Middle East

Hamas criticizes Muhammad Mustafa's appointment as new PA Prime Minister

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has replaced former prime minister Mohammed Shtayyeh, who resigned in February along with his government.

Syrian Arab News Agency: IDF struck targets near Damascus and in southern Syria

Since the October 7 massacres, Israel has started a campaign of airstrikes aimed at rolling back Iran's presence in Syria, attacking both Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps and Hezbollah

Houthis launch attacks; US destroys drones in Yemen

Yemeni Houthis attacked a ship early Sunday in the Gulf of Aden, and the US military shot down one Houthi drone over the Red Sea in a separate incident

Houthis threaten to attack ships in Indian Ocean as well

From now on, the Houthis won't let Israel-linked ships pass through the Indian Ocean toward the Cape of Good Hope

PA President Mahmoud Abbas appoints economic adviser Muhammad Mustafa as next PA premier

PA is expected to form a technocratic government in the West Bank, which will be better prepared to return to governing Gaza after Israel's war against Hamas concludes

PA President Mahmoud Abbas to appoint economic adviser Muhammad Mustafa as prime minister

Mustafa was widely tipped to become the Prime Minister of Palestine following the resignation of Mohammad Shtayyeh in February

CENTCOM: 4 UAVs and surface-to-air missile destroyed in Yemen

Centcom forces successfully targeted and destroyed four unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and one surface-to-air missile within Yemen.