By Alexander Cornwell, Trevor Hunnicutt and Yomna Ehab TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) - Iran attacked and set ablaze a fully loaded crude oil tanker off Dubai on Monday, as President Donald Trump warned the U.S. would obliterate Iran's energy plants and oil wells if it
March 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump told aides he is willing to end the military campaign against Iran even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed and leave a complex operation to reopen it for a later date, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday,
Iran has denied shooting at its neighbor, but this is not the first time Iranian missiles have entered Turkish airspace
By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - The FBI said on Monday that an attack on the largest Jewish temple in Michigan earlier this month was an "act of terrorism" inspired by Hezbollah.
The FBI said on Monday that a vehicle-ramming attack at a Michigan synagogue earlier this month was an act of terrorism "inspired" by Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. "Based on the evidence gathered to date, we assess this attack to be a Hezbollah-inspired act of terrorism
The White House on Monday defended praying for US troops engaged in the Iran war after Pope Leo XIV warned that God rejects the prayers "of those who wage war." "I don't think there is anything wrong with our military leaders or with the president calling on the American people
March 30 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pronounced his tour of Middle Eastern countries a success on Monday and said a number of security cooperation accords had been clinched or were under discussion. Zelenskiy embarked on a tour of the region to offer
Spanish daily El País first reported the move, saying the U.S. dropped plans to deploy strategic bombers to Spanish bases after talks with Madrid. PM Pedro Sánchez told parliament he rejected a U.S. request to use two bases, calling the war 'illegal'
The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon said two of its personnel were killed Monday in the second deadly incident in 24 hours in the country's south, where Israel and Hezbollah are fighting. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said two Indonesian peacekeepers
JERUSALEM, March 30 (Reuters) - Israel's parliament passed a law on Monday making the death penalty a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military court of deadly attacks, seeing through a main pledge by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right allies.
CAIRO, March 30 (Reuters) - The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said two of its members were killed in southern Lebanon on Monday after an explosion of "unknown origin" destroyed their vehicle. It said a third peacekeeper was severely wounded and another was also
BEIRUT, March 30 (Reuters) - A United Nations peacekeeper was killed in southern Lebanon overnight, prompting condemnations on Monday after a bloody weekend in which Lebanese journalists and medics were killed in Israeli strikes. The peacekeeper from Indonesia was the first
WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump would be interested in calling on Arab countries to pay for the cost of the Iran war, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Monday, adding that she thinks Trump would have more to say on the
March 30 (Reuters) - A month into its war with the United States and Israel, Iran is trying to forestall any spark of domestic unrest with arrests, executions and massive street deployments by security forces and supporters, recruiting even children to staff checkpoints. While
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - Thousands of soldiers from the U.S. Army's elite 82nd Airborne Division have started arriving in the Middle East, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday, as President Donald Trump weighs his next steps in the
The US-Israel strikes against Iran have triggered a series of retaliations and military escalation in the Middle East that have sent shockwaves through global financial markets. The conflict, now more than a month old, has disrupted trade and energy markets, with stocks around
Gulf states and Jordan are aligning more closely as Iranian attacks persist.
There's been a highly unusual flood of condemnations of settler violence against Palestinians, from rabbis to pundits to politicians. But don't confuse their statements with real cracks in Israel's iron wall of support for settlements, expulsion and annexation
Jordanian Prime Minister Jafar Hassan announced Monday that the use of air conditioning and heating equipment in ministries, government departments and public institutions will now be prohibited.
Entire neighborhoods have been destroyed, hospitals are being attacked, and more than a million people have been displaced - but international aid to Lebanon is more limited than ever, and residents are once again realizing that their situation is not being taken into account
G7 economy and finance ministers Monday said they stood ready to take "all necessary measures" to ensure the stability of the energy market as they tackled the economic consequences of war in the Middle East. The United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran in late
Trump wrote earlier Monday that Washington was in talks with A NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME,' adding that 'Great progress has been made,' after sources told the Wall Street Journal on Sunday night he was considering a ground invasion to seize Iran's uranium
According to a New York Times investigation, the U.S. used a long-range Precision Strike Missile, which disperses small lethal pellets across a wide area, in its strike early in the Iran war
ANKARA, March 30 (Reuters) - A ballistic missile launched from Iran entered Turkish airspace before being shot down by NATO air and missile defences deployed in the eastern Mediterranean, Turkey's defence ministry said on Monday. The incident marked the fourth such incident
Turkey said NATO air defenses neutralized a ballistic munition launched from Iran that entered its airspace, marking the fourth such interception since March.
Iran has targeted energy and defense infrastructure in seven Arab countries, killing a worker at a desalination plant in Kuwait. The UAE described a separate attack on a Kuwaiti army base as an 'unprovoked terrorist attack' by Iran
JERUSALEM, March 30 (Reuters) - Israel's parliament is expected on Monday to vote on a bill that would make the death penalty a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military court of killing Israelis, a measure that Israel's European allies say would unfairly target
Non-Middle Eastern energy firms have been particularly benefiting as energy flows have been choked off from the Gulf.
JERUSALEM, March 30 (Reuters) - An industrial building and a fuel tanker at Israel's Oil Refineries in the northern city of Haifa was hit by debris from an intercepted missile, Israel's Fire and Rescue Service said on Monday. It was not immediately clear whether the missile was
BERLIN, March 30 (Reuters) - Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday that Syrian refugees who found asylum in Germany had an important role to play in rebuilding their country and Berlin would help those that wanted to return. "We are working together to ensure that Syrians
PRAGUE, March 30 (Reuters) - A fifth person was detained in connection with an arson attack on an optics and drone factory in the Czech Republic, a public prosecutor said on Monday. Police said on Saturday they had detained a fourth suspect over the March 20 fire, for which a
US President Trump's latest threat came as Iran's Foreign Ministry slammed the US administration's "excessive, unrealistic and unreasonable" demands.
WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States was in talks with a "more reasonable regime" to end the war in Iran but repeated his warning to Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz or risk U.S attacks on its oil wells and power plants.
CAIRO, March 30 (Reuters) - Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi urged U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday to stop the Iran war, saying only he could do so, and warned that fears of the oil price going above $200 a barrel were not exaggerated. "I tell President Trump:
LONDON, March 30 (Reuters) - Two Chinese container ships sailed through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday at the second attempt after turning back into the Gulf on Friday, ship-tracking data showed. The vessels were sailing in close formation out of the strait and into open
Since the start of the war, US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran have killed supreme leader Ali Khamenei and a whole echelon of the political and military elite in the Islamic republic. US President Donald Trump said Sunday that the war had achieved "regime change" and that "we're
BEIRUT, March 30 (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday its ambassador to Lebanon would remain in his post in Beirut, defying the Lebanese Foreign Ministry, which has declared him persona non grata and told him to leave. With war raging in Lebanon between Hezbollah and Israel, the
BRUSSELS, March 30 (Reuters) - European Council President Antonio Costa said he had held a 'good call' with Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif regarding the war in Iran. "Good call today with the Prime Minister of Pakistan @CMShehbaz Sharif to hear his assessment on the
By Stelios Misinas and Renee Maltezou ATHENS, March 30 (Reuters) - Abdulaziz Aldarwish decided to take drastic action after his son Yahia's young kidneys failed. The Syrian construction worker could not afford the 1,200 euros ($1,380) per month needed for dialysis treatment
Iran on Monday hanged two men who were members of a banned opposition group and described by rights groups as political prisoners, as Tehran keeps up executions against the background of the war against the US and Israel. Akbar Daneshvarkar, 60, and Mohammad Taghavi-Sangdehi,
In a conference to 'de-escalate' the Iran war, four regional powers are building a new military-strategic partnership for mutual defense. Israel has long dreamed of such an 'Arab NATO,' but most of these countries believe Israel initiated a war that has brought destruction to
PRISTINA, March 30 (Reuters) - Kosovo on Monday approved sending troops to Gaza for an international security force as part of a U.S.-backed initiative after last year's ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Several nations including Indonesia, Morocco, Kazakhstan and Albania
Iran confirmed on Monday that an Israeli strike had killed the commander of the naval force of the Revolutionary Guards, who Israel had said was responsible for the blocking of the Strait of Hormuz. A statement carried by the Guards' Sepah News website said Alireza Tangsiri
The U.S. president is conditioning the end of the war on Iran giving up its uranium, and is considering seizing it by force, WSJ cited officials as saying. Such an operation would rank among the most challenging operations Trump has ordered, former U.S. military officials said
KABUL, March 30 (Reuters) - Afghanistan and Pakistan have traded heavy fire, both sides said, days after they announced a temporary pause in fighting, escalating tensions in the volatile region as Islamabad prepares to host talks between the U.S. and Iran. The border clashes
SYDNEY, March 30 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday said he wanted more certainty from U.S. President Donald Trump on the objectives of the ongoing war in Iran. "I want to see more certainty in what the objectives of the war are and I want to see a
Economic agreements with Tehran and close ties with the U.S. did not help the Gulf states, whose soft underbelly – energy infrastructure – suffered heavy blows during the war. But it's hard to believe in their efforts to build a regional deterrence coalition against Iran, both
More than 1,000 people of Iranian descent gathered in the US capital on Sunday to voice support for the war, riding on calls to bring back Iran's exiled crown prince who has emerged as a figure of intense interest. Reza Pahlavi, the US-based son of Iran's last shah who was
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Asif Shahzad, Alexander Cornwell and Sabrina Valle WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD, March 30 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said the U.S. and Iran have been meeting "directly and indirectly" and that Iran's new leaders have been "very reasonable", as more U.S
Ministers from the G7 will hold talks on Monday to unpack the economic consequences of the war in the Middle East, the French government said, as oil and gas prices continue to soar. The United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran in late February and Tehran has hit back