President Donald Trump’s sweeping new travel ban came into effect early Monday immediately after midnight, barring citizens from a dozen nations from entering the United States and reviving a divisive measure from his first term. The move is expected to disrupt refugee pathways and further restrict immigration as the Trump administration expands its crackdown on…
Trump says his executive order banning and restricting foreign visitors is in the interest of US ‘national security’. United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing a full travel ban on people from 12 countries and restricting the citizens of seven other countries, the White House said. The banned countries include Afghanistan,…
All eyes will be on the Gulf region this week as US President Donald Trump embarks on his first official visit abroad. But the bigger question remains: What will come out of the trip for Washington and for the capitals of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates? Trump choosing the region as his first foreign…
British and US forces participated in a joint military operation in Yemen on Tuesday, Britain’s Ministry of Defence said in a statement on Wednesday. The strike was conducted after dark, when the likelihood of any civilians being in the area was reduced, the statement said, adding that its aircraft returned safely. A US airstrike killed…
“When the Houthis stop shooting at us, we will stop shooting at them,” the official said, citing previous comments by Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth. The US military has struck more than 100 Houthi targets in Yemen since launching its bombing campaign last month, an American defense official told Al Arabiya English on Tuesday. “We have destroyed command…
US-Iran talks to be held on April 12 in Oman will be led by Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, Iran’s state media reported on Telegram on Tuesday. The talks will be held with the intermediation of Oman’s foreign minister, Badr al-Busaidi, according to the report. President Donald Trump made a…
President Donald Trump said Monday that the US and Iran were having direct talks on a nuclear deal as he sat alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. Trump said a “very high level” meeting would take place on Saturday in Oman. “We have a very big meeting, and we’ll see what can happen….
US President Donald Trump indicated on Tuesday that a colleague who worked for national security adviser Mike Waltz had been involved in adding a journalist to a secret group discussion by US officials about sensitive war plans. “What it was, we believe, is somebody that was on the line with permission, somebody that was with Mike…
The White House insisted Tuesday that no classified material was sent on a chat between senior officials about strikes on Yemen that was accidentally shared with a journalist of “The Atlantic”. President Donald Trump’s Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a post on X that “no ‘war plans’ were discussed” and “no classified material was…
President Donald Trump expressed support on Tuesday for his national security advisor, Michael Waltz, after a magazine journalist said on Monday that Waltz had accidentally included him in a discussion of highly sensitive war plans on the messaging app Signal. “Michael Waltz has learned a lesson, and he’s a good man,” Trump told NBC News…
The health ministry in Gaza said Tuesday that 792 people had been killed in the week since Israel resumed bombardments on the Palestinian territory, including 62 in the past 24 hours. The ministry said in a statement that it recorded “792 martyrs and 1,663 injuries” since strikes resumed, bringing the total death toll since the…
Houthi media in Yemen accused the United States Saturday of attacking the airport in Hodeida, the latest such claim since Washington announced heavy strikes against the militant group one week ago. Al-Masirah TV, blaming “American aggression,” said three attacks had targeted the airport in Hodeida on the Red Sea coast. Between Wednesday and Friday the…
Yemeni group warns all airlines that ‘Ben Gurion Airport is no longer safe for air traffic and will remain so until aggression on Gaza stops’ The Yemeni Houthi group reported on Saturday that it had targeted Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport with a hypersonic missile for the third time in 48 hours. In a statement, the…
Houthi media in Yemen reported strikes on the Iran-backed Houthis’ homeland of Saada on Friday, blaming “American aggression.” The group’s Al-Masirah TV cited their correspondent in Saada, in Yemen’s north, for their latest claim of strikes since the United States on Saturday said it carried out air strikes that killed several Houthi leaders, after the…
Israel’s military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen early on Thursday as hostilities with Iran-backed Houthi militants intensified. Sirens sounded in several areas in Israel after the projectile was fired, the military said. The Israeli police said sirens were heard in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Israel’s ambulance service said no serious injuries were reported….
