Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan to sign joint defence deal on Friday Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan are expected to sign a joint defence agreement in Jeddah on Friday, AFP reported citing sources close to the Saudi authorities. Regional powers are aiming to strengthen their security ties amid the US war on Iran. "It was under discussion for a long time but the latest developments in the region expedites it," one source said.
At least 17 soldiers, officer killed in Houthi attack in Yemen The Yemeni military said at least 17 soldiers and an officer were killed in Houthi attacks in Yemen's Marib and Hadramout. "The Joint Operations Command assures the Yemeni people that the Armed Forces, in all their formations, continue to perform their duties with full readiness and efficiency, and that this cowardly attack will not deter them from fulfilling their national mission but will only increase their resolve and determination to complete their sacred duty of restoring state institutions and imposing sovereignty over all national territory," the Yemeni military wrote in a statement.
Israeli artillery attack on town in southern Lebanon The Israeli army has fired artillery shells on the town of Hadatha in Bint Jbeil district, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported on Thursday. This comes as a new round of talks wrapped up in Rome between Israel and Lebanon for a framework agreement between the countries while Israel is escalating attacks on Lebanon.
Saudi official says it expects imminent attacks from Houthis and aligned groups A senior Saudi official told Reuters that intelligence reports indicated that Iraqi militias coordinating with Yemen's Houthis were preparing imminent attacks under the guidance of Iran's Revolutionary Guards. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the attacks could target civilian and economic infrastructure, including energy facilities, ports and airports, and that Saudi Arabia had observed drones and missiles being moved, suggesting coordinated operations from the north and south of the country. The official added that any planned attacks could be designed to "disrupt" de-escalation a diplomatic efforts in the region.
Trump denies reports of low munitions supplies again The US president Donald Trump said on Thursday that the US has “an unlimited supply” of weapons. “We’re in very good shape,” Trump told reporters in Washington, adding that “we have literally massive amounts of ammunition” from all over the world. This comes after Trump denied reports that he clashed with Defence Minister Pete Hegseth over munition supplies for the Iran war.
At least 58 people killed in Houthi attacks At least 58 people have been killed in attacks from the Houthis on Yemen's Saudi-backed forces, a military source told AFP on Thursday. Yemen's Houthis earlier said that they conducted attacks on “Saudi military deployments” in Marib and Hadramout in response to Saudi Arabia's “large military buildup” in Yemen.
Trump says he thinks war with Iran will end 'pretty soon' US President Donald Trump told reporters on Thursday that he believes the war with Iran will be over soon. "I think it's going to end pretty soon. I don't think they can go much longer," Trump said in the Oval Office in a reference to Iran.
Three Palestinians injured, one detained during Israeli settler attack east of Ramallah Three Palestinians were injured and one was detained on Thursday evening after Israeli settlers attacked a family east of the village of al-Taybeh, east of Ramallah, Wafa news has reported. Local sources told Wafa that the family has been subjected to near-daily attacks by armed Israeli settlers for nearly three years, with the assaults intensifying over the past three months.
Trump says Iran war ‘going well’, ‘extremely happy’ with Hegseth US President Donald Trump on Thursday accused the US media of spreading “Fake News” after reports that Trump and Defence Minister Pete Hegseth had clashed over concerns about missile depletion from the Iran war. In a post to Truth Social, Trump said he was “extremely happy” with Hegseth’s work and added that the war with Iran is “going very well”, including ensuring that Iran will be unable to obtain a nuclear weapon.
Several killed in explosion in Syria near Damascus Several people were killed or wounded in an explosion in the city of Jaramana, on the outskirts of Syria’s capital of Damascus, according to state TV on Thursday. A security source told the channel that the blast was caused by an explosive device planted in a minibus.
Israeli troops shoot, wound Palestinian child in Jenin Israeli forces shot a Palestinian child and assaulted another Palestinian in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, Wafa news reported on Thursday. The Palestine Red Crescent Society said its medics treated a 14-year-old boy who sustained a gunshot wound to his lower back and was transferred to a hospital for medical treatment, while another Palestinian was evacuated after being severely beaten up by Israeli troops.
Israeli drone attack reported in southern Lebanon’s Mayfadoun Israel has carried out a drone attack on Mayfadoun in southern Lebanon’s Nabatieh district, the National News Agency is reporting. No casualties were reported. This comes amid a large scale Israeli bombardment of the country on Thursday as peace talks between Israel and Lebanon in Rome are ongoing.
EU's Kallas welcomes announcement of Gaza agreement The European Union has welcomed the announcement of an agreement to permanently disarm Hamas and withdraw Israeli forces from Gaza, the EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas said on Thursday. "We call on all parties to approve and implement the agreement without delay," Kallas said in a statement.
Hamas calls on US, mediators to stop Israel ‘sabotaging’ Gaza agreement Hamas has welcomed the joint statement from several Arab countries following a meeting of foreign ministers in Amman which condemned Israel’s escalation in Gaza, saying it “underscores the gravity of the escalation and violations perpetrated by the occupying government, which threaten the future of the entire agreement”. Hamas called on the signatories, as well as the US and ceasefire mediators to prevent Israel “from sabotaging the agreement through continued killing, aggression and reneging on the obligations imposed by the ceasefire agreement”. This comes after Hamas agreed in July to a document setting out a plan for their disarmament in Gaza, in return for the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces.
Yemeni official accuses Houthis of ‘regional aggression’ Deputy Chairman of the Yemeni Consultation and Reconciliation Authority for Yemen’s Saudi-backed government Abdulmalik al-Mekhlafi condemned the Houthi attacks on government positions in Hadramout and Marib on Thursday. “This is their true project: perpetuating the war and preventing the restoration of the state,” he said in a post on X, adding that the only way to prevent further attacks is “ending the militia’s coup, restoring state institutions in the capital Sanaa,” referring to the Houthi-controlled area of Yemen.
US embassy in Yemen condemns ‘cowardly’ Houthi attacks in Hadramout and Marib The US embassy in Yemen has described Houthi attacks in Hadramout and Marib as “cowardly”, saying the attacks “represent yet another example of terrorrism against Yemeni people”. In a post on X, the US mission paid condolences to the families of “brave Yemeni soldiers killed today”. بشأن هجمات اليوم في حضرموت ومأرب.
Houthis say they carried out attacks on ‘Saudi military deployments’ Yemen’s Houthis said on Thursday that they carried out missile and drone attacks on “Saudi military deployments” in Yemen's Saudi-backed government controlled areas of Marib and Hadramout. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree accused Saudi Arabia of a “large military buildup” in Yemen and said that in response, “our armed forces conducted a large-scale and precise military operation targeting Saudi enemy troop concentrations,” which killed and wounded several soldiers. “We advise those misled and deceived among our people to leave the Saudi enemy camps and return to their homes before it is too late,” Saree said in a statement on X.
Israeli bulldozers uproot West Bank olive trees ahead of harvest season Submitted by Mojahid Nawahda on Thu, 08/06/2026 - 15:13 Palestinian farmers say groves cultivated for generations have been destroyed as restrictions and attacks intensify across the occupied West Bank Israeli bulldozer uproots olive trees in the village of Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, 20 April 2026 (Zain Jaafar/AFP) Off Israeli bulldozers destroyed scores of olive trees in Palestinian villages near Jenin on Wednesday, as part of an ongoing campaign of uprooting olive groves across the occupied West Bank. The latest operation targeted farmland in the villages of Ajjah and Zububa, near the separation barrier, weeks before Palestinian farmers were due to begin this year's olive harvest. Zaki Jaradat, head of Zububa Village Council, said Israeli forces have uprooted more than 2,950 olive trees across more than 300 dunams of agricultural land since the start of the year.
Israeli settlers attack West Bank Palestinian community, burn homes Israeli settlers attacked a small Palestinian community in the occupied West Bank, injuring people, destroying homes and smashing their power source, the military and residents said Thursday, in the latest in a spate of violent confrontations. AFP journalists in remote Khirbet al-Tuba saw buildings blackened by fire and smoke, the interiors of three homes completely burned and graffiti in Hebrew spray-painted on remaining structures. The dozen solar panels the isolated southern community relies on for power had also been smashed to render them unusable.
Eight wounded in Israeli attack on southern Lebanon's Burj Shemali as talks enter third day Eight people have been wounded in an Israeli strike on the southern Lebanese town of Burj Shemali, the country's health ministry is reporting. Earlier today, Israeli forces escalated attacks on southern Lebanon, with state media reporting a "wide-scale aggression" on the city of Tyre. MEE reported earlier that, as a result of the strikes across several areas in the city, four people were wounded and transferred to nearby hospitals.
