Middle-East
Syria activists: Strikes kill 3, including woman, her child
Beirut, Aug 26 (AP/UNB) — Syrian opposition activists say airstrikes targeting the country's last major rebel stronghold, the northwestern province of Idlib, have killed three civilians, including a woman and her child.
Iranian oil tanker pursued by US says it is going to Turkey
Dubai, Aug 24 (AP/UNB) — An Iranian-flagged oil tanker pursued by the U.S. amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington changed its listed destination to a port in Turkey early Saturday after Greece said it wouldn't risk its relations with America by aiding it.
India's Modi awarded UAE medal amid Kashmir crackdown
Dubai, Aug 24 (AP/UNB) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has received the United Arab Emirates' highest civilian honor during a visit to the oil-rich Gulf nation.
Yemeni government forces rout separatists from southern city
Sanaa, Aug 23 (AP/UNB) — Forces loyal to Yemen's internationally recognized government have taken full control of a key southern city after overnight clashes with separatists, Yemeni security officials said Friday.
US officials confirm Israeli strike in Iraq
Jerusalem, Aug 23 (AP/UNB) — Israel was responsible for the bombing of an Iranian weapons depot in Iraq lost month, U.S. officials have confirmed, an attack that would mark a significant escalation in Israel's years-long campaign against Iranian military entrenchment across the region.
Airstrikes target Turkish convoy in Syria, raising tensions
Damascus, Aug 20 (AP/UNB) — Airstrikes targeted a Turkish army convoy inside a rebel-held part of northwestern Syria on Monday, killing three civilians and wounding 12 others, the Turkish Defense Ministry said.
Iranian tanker sought by US heading toward Greece
Gibraltar, Aug 20 (AP/UNB) — An Iranian supertanker with $130 million worth of light crude oil that the U.S. suspects is tied to a sanctioned organization left Gibraltar and was heading east into the Mediterranean Sea on Monday, with its next destination reported to be Greece.
Gibraltar rejects US pressure to hold Iranian oil tanker
Madrid, Aug 18 (AP/UNB) — Authorities in Gibraltar on Sunday rejected the United States' latest request not to release a seized Iranian supertanker, clearing the way for the vessel to set sail after being detained last month for allegedly attempting to breach European Union sanctions on Syria.
Top Iran diplomat suggests 90-year-old Kuwait ruler is ill
Dubai, Aug 18 (AP/UNB) — Iran's foreign minister says he's praying for the "speedy recovery" of Kuwait's ruling emir, though there has been no public word on the 90-year-old ruler being ill or injured.
Yemen rebel drone attack targets remote Saudi oil field
Dubai, Aug 17 (AP/UNB) — Drones launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked a massive oil and gas field deep inside of Saudi Arabia's sprawling desert on Saturday, causing what the kingdom described as a "limited fire" in the second-such recent attack on its crucial energy industry.