1+ hour, 34+ min ago  (869+ words) By Parisa Hafezi and Angus Mc Dowall DUBAI, July 8 " Control over the Strait of Hormuz has become a "golden weapon" to Iran, for which it is willing to risk new escalations with the United States, and is a bigger priority…...

23+ hour, 49+ min ago  (302+ words) ANKARA, July 7 (Reuters) " Five NATO members are projected to meet the alliance's goal of spending 3. 5% of gross domestic product on core defence already "in 2026, according to updated NATO data published on "Tuesday ahead of a leaders' summit in Ankara, which…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (850+ words) LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) " NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will insist at this week's alliance summit that member states are keeping their promise to boost defence spending. Yet progress has been uneven and the push is already stretching some national budgets....

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (752+ words) By Jana Choukeir and Khalil Ashawi TYRE, Lebanon, July 6 (Reuters) " On a beachfront in the coastal city of Tyre, war has finally abated just enough for children to play in the waves and families to gather under parasols as life…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (674+ words) July 6 (Reuters) " FIFA suspended United States striker Folarin Balogun's automatic red-card ban on Sunday, clearing him to face Belgium in Monday's World Cup last-16 clash after U. S. President Donald Trump called on FIFA President Gianni Infantino to review the decision. Following…...

3+ day, 15+ min ago  (516+ words) JERUSALEM, July 5 (Reuters) " Israeli cabinet members on Sunday voted to defy a Supreme Court decision regarding the country's broadcast regulator raising concerns of a constitutional crisis. This is the first time Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has flouted a Supreme…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (90+ words) French President Macron to visit Syria, Syrian presidency says WKZO French President Macron to visit Syria, Syrian presidency says July 5 (Reuters) " French President Emmanuel Macron "will visit Syria to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral "relations "and issues "of mutual interest,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (260+ words) JERUSALEM, June 29 (Reuters) " The Israeli military killed three Palestinians, including a child, in an air strike on central Gaza on Monday, according "to the health ministry in the devastated "territory, despite a ceasefire that has officially been in effect since…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (567+ words) BEIRUT, June 29 (Reuters) " Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a key ally of Hezbollah, on Monday slammed a U. S. -brokered agreement between Lebanon and Israel, warning it could lead to attempts to divide Lebanese and said it would not be implemented. In…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (763+ words) By Jihed Abidellaoui, Khalil Ashawi and Emilie Madi TYRE/BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 28 (Reuters) " A crown was blown off an ancient column'in a UNESCO-listed site in Lebanon's port city of Tyre. A pilgrimage site for Muslims and Christians alike was destroyed…...