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Likely missile attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels targets a ship in the Red Sea

JERUSALEM (AP) — A suspected missile attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted a ship in the Red Sea on Monday, authorities said, the latest assault in their campaign against international sh...

DATE: Apr 29, 2024 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Yemen's Houthi rebels claim downing US Reaper drone, release footage showing wreckage of aircraft

JERUSALEM (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels on Saturday claimed shooting down another of the U.S. military's MQ-9 Reaper drones, airing footage of parts that corresponded to known pieces of the u...

DATE: Apr 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Ballistic missiles fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels damage Panama-flagged oil tanker in Red Sea

JERUSALEM (AP) — Ballistic missiles fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels caused “minor damage” to a Panama-flagged oil tanker traveling through the Red Sea on Friday, authorities said. The attack ...

DATE: Apr 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

US coalition warship shoots down missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels over the Gulf of Aden

JERUSALEM (AP) — A warship — part of a U.S.-led coalition protecting shipping in the Mideast — intercepted an anti-ship ballistic missile fired over the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, the Americ...

DATE: Apr 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Satellite photos suggest Iran air defense radar struck in Isfahan during apparent Israeli attack

JERUSALEM (AP) — Satellite photos taken Monday suggest an apparent Israeli retaliatory strike targeting Iran's central city of Isfahan hit a radar system for a Russian-made air defense batte...

DATE: Apr 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Iran's supreme leader tacitly acknowledges that Tehran hit little in its attack on Israel

JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran's supreme leader on Sunday dismissed any discussion of whether Tehran's unprecedented drone-and-missile attack on Israel hit anything there, a tacit acknowledgment that...

DATE: Apr 21, 2024 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Satellite image analyzed by AP shows damage after Iranian attack on Israeli desert air base

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian attack on an Israeli desert air base last week as part of Tehran's unprecedented assault on the country damaged a taxiway, a satellite image ana...

DATE: Apr 20, 2024 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

United Arab Emirates struggles to recover after heaviest recorded rainfall ever hits desert nation

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates tried to wring itself out Thursday after the heaviest recorded rainfall ever to hit the desert nation, with its main airport allow...

DATE: Apr 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

A storm dumps record rain across the desert nation of UAE and floods Dubai's airport

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The desert nation of the United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Wednesday from the heaviest rain ever recorded there after a deluge flooded out Dubai In...

DATE: Apr 17, 2024 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Storm dumps heaviest rain ever recorded in desert nation of UAE, flooding roads and Dubai's airport

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Heavy thunderstorms lashed the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, dumping the heaviest rain ever recorded in the country in the span of hours as it flooded o...

DATE: Apr 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Analysis: Iran upends decades of shadow warfare in direct attack on Israel as tensions mount at home

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's direct attack on Israel over the weekend upended decades of its shadowy warfare by proxy, something Tehran has used to manage international repercus...

DATE: Apr 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Saudi Arabia: Hajj pilgrimage returning to pre-COVID levels

Visits fell to as low as 1,000 in 2020, down from 2.4 million in 2019

DATE: Jan 13, 2023 | CATEGORY: Faith