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Israeli president pardons soldier who killed incapacitated Palestinian attacker
Sep 19, 2026 (AFP)
Israel's President granted a pardon Saturday to a former soldier who gunned down a Palestinian attacker in 2016 after he had already been incapacitated by troop...
Black smoke, flames rising near Riyadh airport: residents to AFP
Sep 19, 2026 (AFP)
Black smoke and flames rose near Riyadh's international airport on Saturday, after Saudi authorities -- fighting an escalating conflict with Yemen's Houthis -- ...
Robotics event shines light on Iranian girls' tech ambitions
Sep 19, 2026 (AFP)
In a hall adorned with Quranic verses and usually reserved for prayers, Iranian teenage girls watched the robots they designed play football, at an event showca...
US approves potential $2.7 bn air defense sale to Ukraine
Sep 19, 2026 (AFP)
The United States approved a potential $2.68 billion sale of air defense equipment to Ukraine on Friday, after Kyiv made repeated pleas for support to fend off ...
US approves potential $2.7 bn air defense sale to Ukraine
Sep 19, 2026 (AFP)
The United States approved a potential $2.68 billion sale of air defense equipment to Ukraine on Friday, after Kyiv made repeated pleas for support to fend off ...
Black smoke, flames rising near Riyadh airport: residents to AFP
Sep 19, 2026 (AFP)
Black smoke and flames rose near Riyadh's international airport on Saturday, as a flight tracking website reported cancellations and delays at the hub, hours af...
Black smoke, flames seen near Riyadh airport: residents to AFP
Sep 19, 2026 (AFP)
Two residents of the Saudi capital saw black smoke and flames emanating from an area near Riyadh's international airport on Saturday, while other people in the ...
Luxembourg probes drone sightings that halted airport operations
Sep 19, 2026 (AFP)
Luxembourg's authorities were investigating drone sightings that forced the temporary suspension of operations at the nation's main airport overnight, Prime Min...
Saudi capital issues first air raid alert since renewed fighting in Yemen
Sep 19, 2026 (AFP)
Saudi authorities issued their first air raid alert in the capital since fighting returned to neighbouring Yemen, leaving residents of Riyadh rattled after they...
Yemen's Mocha gripped by fear after Houthi takeover
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
Life has ground to a halt for locals in Yemen's Mocha since Houthi fighters seized the strategic Red Sea port city last week, with shops closed, schools deserte...
Colombia peace court likens proposed budget cut to 'strangulation'
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
Colombia's special peace tribunal on Friday accused President Abelardo de la Espriella's right-wing government of "economic strangulation" following a proposal ...
Israeli, Lebanese armies face off in village after Israel advances
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
Israel's military moved forward on Friday in a south Lebanon village, facing off against a Lebanese army position and detonating stun grenades, Lebanon's army a...
Syria arrests five former officers over Assad-era airstrikes
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
Syrian security forces said on Friday they had arrested five former air force officers accused of involvement in airstrikes on civilians during the rule of oust...
Bab al-Mandab traffic disrupted, especially Saudi shipments
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
Saudi exports through the Bab al-Mandab Strait are continuing to suffer, with weekly traffic since the start of August at under a third of this year's seven-day...
Fighting uproots 112,000 in Yemen, thousands flee to Djibouti: UN
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
Renewed fighting in Yemen has displaced more than 112,000 people and pushed nearly 3,000 others to flee across the Red Sea to Djibouti, the United Nations said ...
Search for Indonesia ferry victims moves into 'salvage operation': navy
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesian authorities were preparing on Friday to right a capsized passenger ferry that went down in the Java Sea last week, a navy official said, with more th...
Iran says struck oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Friday they struck an oil tanker sailing under the Togolese flag in the Strait of Hormuz, state news agency IRNA reported.
Germany receives first F-35 warplane at ceremony in US
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
Germany on Friday received the first of nearly three dozen F-35 stealth warplanes it ordered four years ago, the aircraft's US manufacturer said.
EU Red Sea naval mission 'raises alert level' over Houthi threat
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
The European Union said Friday that its naval mission escorting ships through the Red Sea has raised its alert level, as the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen threat...
Israeli, Lebanese armies face off in village after Israel advances
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
Israel's military moved forward on Friday in a south Lebanon village, facing off against a Lebanese army position after deploying tanks and detonating stun gren...
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