6+ hour, 34+ min ago   (466+ words) Feels like: 23.6°C23.6°F | Cloudy Israel has increased the readiness of its naval forces amid concerns over the Houthi group’s growing advances near the strategically important Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported Sunday. The daily said Israel’s security establishment…...

16+ hour, 19+ min ago   (217+ words) Feels like: 23.1°C23.1°F | Clear A meeting in Oman between Gulf countries and Iran to discuss possible agreements concerning the Strait of Hormuz has been postponed, Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi announced on Sunday. The meeting had been scheduled to take…...

20+ hour, 40+ min ago   (242+ words) Feels like: 23.6°C23.6°F | Clear Iranian caretaker Defense Minister Brigadier General Majid Ebn al-Reza has said that Tehran is fully prepared to respond to any new threats or face another round of war. Speaking on Sunday, Ebn al-Reza warned that officials…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (183+ words) Feels like: 23.6°C23.6°F | Clear Iranian state media reported that an Iranian commercial vessel was hit early Sunday near the Strait of Hormuz, killing one person. Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said they fired drones and missiles toward southern…...

19+ hour, 52+ min ago   (796+ words) Feels like: 23.6°C23.6°F | Clear More than 82,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in Yemen’s western coastal provinces since the beginning of September as fighting continues, with more than 2,000 of them crossing the sea to Djibouti, the UN International…...

23+ hour, 57+ min ago   (257+ words) Feels like: 23.3°C23.3°F | Overcast China has warned the United States that it could call off a planned leaders’ summit later this month if Washington approves new arms sales to Taiwan ahead of the meeting. According to diplomatic sources, Beijing reiterated…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (185+ words) Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had attacked a U.S. unmanned vessel in the Strait of Hormuz. In a statement broadcast by Iran’s state-run IRIB, the IRGC said its navy struck a “Saildrone type” unmanned vessel, “thwarting its aggressive mission”, Al Jazeera…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (265+ words) Israel says it destroyed Hezbollah tunnels in southern Lebanon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the Israeli military had destroyed underground Hezbollah infrastructure at the Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon. Israeli forces will remain in the area and continue…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (284+ words) U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said American forces have diverted 94 commercial vessels during the latest phase of the maritime blockade against Iran. According to a CENTCOM statement released on the evening of Monday, September 7, U.S. forces disabled three ships and boarded and inspected…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (397+ words) Military sources said Yemen’s Houthi movement had captured the strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha from Saudi-backed government forces. The capture of Mokha would bring the Iran-backed group closer to controlling the Bab al-Mandab strait, a key shipping route…...