The US Navy's most advanced aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, is preparing to leave the Red Sea for repairs in Crete after a fire on board injured sailors and caused significant damage, US officials have said. It will travel to a US Navy base on the island for pierside repairs, authorities s»»»

ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned the Iranian terrorist attack targeting the Habshan gas facility and the Bab field, which was successfully intercepted by the country's air defenses with no injuries reported. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed that the»»»

Iran targeted oil and gas facilities across the Gulf on Wednesday after Israel killed the Islamic republic's intelligence chief, marking another blow to its leadership. The death of Esmail Khatib followed that of security chief Ali Larijani, which Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei -- unsee»»»

BTA will publish the names of the top-of-the-list candidates of every party/coalition for all constituencies for the April 19 parliamentary elections. The information about the candidates is provided by the respective political entity, the candidates themselves and other official sources. Kristina »»»

Iranian TV reports that rockets have been launched from Iran towards the occupied territories in response to the American-Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic. Israeli Channel 14 reports that a person was killed after a warhead fell in the Sharon region north of Tel Aviv. Israeli media r»»»

Share: Intense Israeli airstrike targets Khiam near Lebanon Israeli border (AFP) Israel has more than doubled the number of troops along its border with Lebanon since March 1 and they are searching homes in southern Lebanese villages that the military has ordered evacuated, a senior Israeli command»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The Qatar Press Centre (QPC) has strongly condemned Iran’s treacherous and ongoing escalation against Qatar, which has targeted vital infrastructure, particularly energy facilities, most recently the missile attack on Ras Laffan. This dangerous precedent belies claims that»»»

Kuwait’s State Security Service has foiled a terrorist plot targeting vital installations in the country, the Ministry of Interior said on Wednesday. In a televised statement, Brigadier General Nasser Bouslaib, spokesman for the ministry, said security forces had carried out a pre-emptive operation»»»

Abu Dhabi: The competent authorities in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi are handling two incidents of shrapnel fallout resulting from a successful interception operation against missiles that targeted the Habshan gas facility and the Bab field. Operations at the facility have been suspended and no injurie»»»

1 of 2 | Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard prepares to testify during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/UPI | License Photo March 18 (UPI) -- Dire»»»

Hezbollah Media Committee denounced on Wednesday the barbaric Israeli crime of bombing the civilians in Beirut and led to the martyrdom of Hajj Mohammad Sherri, the head of the Lebanese channel’s Political Programs Department, along with his devout and fasting wife, and the injury of several member»»»

Doha: Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered an official note on Wednesday to the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the State of Qatar stating that the State of Qatar considers both the military attaché and the security attaché at the Iranian Embassy, along with staff working in the»»»

Postal workers load up their trucks for delivery at the Sunset Post Office in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on August 22, 2020. Postmaster General David Steiner said USPS revenue has decreased along as fewer people send mail through its service. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo M»»»

The rockets that Hezbollah continues to fire, since its decision to join what it calls a support war for Iran, have surprised observers with their intensity and type, particularly in Israel. Israeli media have expressed astonishment that the group still retains such military capabilities, despite t»»»

China on Monday launched the Kuaizhou-11 Y7 carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China's Gansu Province, sending eight new satellites into preset orbits, the Xinhua News Agency reported. The mission marked the fifth flight of the Kuaizhou-11 rocket. The "Kuaizhou" se»»»

The US has destroyed resource-rich countries able to chart an autonomous political path – with Libya as a glaring example, Dr Alexis Habiyaremye, a visiting professor with the University of Johannesburg, tells Sputnik. "The US has never been interested in promoting real democracy," says Habiyaremye»»»

Damascus, March 18 (SANA) Director of the Consular Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Mohammad al-Omar, held talks on Wednesday with the Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in Damascus, Sufian al-Qudah, on ways to enhance consular services and facilitat»»»

Tartous, March 18 (SANA) – Syria’s Baniyas oil terminal has received multiple shipments of crude oil and refined products, as part of efforts to secure fuel supplies and stabilize domestic markets, the Syrian Petroleum Company said on Wednesday. The company confirmed that unloading operations are u»»»

Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin regretted calling Alex Pretti - a Minnesota resident killed by federal immigration officers in Minnesota earlier this year - a "deranged individual", he said on Wednesday. The senator's marks came as he was questioned by colleagues considering his nomination to lea»»»

Israel has stepped up targeted killings of fighters in Gaza for a fourth day in a row, zeroing in on field commanders in the military wings of Palestinian factions, particularly the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, across the north and south of the enclave. On Wednesday, the »»»

El Salvador's security minister, Gustavo Villatoro, said the pending new penalties for major crimes aim to strengthen public safety. File Photo by Miguel Lemus/EPA March 18 (UPI) -- El Salvador's Legislative Assembly has approved a constitutional reform that allows life imprisonment for people conv»»»

Iran is threatening to execute retaliatory strikes on oil and gas facilities near the Persian Gulf after Israel launched a strike on its South Pars gas field on Wednesday. File Photo by Maryam Rahmanian/UPI | License Photo March 18 (UPI) -- Iran is threatening to execute retaliatory strikes on oil »»»

Israel's military chief Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir on Wednesday criticized a recent rise in settler attacks in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, calling the violence against troops and civilians "morally and ethically unacceptable". At least six Palestinians have been killed in attacks by Israeli »»»

A woman was killed when a ski gondola crashed down a snowy mountain at Engelberg ski resort in the Swiss Alps, local officials say. Police in the central Swiss canton of Nidwalden say the gondola detached from the cable "for reasons that are still unclear" at about 11:00 (10:00 GMT) on Wednesday. E»»»

On Wednesday, the National Assembly Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs adopted at second reading a consolidated bill combining drafts aimed at amending and supplementing the Penal Code that were approved in plenary at first reading. One of the initial bills was submitted by GERB-UDF, one»»»