ISTANBUL, July 15 (Reuters) - Turkey's ousted main opposition CHP leader said on Wednesday that preparations are under way for the possible establishment of a new political party, but any formal step would wait until after ongoing legal proceedings. In May, a Turkish court
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM, July 15 (Reuters) - Whoever wins the election in Israel later this year must rein in defence-led state spending that has grown in recent years and invest more in education, infrastructure and other growth engines, Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron
Iran reported fresh US strikes Wednesday on a port city that is home to the country's only civilian nuclear plant, as Washington reimposed a naval blockade in a return to war between the foes. It later said fresh US strikes hit the southern port city of Bushehr, home to the
Bahrain’s military said it had intercepted aerial attacks from Iran on Wednesday after warning sirens sounded in the early hours in the Gulf nation.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“The General Command of the Bahrain Defense
US President Donald Trump held a meeting in the Situation Room on Tuesday to discuss plans for a major military offensive against Iran that would be broader than the current campaign around the Strait of Hormuz, Axios reported, citing three sources familiar with the
The Israeli military said on Wednesday it had sentenced an active-duty soldier to five years in prison for sending videos of missile interceptions to an Iranian agent.The soldier sent two such videos during the 12-day war with Iran in June last year and “received payment for
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to the United States on Saturday, a senior Israeli official told Reuters on Wednesday.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Netanyahu wants to meet US President Donald Trump, but
The death toll from strikes on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday rose to two, according to the International Maritime Organization, after Iran was accused of hitting two ships in Omani waters.“We are gravely concerned by the latest attacks on shipping in and
US strikes killed seven Iranian military personnel in the country’s southeast on Wednesday, the Iranian army said, as the two countries ramped up their fighting.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.They were killed in a missile
BERLIN, July 15 (Reuters) - G7 foreign ministers and the European Union's foreign policy chief on Wednesday urged Sudan's Rapid Support Forces and allied armed groups to stop all actions that could lead to further atrocities or endanger civilians in El-Obeid. They also called
An Indian national who went missing after an attack on commercial vessel GFS Galaxy off the coast of Oman is dead, his father-in-law said on Wednesday.Heramb Karmarkar, 30, was a marine engineer on the Cyprus-flagged container ship that was attacked off the coast of Oman on
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Wednesday that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until the United States ends its “acts of aggression” while warning that other regional oil export routes could also become targets.Fighting between the United States
The United States on Tuesday expanded its sanctions targeting Iran's oil sector, taking further aim at the network of petroleum shipping magnate Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani, the Treasury Department said. It charged that the Shamkhani network remains a key force behind Iran's oil
By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR, July 15 (Reuters) - Malaysia's Immigration Department said on Wednesday that members of a "digital nomad" community run by U.S. investor Balaji Srinivasan had valid travel documents, a day after authorities announced a probe into claims that
By Enas Alashray, Tala Ramadan, Kanishka Singh and Samia Nakhoul CAIRO/WASHINGTON/BEIRUT, July 15 (Reuters) - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has threatened to close "all other export corridors that benefit the U.S. and its allies", Iranian media reported, after Iran
US forces struck Iran and reimposed a naval blockade on its ports as Tehran hit neighboring Gulf states and Jordan on Wednesday, vowing the Strait of Hormuz would stay closed “until the US ends its aggression.”The strikes came hours after US President Donald Trump backed down
President Donald Trump told Fox News on Tuesday he would expand US strikes on Iran next week to target power plants and bridges if Tehran does not make a deal.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“Next week it gets really bad for
By Florence Tan SINGAPORE, July 15 (Reuters) - The number of vessels transiting through the Strait of Hormuz ticked up on Tuesday, with most of them linked to Iranian trade, before a U.S. blockade took effect on Wednesday, shipping data showed. U.S. President Donald Trump on
July 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Tuesday it was launching more strikes against Iran. The strikes began Tuesday afternoon Eastern Time, the U.S. Central Command said in a social media post. The strikes come as the U.S. is preparing to reinstate a blockade of Iranian
Following Britain's designation, Iran has presented a unified front in which all institutions are projecting the IRGC as an integral component of national sovereignty.
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON, July 14 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakersintroduced a bipartisan bill on Tuesday to increase penalties for foreign government agents who threaten people on U.S. soil, a move aimed at countering the rise of what officials call "transnational repression"
The U.S. President said Gulf states offered 'billions and billions' in U.S. investments as an alternative, while fighting with Iran continued across the region
The U.S. President said Gulf states offered 'billions and billions' in U.S. investments as an alternative, while fighting with Iran continued across the region
US-brokered talks between Lebanon and Israel will move into a second day, a State Department official said on Tuesday. The opening talks of the latest round of negotiations were held in Rome.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The
China accused the United States at the United Nations on Tuesday of taking the Middle East to “a dangerous precipice” with its war against Iran.During a debate on Yemen’s Houthis, China’s envoy to the UN, Sun Lei, said “the US has irrefutable responsibility over the current
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday abruptly scrapped a planned 20 percent levy on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz amid clashes with Iran, saying he would instead seek compensation from Gulf allies via trade deals. That announcement caused oil prices to spike and alarmed
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, July 14 (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights chief said on Tuesday the resumption of hostilities between the United States and Iran was a significant blow to civilians in the region that risked severe disruption to the flow of food, medicines, and
Projectiles hit Iran’s Gulf island of Qeshm near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, Iran’s state broadcaster reported, citing local officials who blamed the United States.“At 19:00, a location on Qeshm Island was struck by projectiles from the American enemy,” Hormozgan
Wall Street stocks rose following strong earnings from large US banks and an unexpectedly benign inflation report that weighed on the dollar. Citigroup, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo all reported higher profits in the unofficial kickoff to second-quarter
The dollar slid Tuesday after a drop in US inflation dented expectations of an interest rate hike later this month. Earlier Tuesday, the market saw a roughly 40 percent probability of a US interest rate hike this month, but that fell to 13 percent after the CPI data was
The White House appeared to support a deadline to remove remaining American counter-ISIS troops from Iraq, but security concerns among Washington's Kurdish partners and US business firms remain.
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday condemned Iran’s latest attacks on targets in Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and vessels along the Strait of Hormuz.In a statement, the Saudi foreign ministry expressed the Kingdom’s “condemnation and rejection in the strongest terms of the targeting of
Kuwait’s military said Tuesday that one of its naval vessels was hit during an Iranian missile and drone barrage, wounding four crew.“The heinous Iranian aggression resulted in the targeting of a number of vital and civilian facilities, and the fall of shrapnel in several
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, July 14 (Reuters) - Sudan risks sliding backwards into deeper hunger as conflict, aid funding cuts and rising agricultural costs driven by disruption linked to the Iran war threaten to reverse gains made after famine took hold in parts of the
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK, July 14 (Reuters) - A key cooperating witness in the U.S. government's criminal investigation into Turkish state-run lender Halkbank's alleged role in helping Iran evade sanctions avoided prison time at his sentencing hearing on Tuesday. Reza Zarrab was
JERUSALEM, July 14 (Reuters) - Israel's security cabinet approved a budget of 1.3 billion shekels ($434 million) for establishing 34 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, right-wing Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Tuesday, adding to tensions over territory widely
The shift comes barely 24 hours after Trump declared the United States would become the "guardian" of the strategic waterway and seek compensation for protecting all cargo passing through it.
US President Donald Trump welcomed Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi to the White House on Tuesday for talks aimed at expanding US investment in Iraq and strengthening ties as Washington presses Baghdad to curb its reliance on Iran.“We love Iraq, and they’re well represented.
President Donald Trump emphasized Iraq’s “tremendous oil reserves” and possible deals with US companies.
Citing a Haaretz investigation revealing that Mossad sought to install former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran's next ruler, Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot called the government's goal of regime change in Tehran 'a mistake' at the time
July 14 (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday accused Ukraine of terrorism over its escalating attacks on shipping in the Sea of Azov, a route that handles about a quarter of its grain exports. Ukrainian drones hit 11 Russian vessels in the Sea of Azov overnight, Kyiv's drone forces
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO, July 14 (Reuters) - An Israeli strike and gunfire killed at least nine Palestinians, including a 10-year-old boy, and a senior Hamas police officer, in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Gazan health and police officials said. The deaths add to a toll of
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO, July 14 (Reuters) - An Israeli strike and gunfire killed at least 10 Palestinians, including a 10-year-old boy, and a senior Hamas police officer, in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Gazan health and police officials said. The deaths add to a toll of more
LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) - The chemical tanker Stolt Magnesium caught fire on Tuesday following the "explosion of an unidentified external device" as it was sailing in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Oman, according to its manager Stolt Tankers, the main unit of Norwegian
By Samia Nakhoul BEIRUT, July 14 (Reuters) - Having choked off shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is now signaling it could play its most dangerous card yet: using Yemen's Houthi allies to shut the Bab el-Mandeb gateway to the Red Sea, opening a new front against
Brent crude traded at $85.02 a barrel at 11:44 a.m. EDT, up 2.06% from Monday's close after reaching $87.39 earlier on Tuesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Tuesday to strike powerfully against Iran if it staged a new attack on his country.“I will say it to the leaders of Iran: Do not count on things remaining quiet if you attack us,” Netanyahu said at a conference in Dimona.For all
Israel said it was ready to move forward with plans to withdraw troops from two areas of south Lebanon, as the two countries held a new round of talks in Rome on Tuesday. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Tuesday that his country was "ready to move forward implementing
Damage caused by Ukrainian drone strikes has reduced Russia's oil refining volumes to 21-year lows, commodities data and analytics firm Kpler said on Tuesday.Russian refinery crude runs have fallen to around 3.80 million barrels per day to date, the lowest level in well over
