on Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan – Middle East crisis live

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 7♥ 0💬 0

Iran reports explosions in several cities including capital while US military says it also hit and disabled tanker in strait of Hormuz US attacks oil tanker in strait of Hormuz as…

India ask its seafarers not to take Hormuz voyages

📡 Al-MonitorMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 8♥ 0💬 0

NEW DELHI, July 16 (Reuters) - India has ordered shipowners, ship managers and recruitment companies not to deploy the country's seafarers on vessels undertaking trips through the…

New Delhi tells shipowners not to deploy Indian seafarers on Hormuz routes

📡 Al-MonitorMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

NEW DELHI, July 16 (Reuters) - India has ordered shipowners, ship managers and recruitment companies not to deploy the country's seafarers on vessels undertaking trips through the…

US-Iran strikes: latest developments

📡 Al-MonitorMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

The United States struck Iran and Tehran hit back at US allies in the Gulf, as the foes battled over the vital Strait of Hormuz in the renewed Middle East war. Hormuz to stay shut…

Trump’s intelligence chief nominee won’t say Biden won 2020 election

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 2♥ 0💬 0

US President Trump’s nominee for top intel official, Jay Clayton, evaded directly stating that Biden won 2020 election

UK proposes voluntary overnight social media curfew for older teens

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 2♥ 0💬 0

Latest government measure aimed at curbing digital harm comes after under-16 social media ban announced last month.

Argentina’s Falklands banner sparks controversy at World Cup

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

Argentina players held up a banner declaring ‘Las Malvinas son Argentinas’ after beating England.

Moroccan intelligence insider reveals widespread use of Pegasus hacking software

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

Whistleblower suggests internal security services deployed spyware from 2017 against key domestic and foreign targetsA former member of Morocco’s domestic intelligence service has…

Former US Ambassador says Iran miscalculated Trump’s resolve

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 16, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

Nightly strikes between the US and Iran have been the heaviest since the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement.