By James Mackenzie BERLIN, March 2 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces a delicate task on Tuesday when he visits Washington for a meeting with President Donald Trump, now overshadowed by the U.S.-Israeli attack that killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at
By Francois Murphy VIENNA, March 2 (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog has no indication Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran have hit any nuclear facilities, its chief Rafael Grossi told the agency's Board of Governors on Monday, moments before Iran's envoy said one was targeted
PARIS, March 2 (Reuters) - France is ready to help Gulf countries targeted by Iranian retaliatory strikes, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Monday, adding that the Israeli and U.S. initial strikes against Iran should have been debated beforehand at the United Nations.
In the best case for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Tehran weakens Iran and gives rise to a Sunni axis that bolsters Riyadh; in the worst, oil fields burn and Saudi legitimacy erodes across the Arab world
MOSCOW, March 2 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia was in constant contact with the Iranian leadership about what it called the "outright aggression" against Tehran and was deeply disappointed by how events had unfolded. Russian President Vladimir Putin on
March 2 (Reuters) - Qatar has intercepted Iranian attacks that targeted civilian infrastructure, including the international airport, the Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson told CNN on Monday, adding that such attacks could not remain unanswered. Majed Al Ansari also said
The IDF intercepted missiles and drones launched from Lebanon, and said it attacked Hezbollah operatives in retaliation ■ Lebanese PM Salam condemned strikes against Israel as 'irresponsible and suspicious' ■ Lebanon's Health Ministry said 31 were killed and 149 wounded in
By Katya Golubkova, Yuka Obayashi and Nidhi Verma TOKYO/NEW DELHI, March 2 (Reuters) - The widening Iranian conflict is disrupting oil flows to several Asian countries as vessels are bottled up within the Middle East Gulf and crude and transport costs are rising, industry
After an Iranian-made Shahed drone struck a British air base in Cyprus Monday morning, the Cypriot president said he wishes to clarify the country 'does not participate in any way and does not intend to be part of any military operation.' The strike caused limited damage and no
By Heejin Kim and Sebin Choi SEOUL, March 2 (Reuters) - U.S. and Israeli military strikes on Iran will reinforce the nuclear ambitions of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, say experts and former officials, as attention focuses on whether he might return to negotiations with
NICOSIA, March 2 (Reuters) - Britain's Royal Air Force base Akrotiri in Cyprus was hit by a suspected drone strike overnight, causing limited damage and no casualties, Cypriot authorities and the UK's Ministry of Defence said.
March 2 (Reuters) - Kuwait intercepted hostile drones on Monday, the third consecutive day of Iranian retaliatory strikes on neighbouring Gulf states in response to U.S. and Israeli attacks on the Islamic Republic. No injuries were reported after Kuwait air defenses intercepted
By Phil Stewart and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) - Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff on Sunday that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack U.S. forces first, two people familiar with
By Rami Ayyub, Alexander Cornwell, Nayera Abdallah, Maha El Dahan and Laila Bassam JERUSALEM/TEL AVIV/DUBAI/BEIRUT, March 2 (Reuters) - Israel launched new air strikes targeting Tehran and expanded its military campaign to include attacks on Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in
Hunkered down at his luxury Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, US President Donald Trump kept an unusually low profile after announcing the start of huge military strikes on Iran. Trump eschewed the grand Oval Office addresses to the nation favored by his predecessors to announce
Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed at least 31 people on Monday, authorities said, following rocket fire from Tehran-backed militant group Hezbollah after the killing of Iran's supreme leader. Israel's military vowed to intensify its attacks on the country and make Hezbollah pay
Israeli forces launched strikes on Lebanon including the capital Beirut on Monday, the military said, after Tehran-backed militant group Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran's supreme leader. An AFP journalist heard several loud explosions in
By Gram Slattery and Erin Banco March 1 (Reuters) - Following the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday, many senior U.S. officials remain skeptical that the U.S. and Israeli military operation against the Islamic Republic will lead to a regime
In the long run, the people who may well succeed him are the fanatic extremists of the Revolutionary Guards, which doesn't concern itself with theological issues, but invests all its efforts in a murderous fight against Israel, the West and Sunni Arab countries
By Laila Bassam, Yomna Ehab and Nayera Abdallah March 2 (Reuters) - Israeli military said on Monday it was striking targets of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militants across Lebanon, after the group launched missiles and drones towards Israel in retaliation for the killing of
By Renju Jose SYDNEY, March 2 (Reuters) - Australia said on Monday it would not take part in any military operations in Iran, ruling out deploying troops to the Middle East if the conflict escalates, as Israel launched fresh strikes on Tehran and Iran responded with more
President Donald Trump vowed Sunday to avenge the first US deaths in the war he launched to topple Iran's cleric-run state, which fired missiles across the Middle East even as the headquarters of its elite Revolutionary Guards was reduced to rubble. Trump said he was planning
The United States hit hundreds of targets across Iran, and Israel expanded its bombing to Lebanon on Monday as President Donald Trump vowed to avenge the first US deaths in the war he launched to topple Tehran's ruling clerics. Iranian forces fired missiles and drones across
Israel bombarded Lebanon on Monday, expanding conflict across the region after the massive Israel-US attack on Iran that President Donald Trump launched to topple Tehran's ruling clerics. Israeli forces pounded targets across Lebanon including Beirut, after Hezbollah, the
MOSCOW, March 1 - About 500 Russian nationals are readying for evacuation from Iran via Azerbaijan, the Russian embassy in Baku said on Sunday. "We would like to express our gratitude to the Azerbaijani side for their assistance, including for the prompt consideration of issues
March 1 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday that his country has accepted a U.S. request to use British bases for defensive strikes against Iranian missiles in storage depots or launchers. "The United States has requested permission to use British
The gunman who killed two people and wounded 14 overnight in Austin, the capital of the US state of Texas, had expressed "pro-Iranian regime sentiment" on social media, the SITE Intelligence Group said Sunday. The organization, which monitors jihadist groups, identified the
Maersk, the major container shipping company, said Sunday it was halting passage through the Suez Canal and the narrow Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf, next to Iran, for "safety" reasons. The Danish group was the latest of several shipping groups to make similar announcements
France, Germany and the UK said Sunday they were ready to defend their interests and those of its allies in the Gulf if necessary by taking "defensive action" against Iran. The three countries' leaders were "appalled by the indiscriminate and disproportionate missile attacks
WASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Sunday that combat operations in Iran were continuing and would carry on until all of Washington's objectives are achieved. Trump confirmed in a video posted on Truth Social that three U.S. service members
As news of Iran's supreme leader's death spread, reactions ranged from public celebrations to vows of vengeance. The fallout has laid bare deep regional divides over Iran's role and growing unease about Israel's expanding military reach
March 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump suggested the conflict with Iran could go on for the next four weeks, the Daily Mail newspaper reported on Sunday. "It's always been a four-week process. We figured it will be four weeks or so. It's always been about a four-week
The EU warned Sunday against a prolonged war in the Middle East, saying further escalation could threaten Europe and beyond, as it urged Iran to refrain from indiscriminate retaliation after US-Israeli strikes. Foreign ministers from the bloc's 27 nations -- most of which are
March 1 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that the changes in Iran brought about by U.S. and Israeli strikes should be "used properly" to benefit the country's people who had withstood violence from their authorities. Zelenskiy, speaking in his
By Lili Bayer and Andrew Gray BRUSSELS, March 1 (Reuters) - The European Union's 27 nations on Sunday called for "maximum restraint" and full respect for international law in the Iran conflict, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said. "We call for maximum restraint, protection
Dubai has been transformed into a major global economic hub through diversification in sectors such as transportation, finance and tourism, to reduce its dependency on fossil fuels. The emirate, along with several Middle Eastern cities such as Doha and Manama, was hit on Sunday
On a US late-night television show Saturday, the host played a clip from 2011 of a businessman warning that president Barack Obama "will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate." That businessman was Donald Trump. Fast-forward 15 years and Trump,
Iranians inside the country and abroad celebrated Khamenei's death, toppling statues, waving flags and holding demonstrations despite internet blackouts
IDF officials have said that one of the war's central objectives is to damage Iran's missile systems and launchers. Iran has managed to restore offensive capabilities following the 12-day war and even increase its missile production rate
By Samia Nakhoul, Parisa Hafezi and Emily Rose DUBAI, March 1 (Reuters) - The assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has plunged the Islamic Republic into its most perilous crisis since the 1979 revolution - confronting it with war on its own territory,
By Doina Chiacu March 1 (Reuters) - The United States has yet to spell out a "day-after" strategy for Iran following joint U.S.-Israeli strikes that killed much of the country's leadership, lawmakers from both major political parties said on Sunday.
DUBAI, March 1 (Reuters) - Israeli strikes hit a hospital in Tehran’s Gandhi Street area, two witnesses told Reuters on Sunday, saying the hospital was badly damaged and patients were being taken out. (Reporting by Parisa HafeziEditing by Peter Graff)
The killing of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the ongoing US-Israeli bombing campaign have ushered in a period of uncertainty for the country's leadership. At the beginning of the air campaign, US President Donald Trump urged Iranians to seize power once it
At least 17 people were killed Sunday across Pakistan as protesters outraged over the death of Iran's supreme leader took to the streets, with some attempting to storm US diplomatic buildings. In the Pakistani megacity of Karachi, an AFP journalist witnessed hundreds of
Ilana Malka doesn't know if her three great-nephews are alive after an Iranian missile struck a shelter in her city of Beit Shemesh, in central Israel, leaving a crater in the ground and a void in the community. The building that housed the shelter was blown to bits by the hit,
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that the U.S. military was sinking Iran's Navy, having destroyed nine Iranian warships so far and "going after the rest." Trump made the announcement in a social media
The US military on Sunday said three service members have been killed and five seriously wounded in the war against Iran -- the first casualties announced on the US side. The news, which could have serious political ramifications in Washington, came as President Donald Trump
BERLIN, March 1 (Reuters) - Israel has flown its official government aircraft to Germany and parked it for safety at Berlin's airport, German government sources said, after U.S. and Israeli strikes killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and plunged the region into
ATHENS, March 1 (Reuters) - More than a thousand demonstrators marched to the U.S. and Israeli embassies in Athens on Sunday to protest against strikes in Iran. Demonstrators mainly affiliated to the Greek Communist Party held banners and placards reading "Hands off Iran" and