The Israeli military said on Thursday it had intercepted two missiles launched from Yemen before they crossed into Israeli territory, after sirens sounded in several areas in Israel including Jerusalem. Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis have been launching missiles and drones at Israel in support
The United States has paused contributions to the World Trade Organization, three trade sources told Reuters, as US President Donald Trump's administration ramps up efforts to cut government spending. The Trump administration is retreating from global institutions it sees as at odds with his "Amer
Six foreigners were killed on Thursday when a tourist submarine sank off Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Hurghada, the local governor’s office told Reuters, without confirming the nationalities of the victims. The Russian consulate in Hurghada said the submarine, named “SINDBAD&rd
Helicopters dumped water over a burning forest in South Korea on Thursday as fire crews struggled to contain the country’s worst-ever wildfires, which have killed 27 people, forced at least 37,000 others to flee their homes and destroyed more than 300 structures. Multiple wildfires fueled by
Close to midnight on March 6, as a wave of sectarian killings began in western Syria, masked men stormed the homes of Alawite families in the capital Damascus and detained more than two dozen unarmed men, according to a dozen witnesses. Those taken from the neighbourhood of al-Qadam included a ret
