Author: Daily Sabah With Reuters
An unfolding U.S. military campaign of strikes against Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis could last days and maybe weeks, a U.S. official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. President Donald Trump announced the start of the operation earlier on Saturday, warning the Houthi attacks against Red Sea shipping needed to stop or “hell will rain down upon you.”
Israel is prepared to continue Gaza ceasefire talks based on the mediators’ response to a U.S. proposal for the release of 11 living hostages and half of the deceased, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Saturday.
The Vatican on Sunday released the first image of Pope Francis in hospital since the 88-year-old pontiff began treatment for double pneumonia. “This morning Pope Francis concelebrated the Holy Mass in the chapel of the apartment on the tenth floor of the Gemelli Polyclinic,” the Vatican press office wrote in the photograph’s caption. Concelebration is the joint celebration by senior clerics of the service. The photo shows the bare-headed pope seated in a wheelchair, wearing a white robe and purple shawl, in front of a simple altar and crucifix on the wall.
Iraq agreed on Sunday to double electricity imports from Türkiye to 600 MW, the Iraqi state news agency reported. The move coincides with a recent decision by the U.S. administration to end a waiver that allowed Iraq to import electricity from Iran.
Israel is prepared to continue Gaza ceasefire talks based on the mediators’ response to a U.S. proposal for the release of 11 living hostages and half of the deceased, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Saturday.
Once the United States has imposed tariffs on its major trading partners it could engage in bilateral talks with countries on new trade arrangements, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday. U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to slap a 200% tariff on wine, cognac and other alcohol imports from Europe, opening a new front in a global trade war that has roiled financial markets and raised recession fears. Rubio said the United States would retaliate against nations that had imposed tariffs on it. “This is global. It’s not against Canada, it’s not against Mexico, it’s not against…
An unfolding U.S. military campaign of strikes against Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis could last days and maybe weeks, a U.S. official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. President Donald Trump announced the start of the operation earlier on Saturday, warning the Houthi attacks against Red Sea shipping needed to stop or “hell will rain down upon you.”
Pope Francis remains stable in hospital, “confirming the progress” the 88-year-old pontiff has made in the past week while battling double pneumonia, the Vatican said on Saturday. Francis, who was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on February 14, is also reducing his use of mechanical ventilation at night to help with his breathing, a statement said.
Ukrainian air defences destroyed 130 out of 178 drones launched by Russia during its latest overnight strike, Kyiv’s air force said on Saturday. It added that another 38 drones had been “locationally lost”, typically a reference to electronic jamming, and that Russian forces had also fired two ballistic missiles.
Senior diplomats from Iran, Russia and China gathered in Beijing on Friday for talks on Tehran’s nuclear issues, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported, days after Iran rejected U.S. “orders” to resume dialogue over the Iranian nuclear programme. In 2015, Iran reached a deal with the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany and agreed to limit its nuclear programme in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions. But in 2018, Donald Trump, a year into his first term at the White House, pulled out of the pact. Last week, Trump said he had sent a letter to the Iranian…