April 8 (Reuters) - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country supported U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to suspend attacks against Iran for two weeks but said the ceasefire does not include Lebanon, Israeli media reported on Wednesday. (Reporting by
President Donald Trump told AFP on Tuesday that the United States had won a "total and complete victory" after agreeing a two-week ceasefire deal with Iran. In a telephone call, Trump said he believed China had persuaded Iran to negotiate, and said Tehran's enriched uranium
By Christine Chen SYDNEY, April 8 (Reuters) - Australia's most decorated living soldier will remain behind bars after his legal team did not seek bail following his arrest over multiple alleged war crimes, local media reported on Wednesday. Police on Tuesday arrested and
U.S. President Donald Trump said the last-minute deal was subject to Iran's agreement to pause its blockade of oil and gas supplies through the Strait of Hormuz
Here are the latest economic events in the Middle East war: - Asia stocks soar, oil plummets - Stock markets in Japan and Korea soared early Wednesday after US President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran, with talks during the interim period mediated by
Iraq's powerful armed group Kataeb Hezbollah on Tuesday released US journalist Shelly Kittleson, a week after she was kidnapped in Baghdad, the Iranian-backed group and the United States said. Her release was announced hours before the United States and Iran agreed to a
WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - U.S Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that American journalist Shelly Kittleson has been released after recently being kidnapped by Iran-aligned Iraqi armed group Kataib Hezbollah near Baghdad. (Reporting by Ismail Shakil and
By Kristina Cooke and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - The FBI warned U.S. state and local law enforcement of an elevated threat posedby Iran's government to targets in the United States last month even as the White House sought to downplay the likelihood of an
BASRA, Iraq, April 7 (Reuters) - Protesters stormed the Kuwaiti consulate in the Iraqi city of Basra, police sources said on Tuesday, after a rocket attack fired from the direction of Kuwait killed three people. At least three people were killed and five others wounded when
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has agreed to suspend the bombing of Iran for two weeks while accepting a 14-day truce proposal from mediators in the Iran war. Trump said he spoke to leaders in Pakistan, which has
WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - A personal envoy of U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres plans to visit Iran as part of his efforts to encourage an end to the Iran war, but his travel plans will depend on security and logistics, a U.N. source said. Jean Arnault, a veteran
By Bo Erickson, Nandita Bose and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's warning to destroy Iran if it does not yield to his demands drew rebukes from around the globe and even unnerved some aides and supporters, though administration
The United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire Tuesday barely an hour before President Donald Trump's deadline to obliterate the rival country was set to expire, with Tehran to temporarily reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz. After more than a month of blistering
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was suspending bombing of Iran for two weeks but that Tehran must reopen the key Strait of Hormuz, barely an hour before his apocalyptic deadline to destroy the country was set to expire. After more than five weeks of blistering attacks
Pakistan made a last-minute proposal Tuesday to avert catastrophic US attacks on Iran, hours ahead of a deadline set by President Donald Trump who warned a "whole civilization will die tonight". The White House said it was aware and would respond to the proposal by Pakistan,
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran on the condition that Tehran agree to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump told Fox News that Iran and the U.S. were in 'heated negotiations' just hours before his 8 P.M. EST deadline for Iran expired, conditioning a halt on strikes against Iran's power infrastructure with Tehran opening the Strait of Hormuz
WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is aware of Pakistan's proposal for a two-week extension to a deadline he imposed on Iran, and a response will come, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday. "The President has been made aware of
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - The World Bank is seeking to play a constructive role in aiding Gaza's recovery from the two-year war between Israel and Palestinian militants in the territory, the bank's President Ajay Banga said on Tuesday after protesters
April 8 (Reuters) - Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday requested that U.S. President Donald Trump make a two-week extension to a deadline he imposed on Iran to end its blockade of Gulf oil. "To allow diplomacy to run its course, I earnestly request President
KYIV, April 7 (Reuters) - The Ukrainian military is participating in consultations on the Strait of Hormuz, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday, adding that Ukraine's maritime defence expertise is also of interest in Asia. Kyiv sent several hundred specialists to the
April 7 (Reuters) - Preliminary findings in a U.N. probe into the deaths of three Indonesianpeacekeepers in Lebanon last month show one was killed by an Israeli tank projectile and two others by an improvised explosive device most likely placed by Hezbollah, the U.N. said on
By Yesim Dikmen CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, April 7 (Reuters) - Pope Leo said on Tuesday that threats against the population of Iran are "unacceptable," in an unusual appeal hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said "a whole civilization will die tonight" in a social media post
The latest developments in the Middle East war: - US, Iran, Israel agree to truce - The United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire Tuesday barely an hour before President Donald Trump's deadline to obliterate the rival country was set to expire, with Tehran agreeing
In its latest update, the agency said international benchmark Brent crude is now expected to average $96 per barrel in 2026, up from $79 previously, with higher prices now expected to last through 2027.
Footage of the alleged attack shows open Hebrew prayer books scattered among the rubble of a building. The Rafi-Niya synagogue is located near Palestine Square, an epicenter of the Iranian regime's anti-Israel propaganda
BAGHDAD, April 7 (Reuters) - Iraqi armed group Kataib Hezbollah, which is aligned with Iran, said on Tuesday it would release abducted U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson, adding that she must leave Iraq immediately. Kittleson was abducted in late March in Baghdad. Middle East
PARIS, April 7 (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Tuesday that he hoped U.S. President Trump would not go ahead with his latest threats against Iran. "One does not erase a civilisation...This ultimatum is not the first that President Trump has set
By AJ Vicens April 7 (Reuters) - Iranian hacking campaigns targeting equipmentused across multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors are escalating in response to hostilities, U.S. cybersecurity, law enforcement and intelligence agencies said on Tuesday. The hackers are
Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution Tuesday on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a text already diluted to remove Gulf states' desired green light to use force to protect the key shipping lane. The draft resolution prepared by Bahrain and supported by the
Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris had been held by Iran since 2022 on spying charges, which France dismissed as unfounded. The pair were released from Evin Prison in November and have since remained at the French embassy
Shelly Kittleson, kidnapped in Baghdad last week, was said to be released by Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah militia, which had not previously claimed responsibility. Two officials said her release was exchanged for the return of six militia members detained by Iraqi authorities
BEIRUT, April 7 (Reuters) - Bombardment in southern Lebanon on Tuesday forced a convoy of humanitarian aid organized by the Vatican's embassy for a besieged Christian town to turn back, a priest in the town told Reuters. Thousands of Christians in several southern Lebanese
Donald Trump is no stranger to provocative language. But his threat to wipe out Iranian civilization and other recent menacing comments have prompted critics to question the US president's mental health. The oldest elected president in American history has ramped up his
LISBON, April 7 (Reuters) - Portugal said it had authorised 76 landings by U.S. aircraft at the Lajes air base in the Azores and 25 overflights of its territory since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, on condition they were not used to bomb civilian infrastructure.
Donald Trump's increasingly apocalyptic threats of destruction in Iran have raised concerns of just how far the US president might go militarily to bend the Islamic republic to his will. Trump announced Tuesday that "a whole civilization will die" if Iran does not heed his
At a church in the mountains outside Beirut, Raymonda Mouawad raged as she buried her brother, killed by an Israeli strike in a war against Hezbollah that he had nothing to do with. "We shouldn't be forced to bear the guilt of others' mistakes," she said, her voice filled with
US President Donald Trump has threatened to destroy Iran's power stations and bridges, but bombing electricity plants would likely spur a humanitarian crisis and fierce retaliation from Tehran, experts say. - What could be targeted? - Previous airstrikes from the United States
April 7 (Reuters) - Iran wants to charge fees for ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz as part of its proposals to end the war with Israel and the United States after blocking most traffic through the crucial energy waterway for weeks. The Strait, a strip of water only 34
The Iran-backed group claimed it has decided to free Kittleson after a week in captivity, but there has been no confirmation of her release.
Two officials confirmed to Al-Monitor that Kittleson had been released.
April 7 (Reuters) - At a vote in the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday, China and Russia vetoed a Bahraini resolution encouraging states to coordinate efforts to protect commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The 15-member Security Council voted 11 in favor of the
Flooding the internet with posts from embassies across the world, sharing Lego videos mocking Donald Trump and even maintaining live accounts in the name of its slain supreme leader -- Iran has charged headlong into the battlefield of social media. Five weeks into the war
Two French nationals were headed home from war-stricken Iran on Tuesday after spending more than three years in an Iranian prison on espionage charges, French President Emmanuel Macron said. Cecile Kohler, 41, and Jacques Paris, 72, had been under house arrest at the French
Two French nationals headed home from war-stricken Iran on Tuesday after spending more than three years in an Iranian prison on espionage charges, authorities said. Cecile Kohler, 41, and Jacques Paris, 72, were due back in France on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot
The threat comes hours before the U.S. president's deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz, as he threatens to destroy Iranian power plants and infrastructure • Iran threatened that the entire region would 'fall into complete darkness'
April 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance lashed out on Tuesday at what he called "disgraceful" interference by the European Union in an election in Hungary, as he lauded Prime Minister Viktor Orban as an ally of Donald Trump in the defence of Western civilisation.
President Donald Trump warned that "a whole civilization will die" in Iran on Tuesday if the country does not heed his ultimatum to accept US war demands. The wildly provocative statement -- the latest in a recent torrent of strident language by Trump -- prompted swift and
The vote came hours before the US deadline for Iran to reopen the global chokepoint.
The vote came hours before the US deadline for Iran to reopen the global chokepoint.