ALBAWABA - The Syrian Artists Syndicate/ Damascus branch announced on Sunday the death of prominent artist Ahmed Khalifa in the Syrian capital at the age of 81. The syndicate posted on its Facebook ...

The Northern Irish runner who helped carry a collapsed competitor over the finish line of the Boston marathon says the world needed a feel-good story amid pervasive negativity in the news as he ...

The move comes as a direct response to Israel’s recognition of the breakaway region of Somaliland, Yemen Press Agency reported on Wednesday. The announcement was delivered by Somalia’s ambassador to ...

Iran could retaliate against a U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz by directing its Houthi allies to disrupt another critical global shipping route, a senior Middle East analyst warned Sunday.

Yemeni fishermen sail in the waters overlooking the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait on April 5, 2026. The fragile U.S.-Iran cease-fire is being tested by reports of Tehran’s continued chokehold on the ...

Iran vowed Tuesday that a massive US attack will prompt its ally the Houthis to further try to strangle the flow of oil and goods through the region by closing the key Bab el-Mandeb strait. A senior ...

Iran has signaled a potential escalation by hinting at threats to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a key global shipping route. Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf raised questions about the volume ...

The creators of The Studio said that the second season of the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning series would acknowledge the death of Catherine O’Hara. In a new interview, Rogen and co-creator Evan ...

The Houthis have disrupted oil tanker traffic in the region before. Prolonged closers of two crucial chokepoints could send oil prices even higher and severely impact the global economy. Most ...

There is no current plan to shutter the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb, a Houthi group told POLITICO’s E&E News. A key oil shipping route in the Middle East will stay open for now, a Houthi-affiliated group ...

If you’d never heard of the Strait of Hormuz before, you probably have by now. Iran’s effective closure of the waterway, which usually carries about 20% of the world’s oil and gas, has put severe ...