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A US F/A-18 fighter jet was lost in the Red Sea yesterday after veering off the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, marking the second such incident within about a week.

Two US officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the aircraft failed to come to a proper stop after landing on the carrier. One of them confirmed that the pilots ejected before the plane fell into the water and were rescued by a recovery helicopter.

The US Navy has not…

Hamas said one of its commanders was killed in an Israeli strike on the south Lebanon city of Sidon on Wednesday, the latest attack despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said the dawn strike killed one person.

Hamas named him as Khaled Ahmed al-Ahmed and said he was on his way to pray.

“As we mourn our heroic martyr, we pledge to God Almighty, and then to our people and our nation, to continue on the path of resistance,” the Palestinian…

A climate scientist who works as an advisor for Saudi Arabia’s NEOM megacity project has warned that its construction could alter local environments and weather patterns, amid a broader series of controversies surrounding the kingdom’s flagship project.

According to the Financial Times, Donald Wuebbles – an expert in atmospheric physics and chemistry, as well as a professor at the University of Illinois, who is a paid adviser to NEOM – told the paper that…

US President Donald Trump’s administration may deport migrants to Libya for the first time this week, three US officials said yesterday according to Reuters, as part of his immigration crackdown and despite Washington’s past condemnation of Libya’s harsh treatment of detainees.

Two of the officials said the US military could fly the migrants to the North African country today, but stressed that plans could still change.

The Pentagon referred queries to the…