'I am going to call Bibi right now and tell him not to retaliate,' Trump told Axios. 'The Iranian strikes didn't hurt anybody,' urging Tehran to 'get back to the table and make a deal'
IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said that the army will 'strike the enemy with determination as soon as the order is given.' An adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei said that Tehran had repeatedly warned it would not tolerate attacks on Lebanon. 'Tonight, the aggressors
YEREVAN, June 8 (Reuters) - Early results from a small number of polling stations showed Armenia's ruling Civil Contract party leading in a parliamentary election with 57.14% of the vote, according to data from Armenia's electoral commission broadcast on public TV. The data,
Iran's national football team was greeted Sunday in Mexico by a small group of supporters eager to give them a warm start to the World Cup, despite visa problems facing some staffers. "I'm very excited to see them," said Sadegh Galavi as he watched the players' bus leave the
By Eman Abouhassira June 7 (Reuters) - Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said on Sunday that regional governments were "not in a position to demand reparations", responding to what he said were reports that the U.S. could use Iranian assets to compensate regional
Turkey's Interior Minister, who served as a regional governor until recently, said he asked god to grant him 'governorship of Jerusalem, even if for a single day.' An Israeli source told Haaretz he was attempting to outflank Erdoğan from the right
JERUSALEM, June 7 (Reuters) - Israel's military said on Sunday its police criminal investigation unit was investigating the killing of a Palestinian infant by an Israeli soldier in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The military has acknowledged that seven-month-old Sam Fahd Abu
When the image of a group of black-clad settlers driving into the West Bank town of Huwara to attack Palestinians circulated over the weekend, many Israelis saw a visual parallel to the Hamas attack of October 7. Was the resemblance intentional? Are there different tiers of
Airlines expect to carry more passengers this year but earn only half as much profit as in 2025, as high fuel prices don't appear to be fully deterring travel, according to projections published Sunday. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) predicted its 370 member
DUBAI, June 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. naval blockade of Iran and its green light on Sunday for Israel to escalate attacks in Lebanon make U.S. bases and Israeli assets in the Middle East legitimate targets, Iran's top negotiator said in a post on X. The comments from Iran's
The United States said it shot down a pair of Iranian drones threatening the Strait of Hormuz, as the Middle East war reached its 100th day on Sunday with no end in sight. The milestone came as mediator Pakistan delivered a message to Iran's supreme leader following weeks of
Israel's military struck Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday, hitting apartments in two buildings after saying it had intercepted rockets launched by Hezbollah into Israeli territory. The Lebanese health ministry said the attack in the capital killed two people and wounded 20
Israel's military struck Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday, hitting two apartments in two buildings, after saying it had intercepted two projectiles launched by Hezbollah into Israeli territory. Israel and Hezbollah regularly exchange fire but the area on the south of the
Air raid sirens sounded in Israel on Sunday as its military worked to intercept barrages of incoming Iranian missiles for the first time since an April ceasefire took hold in the Middle East war. The Israeli army reported the attack just hours after Tehran had threatened to
Iran threatened to retaliate against the United States and Israel for fresh strikes in Beirut on Sunday, further dampening hopes for a lasting peace as the Middle East war reached its 100th day. Efforts to turn a ceasefire into a settlement have repeatedly stalled, while the
Iran threatened to retaliate against the United States and Israel for a fresh attack on Beirut on Sunday, further dampening hopes for a lasting peace as the Middle East war reached its 100th day. Efforts to turn a ceasefire into a settlement have repeatedly stalled, while the
Air raid sirens sounded in Israel on Sunday as its military said it intercepted incoming Iranian missiles, the first such barrage since an April ceasefire took hold in the Middle East war. Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards called the attack a "warning" after Israel struck
By Emily Green TIJUANA, June 7 (Reuters) - Iran’s national soccer team arrived in Tijuana early on Sunday ahead of three World Cup matches in the United States, amid tensions that have turned the world’s biggest sporting event into a soft-power contest between the warring
WASHINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said in a recent interview with NBC News’ "Meet the Press" that he would not unfreeze Iranian assets or lift any sanctions before a peace deal is reached. Trump said he would consider those steps after an agreement is
PARIS/VIENNA, June 7 (Reuters) - A draft resolution the United States has prepared and sent to other countries on the U.N. nuclear watchdog's board ahead of a meeting this week demands Iran provide "precise information" on its bombed nuclear sites and enriched uranium stocks.
PARIS, June 7 (Reuters) - Israeli settlers could face further sanctions in coming days in protest at the escalation of illegal settlements in the West Bank and a surge in violence by settlers against Palestinians, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Sunday. The
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO, June 7 (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike on a Hamas-led police station in the Gaza Strip killed five Palestinians and wounded at least 16 others on Sunday, health officials said, as mediators began new efforts to salvage a fragile U.S.-brokered
JERUSALEM, June 7 (Reuters) - A 35-year-old man was killed and five others injured in a series of shootings on Sunday in central Israel near the occupied West Bank that police described as a suspected terror attack. A police spokesperson said the suspected gunman, an Israeli
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) - Fourteen weeks after President Donald Trump ordered an attack on Iran, the U.S. military is adjusting to an unusual state of conflict that is not full-scale war, but also far from peace. On ships and bases in the Middle East, U.S.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not issued a public statement regarding the killing of seven-month-old Sam Fahed Abu Haykal in Hebron on Friday, nor the settler and soldier attack in Huwara the following day
The U.S. Treasury Secretary has directed a team to assess damage costs inflicted on Gulf allies by Iran, a source told Reuters. On Friday, an adviser to Iran's supreme leader told CNN that a deal to end the war hinged on the release of $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets
By Lucy Papachristou YEREVAN, June 7 (Reuters) - Armenians head to the polls on Sunday in a parliamentary election seen as a test of the government's efforts to forge a peace deal after a crushing military defeat by Azerbaijan three years ago. Polls show Prime Minister Nikol
With pitchforks and a makeshift combine the size of a golf cart, Hamad Jazi and his nephews race under the blazing sun to collect wheat from their West Bank field. Israeli settlers have recently set fire to crops in the area, and Jazi fears his wheat could suffer a similar
Once reserved for wealthy travellers, Dubai's top-notch hotels have become almost exclusively reliant on residents, drawn in by dizzying staycation offers as war drives tourists away. On the Palm, an artificial island that has become synonymous with Dubai opulence, five-star
OPEC+ ministers meet Sunday to weigh higher production quotas in a bid to cap oil prices that have surged since the Iran war effectively choked off Gulf crude shipments. But even if the cartel members vow to ramp up output by thousands of barrels per day, analysts say