By STEFANIE DAZIO and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press Police in Norway were investigating an explosion early Sunday outside the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, the capital of the Scandinavian country, officials said. No injuries were reported. Police received reports of a "loud bang" or explosion ...
By ANNIKA HAMMERSCHLAG Associated Press As missiles and drones curtail energy production across the Persian Gulf, analysts warn that water, not oil, may be the resource most at risk in the energy-rich but arid region. On Sunday, Bahrain accused Iran of damaging one of its desalination ...
By JON GAMBRELL, SAM METZ, KAREEM CHEHAYEB and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran's late supreme leader, has been named his successor, Iranian state TV announced early Monday, as the war that began with his father's killing ...
By IMAD ISSEID and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press ABU FALAH, West Bank (AP) — Three Palestinians were killed in a violent clash with settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Sunday, bringing the number of Palestinians killed in recent days to six. The surge in violence comes as ...
By SERRA YEDIKARDES Associated Press KAPIKOY BORDER CROSSING, Turkey (AP) — A land crossing near eastern Turkey's Van province is one of the few routes connecting Iranians to the rest of the world amid an airspace shutdown in Iran since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Tehran over ...
By JON GAMBRELL, SAM MEDNICK and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Iran war exploded further late Saturday as pillars of flame rose above an oil storage facility in Tehran, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised "many surprises" for the ...
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli special force that landed in eastern Lebanon overnight in search of information about a navigator who has been missing for nearly 40 years did not find his remains, the Israeli military said Saturday. The operation left dozens of ...
By SAMYA KULLAB and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As the war in the Middle East strains U.S. missile stocks, Ukraine is hoping it can turn a wartime innovation — low-cost interceptors designed to shoot down Russian attack drones — into geopolitical ...
By JON GAMBRELL, SAM MEDNICK and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Lebanon's Health Ministry says Israeli airstrikes on the eastern town of Nabi Chit and nearby areas have left 41 dead and 40 wounded. The area witnessed intense clashes and airstrikes ...
By MARIAM FAM, NINIEK KARMINI and EILEEN NG Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The travel chaos from the war in the Middle East has ensnared many of the Muslims who have converged on Saudi Arabia for the Umrah pilgrimage, leaving them stranded and scrambling to find other ways ...
By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING, SAM METZ and SALLY ABOU ALJOUD Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Explosions sent up clouds of dark smoke in the Iranian capital city early Saturday, and Tehran retaliated by firing missiles at Israel as the United States warned of a ...
By SEUNG MIN KIM and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia has provided Iran with information that could help Tehran strike American warships, aircraft and other assets in the region, according to two officials familiar with U.S. intelligence on the matter. The ...
By MARK SHERMAN, LINDSAY WHITEHURT, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and MOLLY QUELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. submarine's deadly attack on an Iranian warship does not appear to have violated international or American military law, though it's not yet clear whether the sub took ...
By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An American anti-drone system proven to work against Russian drones in Ukraine will soon be sent to the Middle East to bolster U.S. defenses against Iranian drones, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Friday. While the U.S. has ...
By JULIA FRANKEL and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Satellite images, expert analysis, a U.S. official and public information released by the U.S. and Israeli militaries suggest an explosion that killed scores of Iranian students at a school was likely caused by U.S. ...
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department's decision to allow India to buy Russian oil for 30 days underscores a boost for Moscow's fortunes against the backdrop of the Iran war as Russia's oil exports help Kremlin pay for its own war on ...
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The broadening Iran war has ricocheted across the region and beyond, with nearly every country in the Middle East sustaining damage from missile hits, drone strikes or shrapnel. Many are reporting casualties, and key embassies, economic ...
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Iceland's government wants to hold a referendum in August on whether to restart membership talks with the European Union, more than a decade after getting cold feet about joining the bloc. The Cabinet approved a resolution Friday calling for an Aug. 29 vote on ...
By STELLA MARTANY Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Officials with one of the armed Kurdish Iranian dissident groups based in northern Iraq told The Associated Press that they are not planning an imminent cross-border attack on Iran but would join a ground invasion if the U.S. were to ...
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan and Canada signed a strategic agreement Friday aimed at strengthening cooperation in defense, economic and energy security as military strikes on Iran by the United States and Israel fueled concern about international oil ...