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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S., European and Arab mediators are pressing to keep stepped-up cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah militants from spiraling into a wider Middle East war that the world has feared for months. Iran and Israel traded threats Saturday of what Iran said would be an “obliterating” war over Hezbollah. Hopes […]
By Andrew Mills DOHA (Reuters) – Nvidia has signed a deal to deploy its artificial intelligence technology at data centres owned by Qatari telecoms group Ooredoo in five Middle Eastern countries, Ooredoo’s CEO told Reuters. The agreement marks Nvidia’s first large-scale launch in a region to which Washington has curbed the export of sophisticated U.S. […]
The U.N. Security Council on Monday adopted a U.S.-backed cease-fire plan for the Gaza Strip after Russia opted not to block it, adding extra heft to a growing international push for an end to the fighting. Fourteen of the 15 Council members voted in favor, with Russia — which has veto power — abstaining. In […]
By Jeslyn Lerh SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices steadied on Thursday after settling lower in the previous day, as signs of retreating fuel demand in the U.S., the world’s biggest oil user, contended with widening conflict risks in the key Middle East producing region. Brent crude futures inched up 18 cents, or 0.2%, to $88.20 a […]
By Nicole Jao NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices were moderately lower on Wednesday as worries over conflict in the Middle East eased and business activity in the world’s largest oil consumer slowed, however, a fall in U.S. crude oil inventories put a floor on those losses. Brent crude futures were down 27 cents, or 0.31%, […]
(Reuters) -Oil prices were little changed on Wednesday after two straight days of losses, as the deadlock in Gaza ceasefire talks renewed uncertainty about the security of supplies from the Middle East, offsetting a bigger-than-expected build in U.S. crude inventories. Brent crude futures were up marginally at $89.49 per barrel at 0330 GMT, while U.S. […]
A deadly Israeli strike on an aid convoy run by World Central Kitchen in Gaza is already setting back attempts to address a hunger crisis in the territory, with aid groups saying they are being more cautious about making deliveries and at least two suspending operations. In the wake of the attack that killed seven […]
OVER THE GAZA STRIP — Lt. Col. Jeremy Anderson tilted up the nose of his U.S. Air Force C-130 and tipped 16 pallets of emergency food aid out of the cargo bay and into the sky above northern Gaza. Thousands of miles away, off the coast of Yemen, U.S. fighter jets . . .
If there is one aspect of foreign policy that U.S. Presidents Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden share, it is this: a desire for the United States to leave the Middle East. The Biden administration’s 2022 National Security Strategy, for example, focuses on the “pacing threat” of China and otherwise emphasizes great-power competition, not […]
US News By Angelica Stabile , Fox News Published March 3, 2024, 6:08 p.m. ET An injured puppy has met her heroes. US soldiers deployed in the Middle East found Tiny Tammy lying in a pile of trash and unable to move her back legs. The soldiers recognized that she required immediate attention — but they were unable to […]