US, Morocco and Israel Agree to Upgrade Embassies, Restore Direct Flights By The Media Line Staff The United States, Morocco and Israel have agreed to deepen diplomatic and economic ties, with Morocco and Israel moving to upgrade their diplomatic missions to full embassies, exchange ambassadors…
Aoun, King Abdullah To Join Macron for Paris Talks on Post-UNIFIL Security By The Media Line Staff Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Jordan’s King Abdullah II are set to join French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris Thursday for talks aimed at strengthening the Lebanese Armed…
India Pushes for Bigger BRICS Role, Avoids Breaking US Ties The outcome allowed India to present BRICS not as a vehicle for replacing one hegemon with another, but as a forum in which states that disagree on security can still coordinate around economic and institutional…
IDF Chief Reportedly Declares ‘Hamas Is Defeated’; Rafah Brigade Commander Killed By The Media Line Staff Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir reportedly told Israel’s political leadership that “Hamas has been defeated,” while the IDF announced Wednesday that it and…
US, Houthis Hold Oman Talks as Group Pledges Not to Target American, Israeli Ships By The Media Line Staff US officials met with a Houthi delegation in Oman over the weekend, where the Iran-backed terrorist group said it would refrain from attacking American targets and…
WASHINGTON (AP) — About six weeks ago, Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh announced that a divided central bank was keeping its key interest rate unchanged. But on Wednesday, the Fed’s rate-setting committee unanimously agreed to a rate hike, and nearly all policymakers signaled that a…
CAIRO (AP) — It’s been a week since Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels stormed down the Red Sea coast, extending their reach to a key maritime chokepoint and threatening Saudi Arabia’s oil exports. The Houthis’ biggest land grab in years reignited Yemen’s 12-year civil war and…
CAIRO (AP) — Debris from an intercepted Houthi drone has killed a Yemeni resident of Saudi Arabia, the Saudi civil defense said Thursday. It is the first civilian casualty since the Iran-backed rebels have increased their attacks against the kingdom, targeting Saudi shipping and oil…
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Trinidad and Tobago ended a lengthy state of emergency on Thursday with authorities on alert for a possible surge in violence as activists and lawyers decried the mass arrests stemming from the measure. The state of emergency allowed the government to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has approved visas for top Iranian officials, including the president and foreign minister, to attend next week’s U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting in New York even as the two countries are locked in a stalemated war. The State Department…
