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Yemen faces a new challenge amid prospects of confrontation 

23 July 2026

The conflict in Yemen has entered a new chapter with a declaration by the Houthis that they are imposing a maritime sieg...

Rebuilding Gaza to cost $71bn, must include Palestinians, report finds 

23 July 2026

Rebuilding Gaza will cost seven times more than all previous rebuilding efforts in Gaza combined in the last two decades...

Trump says Saudi nuclear pact hinges on kingdom joining Abraham Accords 

23 July 2026

United States President Donald Trump has said that a civilian nuclear cooperation deal with Saudi Arabia is “totally s...

More than 100 UK millionaires ask new PM Andy Burnham to tax them more 

23 July 2026

A group of 120 millionaires in the United Kingdom have asked the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham to increase taxes on th...

Kashmiri activist Khurram Parvez and journalist Irfan Mehraj freed on bail 

23 July 2026

Indian authorities have released prominent Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez and journalist Irfan Mehraj on ...

Has Russia helped Iran target CIA sites in the Gulf? 

23 July 2026

When US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Russian Foreign Secretary Sergey Lavrov on Thursday in Manila, on the margins...

Which Middle East nations have nuclear programmes, and how were they built? 

23 July 2026

The United States and Saudi Arabia have signed a 30-year nuclear deal that will see Washington help the Gulf kingdom dev...

Why a North Sea oilfield is emerging as British PM Burnham’s big test 

23 July 2026

In 2020, Andrea Sanchez Quiroz moved from Edinburgh to her husband’s native Shetland, an archipelago in the North Sea ...

Several killed as Ukraine, Russia trade attacks deep behind the front line 

23 July 2026

Attacks by Russia and Ukraine have killed at least eight people, including a child, with four dead in Ukraine and anothe...

EU hits Google with new $1bn fine, saying it broke digital antitrust rules 

23 July 2026

The European Union has fined Google 890 million euros ($1bn), saying the technology giant broke digital antitrust rules ...