TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian missile fired during a training exercise in the Gulf of Oman struck a support vessel near its target, killing 19 Iranian sailors and wounding 15, Iran's state media reported on Monday, amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington. The statement significantly ...
Fifteen other sailors were injured in the incident, Iran's navy said./ warship accidentally struck another with a missile during an exercise, killing 19 sailors and wounding 15 others, Iran’s navy said on Monday./ The incident took place during training in the Gulf of Oman, a sensitive waterway ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ An Iranian navy "friendly fire" incident in which a ship was sunk has killed dozens of sailors, unofficial reports say. Local journalists said the frigate Jamaran was testing a new anti-ship missile which locked onto and hit Konarak, a ...
Israeli hostages' families demanded their release at a protest on a highway in Tel Aviv on Thursday/ Hamas has said it is committed to implementing the Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel and will continue releasing hostages as scheduled, raising hopes that a resumption of the war can be averted. ...
Many displaced Palestinians have returned to the ruins of their homes in the north/ The Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas has looked shaky since it came into force on 19 January but now looks the closest yet to totally falling apart. A senior Egyptian source told the BBC that regional ...
Hostage release "a matter of life and death," says mother of man held by Hamas/ Israel has warned Hamas it will resume its military operations in Gaza if the Palestinian armed group "does not return our hostages by Saturday," sparking fresh anxiety for people on both sides of the conflict. ...
Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered Israeli forces to amass inside and around Gaza/ There is growing concern that fighting could resume in Gaza after Israel's prime minister warned Hamas it would end the ceasefire if the Palestinian armed group "does not return our hostages by Saturday". ...
The Houthi movement controls much of north-western Yemen, including the capital Sanaa/ A World Food Programme (WFP) worker has died while in detention in Houthi-controlled northern Yemen, according to the UN agency. The WFP said the man was one of seven Yemeni staff "arbitrarily detained" by ...
Jihadist group Islamic State killed about 5,000 Yazidis and enslaved thousands more/ A Swedish woman has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for committing genocide and war crimes against the Yazidi people after she joined jihadist group Islamic State (IS) in Syria. Lina Ishaq, 52, was found ...
Shlomo Mansour's body is being held captive by Hamas in Gaza/ The Israeli military has said an elderly Israeli man was killed during Hamas's 7 October 2023 attack on southern Israel and that his body is being held hostage in Gaza. Iraq-born Shlomo Mansour, 86, was abducted by gunmen at his home ...
Imad Abdallah sits with other day labourers in a square in central Amman hoping to pick up temporary work/ Donald Trump is expected to face fierce resistance from Jordan's King Abdullah at the White House today, in their first meeting since the US president proposed moving Gaza's population to ...
Hamas freed more hostages, including Eli Sharabi, on Saturday/ just days before it is due to release the next group of hostages? In one of its official statements, released on Telegram, the group called its announcement a "warning" to Israel and said it was giving mediators "ample time to ...
Three more hostages are due to be released in the next scheduled exchange/ A spokesperson for the armed wing of Hamas says the group is postponing the next scheduled release of Israeli hostages, blaming what he said were Israeli violations of the ceasefire deal. Three hostages held in Gaza are ...