The viability of a U.S.-backed proposal to wind down the  8-month-long war in Gaza  was cast into doubt on Monday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would only be willing to agree to a “partial” cease-fire deal that would not end the war, comments that sparked...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A possible attack by  Yemen's Houthi rebels  on Monday targeted a ship further away from nearly all of the previous assaults they've launched in the Gulf of Aden, officials said, potentially part of a widening escalation by the group. The attack...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An aerial drone likely launched by  Yemen's Houthi rebels  struck and damaged a vessel in the Red Sea on Sunday, officials said, the latest attack by the group targeting the vital maritime corridor. The attack comes as  the U.S. has sent the...

At least four victims were killed and 120 injured in an earthquake in the Kashmar district of Razavi Khorasan province in eastern Iran, according to the official news agency, IRNA. Kashmar Governor Hojjatollah Shariatmadari said the magnitude 5 quake that struck at a depth of 6 kilometers (3.7...