18+ hour, 21+ min ago   (430+ words) WASHINGTON: Japan has canceled a regular high-level meeting with its key ally the United States after the Trump administration demanded it spend more on defense, the Financial Times reported on Friday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete…...

17+ hour, 6+ min ago   (131+ words) arabnews.jp - Houthi projectile injures two, damages mosque in Saudi Arabia’s Jazan RIYADH: Two people were injured and a mosque and several buildings were damaged after a projectile launched by Yemen’s Houthis struck Saudi Arabia’s southern Jazan region on Saturday,…...

20+ hour, 42+ min ago   (446+ words) DUBAI: Bahrain said on Saturday that it would not take part in a proposed meeting between Gulf states and Iran in Oman to discuss the Strait of Hormuz until diplomatic relations between Manama and Tehran had been restored. Citing Iranian…...

19+ hour, 33+ min ago   (246+ words) LONDON: Iran’s president and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi discussed “efforts to ease tensions” in the region during a face-to-face meeting on Saturday. Masoud Pezeshkian met with Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed Al-Nahyan at the BRICS Summit in New Delhi....

19+ hour, 37+ min ago   (1165+ words) Bandar al-Mosalam / Asharq Al-Awsat RIYADH: Trade can grind to a halt before ports close or shipping lanes are blocked. Disruption can begin elsewhere, when cargo or vessels become too costly or difficult to insure, or when markets are unable to…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (342+ words) LONDON: Gaza City’s Al-Ahli Arab Hospital suspended key medical services on Wednesday after its main power generator failed amid shortages of fuel, lubricating oil and spare parts, medical sources said. The breakdown forced the hospital to halt CT scans and…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (171+ words) SINGAPORE: Vessel transits at the Strait of Hormuz fell slightly ​on Wednesday to seven, compared with the previous day’s 12, preliminary shiptracking data showed on Thursday, with levels also lower than the 10-day average of 14. Out of these seven, ‌four vessels…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (720+ words) Venice: A new documentary from two Oscar-winning Israeli filmmakers provides damning new testimony about AI-enabled mass killings in Gaza from the men and women who took part, the directors told AFP on Thursday ahead of its premiere in Venice. Yuval…...

3+ day, 4+ min ago   (247+ words) RABAT: Campaigning for Morocco’s legislative election opened on Thursday, with the governing coalition seeking to retain power amid discontent over economic and regional inequalities. The disparities are set to be a major issue in the vote, which will be held…...

3+ day, 12+ min ago   (419+ words) DUBAI: Renewed fighting along Yemen’s Red Sea coast has put the strategic Bab Al-Mandab Strait back in focus, raising concerns over a key maritime route linking Europe and Asia. The strait is a narrow passage between Yemen and the Horn…...