Qatari mediators hand Iran new proposal to end the war

New Updates   3m ago Ship seen ablaze on Strait of Hormuz, British military agency says The master of a vessel on the Strait of Hormuz reported seeing another vessel on fire nine nautical miles north of Khasab, Oman, on Thursday, a monitoring agency run . The crew's status wasn't known and there was no damage assessment or report on the incident's environmental impact, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre (UKMTO) added.   PM Saudi Arabia intercepts ballistic missile fired by Houthis, officials say The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthis said on Thursday it had intercepted a ballistic missile fired 's eastern region. "Air defenses intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched ," coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki posted on X. Saudi Arabia has this month come under sustained attack from the Iran-backed Houthis, including a strike on Riyadh's international airport that was the kingdom's deadliest in years. The Houthis said this week they had targeted the Ras Tanura refinery in the oil-rich Eastern Province with a ballistic missile. Tehran has denied having anything to do with attacks 's escalation against the kingdom. Following an uneasy four-year truce, fighting reignited in Yemen in July, months into the U. S.-Iran conflict that has plunged the wider region into crisis.    PM / October 28, 2026 Hezbollah says it doesn't care who wins Israeli election Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said Wednesday the Iran-backed Lebanese movement was not concerned with the results of Israel's election, vowing to continue its "resistance" against the neighbouring country no matter who wins. The group, which once dominated political life in Lebanon, has been weakened 2023.   PM / October 28, 2026 U. K. seeks to give households "breathing space" this winter over Iran war energy price spike U. Treasury chief John Healey used his first budget Wednesday to offer households and businesses some support with energy bills this winter in the face of what he termed "global economic storms." He said that his "choice in the budget today is to give families and businesses some breathing space now," as the consequences of the Middle East conflict play out. "For families, that means higher prices at the pump, higher energy bills and higher mortgages," he said in his statement, one of the main dates of the parliamentary calendar. "For businesses, higher running costs and more expensive loans. And the impact is felt in the public finances, too." Among the measures announced was a 100-pound ($133) one-off payment this winter for 20 million lower- and middle-income households, proportionately more of whom live in the electoral battlegrounds in northern England.