Oil prices rallied and equities mostly dropped Wednesday as traders assessed the latest developments affecting global markets as a result of the Middle East war. Crude futures fluctuated between gains of around two and six percent as the release of oil reserves by some
Five members of the soccer team accepted the asylum, offered amid concerns for their safety after having been labeled 'wartime traitors' on Iranian state television for refusing to sing the national anthem during a women's Asian Cup match
MADRID, March 11 (Reuters) - Spain government on Tuesday decided to remove its ambassador to Israel, according to the official state gazette published on Wednesday. Spain's embassy in Tel Aviv will be led by a charge d'affares, a source at the Foreign Ministry said. (Reporting
By Eli Berlzon JERUSALEM, March 11 (Reuters) - After helping to identify the remains of the last Israeli hostage in Gaza, dentist Esi Sharon-Sagie hoped her work naming the dead killed in more than two years of war was finally over. Weeks later she was called back to duty. On
By Rami Ayyub, Samia Nakhoul and Parisa Hafezi JERUSALEM/DUBAI, March 11 (Reuters) - Israeli officials in closed discussions have acknowledged there is no certainty the war against Iran will lead to a collapse of its clerical government, a senior Israeli official told Reuters,
Israel pressed its attacks across Lebanon on Wednesday, hitting an apartment building in central Beirut, in the second targeting of the heart of the capital since the Middle East war began. Lebanon was drawn into the war last week when Hezbollah attacked Israel in response to
German arms maker Rheinmetall said Wednesday the Middle East war offered new business opportunities, especially for its air defence systems, as it forecast continued strong growth this year. The conflict began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran at the end of February, triggering
By Sabine Siebold BERLIN, March 11 (Reuters) - Ukrainian military trainers will help Germany's military meet a target of being ready to defend against any Russian attack on NATO by 2029, the German army chief said, in a role reversal after years of Western troops training
DUBAI, March 11 (Reuters) - Three vessels have been hit by unknown projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, maritime security agencies and sources said on Wednesday, as one of the strikes led to a fire onboard a ship and forced most of its crew to evacuate it. The Thailand-flagged
BANGKOK, March 11 (Reuters) - Twenty crew have been rescued from a Thai ship hit by unknown projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz but three crew remain missing, Thailand's Transport Ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry said the crew had abandoned the vessel in a lifeboat and
By Angelo Amante and Giuseppe Fonte ROME, March 11 (Reuters) - Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday delivered her strongest criticism yet of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, describing it as part of a growing and dangerous trend of interventions "outside the scope of
By Pesha Magid and Ali Sawafta ABU FALAH, West Bank, March 11 (Reuters) - Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank are taking advantage of curbs on movement imposed during the war on Iran to attack Palestinians, with military roadblocks preventing ambulances reaching victims
By Samia Nakhoul DUBAI, March 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. may have pulled the trigger on the Iran war, but it is the oil-producing Gulf that will pay the price, Gulf sources and analysts say, signalling unease in ties between a region under Iranian attack and the superpower it
Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is injured but "safe and sound", the son of the president said Wednesday, offering the first official explanation for why the 56-year-old has not been seen since his appointment at the weekend. "I heard news that Mr Mojtaba Khamenei
Global airlines are grappling with the effects of the war in the Middle East, as fuel prices soar and customers reassess their travel plans. The war has sent the price of oil and gas soaring, after Iran's Revolutionary Guards vowed to choke off traffic in the Strait of Hormuz,
The severe damage to the Golestan Palace in Tehran during the Israeli strikes is raising once again the question of whether World Heritage sites can be protected during wartime
A Thai bulk carrier travelling in the crucial Strait of Hormuz was attacked Wednesday, with 20 crew members rescued so far, the Thai navy said. Photos shared by the Royal Thai Navy showed heavy black smoke billowing from the hull and superstructure of the Thai-registered
Japan and Germany said Wednesday they would tap into their oil reserves to tackle the rise in crude prices due to the Middle East war, with Berlin saying the IEA global energy body had asked member states to release 400 million barrels. France, the current chair of the Group of
The Group of Seven advanced economies inched closer Wednesday to tapping strategic oil reserves to tackle the rise in crude oil prices due to the Middle East war as energy ministers said they stood ready to take "all necessary measures". The announcement came before G7 leaders
BEIJING, March 11 (Reuters) - China "does not agree" with attacks on Gulf states and condemns all indiscriminate attacks on civilians and non-military targets, said Guo Jiakun, spokesperson at the Chinese foreign ministry, at a regular press conference on Wednesday. (Reporting
By Bo Erickson HEBRON, Kentucky, March 11 (Reuters) - Twelve days into the Iran war, U.S. President Donald Trump is refocusing on domestic issues, traveling to Kentucky on Wednesday to promote his economic plans as Republicans urge him to address rising concern over the cost of
Airlines in the Asia-Pacific region, including Qantas, Air India and Cathay Pacific, have hiked fares -- or will soon -- to factor in surging jet fuel prices spurred by war in the Mideast. The average world price of aviation fuel reached $173.91 a barrel on Monday, according to
Three vessels have been hit by unknown projectiles, maritime security agencies said on Wednesday. At least 14 ships have been attacked since the onset of the U.S.-Israeli military campaign in Iran
DUBAI, March 11 (Reuters) - Two drones came down in the vicinity of Dubai International Airport (DXB) on Wednesday, injuring four people, Dubai's media office said, as attacks on infrastructure across the Gulf continued on the 12th day of the Irancrisis, which has caused
VATICAN CITY, March 11 (Reuters) - Pope Leo on Wednesday lamented the death of numerous civilians in the ongoing Iran war and also expressed closeness to people in Lebanon, saying the country, targeted by Israeli strikes, was going through a "great trial." Leo, the first U.S.
MOSCOW, March 11 (Reuters) - Russia is constantly in touch with the Iranian leadership and willing to contribute to efforts to stabilise the region, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. "Here I can only say that we are in constant contact with the Iranian side and with the Iranian
JERUSALEM, March 11 (Reuters) - Israel's intelligence assessment is that Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was lightly wounded in the Israeli-U.S. joint air war against Iran and that is why he has not been seen in public, a senior Israeli official told Reuters.
Exhausted Afghans cross the border from Iran in a sandstorm, leaving behind a country in the grip of war to return to a homeland that is battered by conflict and humanitarian crisis. At the Islam Qala crossing point in Herat province, western Afghanistan, Talibshah, who did not
BUCHAREST, March 11 (Reuters) - Romanian President Nicusor Dan has convened the EU and NATO nation's top defence council on Wednesday to discuss whether to allow U.S. aircraft access to its military bases for support linked to its Tehran operations, political sources said. The
New attacks hit three commercial ships in the Gulf on Wednesday, with one of the vessels in flames as Iran pressed its campaign against its oil-exporting neighbours, threatening shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and plunging the global energy economy into crisis. Oil prices
Three commercial ships took fire in the Gulf on Wednesday as Iran launched strikes against its oil-exporting neighbours, threatening shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and plunging the global energy economy into crisis. Oil prices have surged and markets have see-sawed since the
By Sarah Young LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - British police said they had banned a pro-Iranian march due to take place in London on Sunday, citing the possibility of "extreme tensions" with counter-protesters and the risk posed by Tehran during the conflict in the Middle East.
SEOUL, March 11 (Reuters) - South Korea's senior presidential secretary for AI, Ha Jung-woo, said on Wednesday that artificial intelligence cooperation with the United Arab Emirates could accelerate after the Middle East conflict ends, given the UAE's need to strengthen its
BEIRUT, March 11 (Reuters) - An Israeli strike hit an apartment block in central Beirut on Wednesday, Lebanon's state news agency reported, further widening Israeli attacks in the capital beyond the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs where heavy strikes continued. Footage
SYDNEY, March 11 (Reuters) - Australia has closed its embassies in Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv as well as its consulate in Dubai, the foreign minister said on Wednesday, amid fears the conflict in the Middle East could intensify.
COLOMBO, March 11 (Reuters) - A Sri Lankan court has ordered that the bodies of 84 sailors killed in an attack on an Iranian warship off the island nation's coast last week be handed over to the embassy of Iran, local media reported on Wednesday. The warship, IRIS Dena, was hit
March 11 (Reuters) - Israeli strikes targeted an apartment building in central Beirut on Wednesday, Lebanese state media said, marking the second strike in the city in recent days. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military and no immediate reports of casualties.
Kharg Island, a scrubby stretch of land in the northern Gulf, handles almost all of Iran's crude exports and any attempt to seize it would mark a major escalation in the conflict, analysts say. The US and Israel have so far treaded carefully around the island, but an Axios
By Parisa Hafezi, Alexander Cornwell and Phil Stewart DUBAI/TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. and Israel traded air strikes with Iran's military across the Middle East as the besieged Tehran government warned its state security forces were ready with "fingers
In 12 days of fighting, the IDF has disabled about half of the Islamic Republic's ballistic missile launchers and killed thousands of security personnel – but sees no signs of the regime's collapse. Additional targets have been divided into categories in the hope of completing
The Israeli prime minister has changed the tune of absolute victory and shifted to emphasizing the Iranian people's decisive role in toppling the regime. In contrast, the government's attempt to brand the war as Houthi-style harassment is nothing less than a deception
Here are the latest events in the Middle East war: - Erdogan warning - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned: "This war must be stopped before it becomes bigger and completely engulfs the region in flames," adding that if the conflict continued "there will be more loss
WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's nominee for a senior State Department position withdrew from consideration on Tuesday after his controversial comments about Jewish people and diminishing white power stirred rare Republican opposition to the president's
The United States said Tuesday it was striking Iranian ships capable of mining the crucial Strait of Hormuz and threatened escalation if Tehran presses ahead, as the Middle East war wreaks havoc on global oil markets. Israel in the early hours Wednesday launched new waves of
The White House said Tuesday that President Donald Trump would not be "happy" if Russia is sharing intelligence with Iran during the Middle East war, but it held back any strong criticism for Moscow. The Washington Post reported on Friday that Moscow had passed sensitive
Iran unleashed a wave of attacks against Israel and Gulf nations on Wednesday, including targeting a Saudi oilfield, as reports of a proposed record release of oil reserves helped calm markets and prices. The war sparked by US-Israeli strikes on Iran has spread across the
By Renju Jose SYDNEY, March 11 (Reuters) - Australia on Wednesday granted humanitarian visas to two more members of the Iranian women's soccer team who decided to stay in the country due to fears for their safety if they returned home. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said a
Two more members of Iran's visiting women's football team have claimed asylum in Australia after they were branded "traitors" at home over a pre-match protest, the government said Wednesday. One player and one support member sought sanctuary before the side flew out of Sydney
Iranian women footballers claiming asylum in Australia evacuated from their safe house on Wednesday after one team member changed her mind and revealed their location to the Iranian embassy, Canberra said. Seven members of Iran's visiting women's football delegation had sought