By Jonathan Spicer, Iain Withers and Marc Jones ANKARA/LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - Canada is aiming to co-announce around 10 founding nations for a global defence bank at next week's NATO summit in Turkey, the lead Canadian negotiator told Reuters on Thursday. Canadian Prime
BEIRUT, July 2 (Reuters) - A bomb blast at a crowded cafe in central Damascus killed at least five people and wounded 16 others on Thursday, Syrian state media reported. Syrian state TV said a bomb had been planted at the cafe, which is near the Palace of Justice in the centre
Iran and the United States concluded a round of indirect talks in Doha, mediators said Thursday, as they kept up efforts to advance negotiations and lower tensions following recent exchanges of fire. In June, Washington and Tehran agreed a memorandum of understanding, brokered
A bomb blast at a cafe in Damascus on Thursday killed six people and wounded 22, authorities said, in the latest challenge for Syria's Islamist leaders as they seek to stabilise the country after more than a decade of war. The bombing -- the deadliest since a suicide attack on
Syrian authorities have yet to identify a perpetrator in relation to the incident, and armed groups opposing the transitional government did not immediately take credit.
Syrian authorities have yet to identify a perpetrator in relation to the incident, and armed groups opposing the transitional government did not immediately take credit.
By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowall DUBAI, July 2 - Iran's ruling clerics are preparing days of mass funeral rites for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a show of public devotion to the Islamic Republic and proof that its revolutionary fervor still burns strong. Iran's supreme leader
Iran warned the U.S. and Israel against any new attack as it prepares for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral, vowing a swift and harsh response while tightening security and imposing temporary airspace restrictions
NEW DELHI, July 2 (Reuters) - India said on Thursday that its deputy foreign minister and a state governor would represent the country at the state funeral of Iran's former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Governor of Bihar, Syed Ata Hasnain, and deputy foreign minister
July 2 (Reuters) - The European Union pledged an additional €18 million in economic support for Armenia on Thursday and liberalised some export rules for its goods as Brussels seeks to shore up support for the South Caucasus country amid Russian trade pressure. Moscow imposed
BEIRUT, July 2 (Reuters) - Syria's foreign minister said during a visit to Beirut on Thursday that Syria was open to meeting the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah "if interests require it", Lebanon's state news agency reported. Asaad al-Shibani met Lebanese government
DUBAI, July 2 (Reuters) - An Iranian military commander warned the United States and Israel on Thursday against any attack on Iran as it prepares for the state funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in airstrikes on the first day of the war.
Israel on Thursday marked the 1,000th day since Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack with calls for a state commission of inquiry into the unprecedented assault that triggered the war in Gaza. A series of sombre commemorations are due to be held across the country, as well as
Israelis called on Thursday for a state commission of inquiry into Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack, as the country marked 1,000 days since the deadliest event in its history, which triggered the war in Gaza. A series of sombre commemorations were being held across the country,
BEIJING, July 2 (Reuters) - Senior Chinese lawmaker He Wei will attend the funeral of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, the Chinese foreign ministry announced on Thursday. The event He is attending will be on July 3, a ministry spokesperson told a
Iran's disappointed World Cup squad returned to a much warmer welcome at Tehran airport on Wednesday than they experienced on arrival in the US for their three group games. "Iran, Iran!" a crowd of several hundred children, their parents and devoted fans chanted in unison. Some
Mediated by Qatar and Pakistan, the talks come as Trump says Iran's denuclearization is 'moving along well' and Tehran warns it will respond 'immediately and powerfully' to threats
July 1 (Reuters) - NATO is set to announce at next week's Ankara summit that its European members have filled almost all the gaps left by the United States in the alliance's defence plans, a NATO source told Reuters on Wednesday. The main gap NATO is still struggling to plug is