Pope Leo XIV is set to mark Easter Sunday for the first time as pontiff, with the Middle East war casting a pall over the most important date in the Christian calendar. The US-born pope, who has emerged as a leading voice against the war, will hold mass in St Peter's Square
A Pentagon AI program called Project Maven is at the center of the US strikes against Iran and potentially one of the most consequential transformations of modern warfare. - What is it? - Project Maven is the Pentagon's flagship artificial intelligence program, launched in 2017
With Trump's deadline set to expire, the U.S. is preparing for action on Iran, Israel's influence over Washington is waning and Iran has its own targets, too. Meanwhile, a quagmire with no exit strategy is emerging in Lebanon
By Ismail Shakil WASHINGTON, April 4 (Reuters) - Satellite imaging firm Planet Labs said on Saturday it will indefinitely withhold visuals of Iran and the region of conflict in the Middle East to comply with a request from the U.S. government. California-based Planet Labs
By Enas Alashray and Phil Stewart CAIRO/WASHINGTON, April 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel on Saturday stepped up pressure on Iran to open the strategic Strait of Hormuz or face attacks on its energy infrastructure, while Iranian and U.S. forces searched for
The president reiterated his deadline for Iran to allow ships through the crucial shipping strait, saying that 'time is running out.' Meanwhile, the search continues for an American pilot who was shot down over Iran on Friday
By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY, April 4 (Reuters) - Pope Leo led the world's Catholics into Easter at a Saturday night vigil Mass in St. Peter's Basilica and urged people not to feel numbed by the scope of the conflicts raging across the world but to work for peace. Leo, who
PRAGUE, April 4 (Reuters) - Authorities detained two more people in connection with the arson attack on a Czech optics and drone factory last month, Czech police and a public prosecutor's office said on Saturday. A previously unknown pro-Palestinian activist group has claimed
Bushehr nuclear power plant, Iran's only operational civilian nuclear facility, was built by Russia and officially handed over in September 2013, after decades of twists, turns and delays linked to Iran's turbulent history. The facility, located in the south of the country and
The Middle East war "presents a serious risk to Africa", the African Union and the African Development Bank (AfDB) said in a report seen by AFP Saturday. The conflict threatens to increase the cost of living and curtail growth on the continent, the report warned. The Middle
MOSCOW, April 4 (Reuters) - Russia's state nuclear company Rosatom evacuated a further 198 of its staff from Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant on Saturday, Russian news agencies reported. Rosatom has been evacuating staff from the plant since the Iran war broke out at the end
While the search-and-rescue efforts for the second serviceman from the downed American fighter jet are ongoing, Iranian state media said another attack plane had been struck and called on residents to turn in any 'enemy pilots'
WARSAW, April 4 (Reuters) - The European Union should end sanctions on Russian oil and gas imports, take steps to restore Druzhba oil flows and end the war in Ukraine to fight against the energy crisis stemming from the war in Iran, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on
17 people were arrested after police removed protesters despite a High Court ruling permitting a rally in Tel Aviv's Habima Square with over 600 protesters, citing Iranian missile threats • Hundreds protested simultaneously in Haifa and Jerusalem
Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed at least two girls and wounded 40 people on Saturday, Lebanon's health ministry said, while the Israeli military announced the death of another soldier in battle. Israel has carried out strikes across Lebanon and launched a ground
The Israeli military said on Saturday it would strike an area near the main crossing between Syria and Lebanon, urging residents to evacuate immediately as it continued its attacks across Lebanon. Israel has carried out strikes across Lebanon and launched a ground invasion in
Israel's military renewed its strikes on the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on Saturday after issuing evacuation warnings, following attacks on nearby buildings that damaged a hospital in the city. Israel has carried out strikes across Lebanon and launched a ground invasion in
The Israeli military said on Saturday it would strike an area near the main crossing between Syria and Lebanon, urging residents to evacuate immediately as it continued its attacks across Lebanon. Israel has carried out strikes across Lebanon and launched a ground invasion in
Israel's military issued an evacuation warning for several neighbourhoods in and around Tyre in south Lebanon Saturday, after the health ministry reported a hospital damaged in strikes on nearby buildings. "Urgent warning to the residents of the city of Tyre... Hezbollah's
The carrier joins the American airline Delta and the Canadian carrier Air Canada, which are scheduled to return to Israel in early September
KYIV, April 4 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has arrived in Istanbul for talks with Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan, Zelenskiy's spokesman said on Saturday. The spokesman also told reporters that Zelenskiy would meet Patriarch Bartholomew, the most senior
By Nandita Bose, Jana Winter, Gram Slattery and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, April 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is considering a broader cabinet shake-up in the wake of Attorney General Pam Bondi's removal this week, as he grows increasingly frustrated with the
A blast hit a pro-Israeli centre in the Netherlands causing minimal damage and no injuries, police said Saturday, as the targeted group pointed to a spate of similar incidents across Europe. A police spokeswoman told AFP no one was inside the site run by Christians for Israel,
The price of diesel fuel has rocketed by more than 30 percent across Europe since the start of the Middle East war highlighting the continent's dependence on imported energy and the lingering prominence of diesel on the car market. The Easter holiday weekend across Europe is
April 4 (Reuters) - Iraq closed its southern Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran after airstrikes on the Iranian side killed an Iraqi citizen, security sources told Reuters on Saturday. The sources gave no further details on the incident. (Reporting by Ahmed Rasheed;Editing by
The latest developments in the Middle East war: - Iran strikes on Kuwait - Kuwait's military said its air defences were working Sunday to intercept missiles and drones, as Tehran continued its campaign in the Gulf in response to US-Israeli strikes. An Iranian drone attack had
LONDON, April 3 (Reuters) - British prosecutors said on Friday they had charged three men in connection with an arson attack last month on Jewish community ambulances in north London. The ambulances were set on fire on March 23 in what British Prime Minister Keir Starmer
By Phil Stewart and Enas Alashray WASHINGTON/CAIRO, April 4 (Reuters) - Iran's forces were hunting on Saturday for a missing U.S. pilot from one of two warplanes downed over Iran and the Gulf, officials from both sides said, while two airmen were rescued. The incidents show the
President Donald Trump said Saturday that Tehran had 48 hours left to cut a deal or face "all Hell", as US and Iranian forces scrambled to find a downed American airman. Trump's latest threat came after a strike near an Iranian nuclear power plant prompted evacuations, and as
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Tehran had 48 hours left to cut a deal or face "all Hell", as US and Iranian forces scrambled to find a downed American airman. Trump's latest threat came after a strike near an Iranian nuclear power plant prompted evacuations, and
US-Israeli strikes hit an area near Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant on Saturday, prompting its foreign minister to warn that the effects of any fallout would be felt most keenly by the country's Gulf neighbours. The strikes came as the search continued for a missing US
Iranian and American forces raced each other Saturday to recover a crew member from the first US fighter jet to go down inside Iran since the start of the war. Tehran said it had shot down the F-15 warplane and US media reported United States special forces had rescued one of
Iran launched missiles and drones at Israel and Kuwait early Sunday, a day after President Donald Trump said the Islamic republic had 48 hours to cut a deal or face "all Hell". Kuwait and Israel said their air defences were responding to the latest attacks from Iran, part of