Mena Today

The Shiite militia had been preparing since November 2024. Everything else was smoke and mirrors.

Neutralizing Iran could make crude oil much cheaper because the threat posed by Tehran imposed a "terror premium" that inflated global oil prices for decades, a top White House adviser said in a report to be released on Monday.

Istvan Hollo, a 76-year-old supporter of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, spends up to an hour daily on Facebook promoting the right-wing leader's messages to bolster his chances in an April 12 parliamentary election.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz declared Monday that the "limited" ground operation launched in South Lebanon will continue "until Hezbollah no longer poses a threat to the residents of northern Israel" - drawing a direct parallel with Israel's military campaign in Gaza.

Israel said on Monday it has detailed plans for at least three more weeks of war as its military pounded sites across Iran overnight, while Iranian drone attacks temporarily shut Dubai airport and hit a key oil facility in the United Arab Emirates.

Drive through the main arteries of South Lebanon today and the landscape tells a story that Beirut's government would rather not acknowledge: this is not Lebanon. This is Hezbollah's territory — and it looks like an Iranian province.

The Israeli military said on Monday it had destroyed a plane used by Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at Tehran's Mehrabad airport overnight.

Oil loading operations have resumed at the United Arab Emirates port of Fujairah, two sources told Reuters on Monday, after it was halted earlier following a drone attack that triggered a fire in the emirate's petroleum industrial zone.

For many years, the Western economy has viewed the Middle East as a small part of its overall economy.

All EU informal councils will be held as planned in Cyprus between April and June, Cyprus Energy Minister Michael Damianos said on Monday.

Dubai's international airport was gradually resuming flights on Monday after a fuel tank fire caused by a drone attack forced a temporary suspension, spotlighting the challenge for regional carriers grappling with the Middle East crisis.

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced Sunday it had come under fire on three separate occasions while Blue Helmet troops were conducting patrols around their bases in Yater, Qalaouiye (Bint Jbeil) and Deir Kifa (Tyre).