Katz said Iran's petrochemical sector has generated $18 billion for the IRGC and 'directly supports Iran's missile production industry,' and vowed that 'Iran will face escalating costs' in its 'capacity to function,' as long as its missiles target Israel
April 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said a deal with Iran is possible by Monday, and that Iran was negotiating, Fox News reported on Sunday following an interview with the president. (Reporting by Susan Heavey, writing by Dan Burns)
US President Donald Trump announced the dramatic rescue Sunday of a downed airman whose fighter jet crashed over Iran last week, but Iran says the mission was "foiled". The facts remain shrouded in the fog of war, while social media was immediately flooded with misleading or
April 5 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has made his first visit to Syria to hold a meeting with his counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa, two Syrian sources told Reuters on Sunday. The talks were linked to defence in light of the regional war, one of the sources, a
By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, April 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said in a Truth Social post that "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran." (Reporting by Bo Erickson; editing by Susan Heavey)
In the usually lively alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City, silence reigned on Easter Sunday, with the holiday overshadowed by war and restrictions on access to the Holy Sepulchre, where the faithful commemorate Christ's crucifixion and resurrection. On routes approaching the
April 5 (Reuters) - Israel provided intelligence assistance to the United States during an operation to rescue a stranded U.S. airman in Iran and halted its attacks in the area to facilitate the mission, an Israeli security official said. (Reporting by Maayan Lubell; Editing by
By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY, April 5 (Reuters) - Pope Leo urged global leaders in his Easter message on Sunday to end the conflicts raging across the world and abandon any schemes for power, conquest or domination. The pope, who has emerged as an outspoken critic of the Iran
In several cases the municipality has halted enforcement proceedings when the building was transferred to the ownership of Israeli settlers, a Haaretz investigation reveals
American commandos deployed deep into Iranian territory to rescue a downed airman, US news outlets reported on Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump announced that the crew member had been recovered "safe and sound." Tehran said this week it had shot down an F-15 warplane,
American commandos deployed deep into Iranian territory to rescue a downed airman, US news outlets reported on Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump announced that the crew member had been recovered "safe and sound." Tehran said this week it had shot down an F-15 warplane,
CAIRO, April 5 (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike killed four Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, local health authorities said, in the latest violence to overshadow a fragile ceasefire amid a new push by mediators to bolster the agreement. Medics said the
Iranian missile and drone strikes hit oil, gas and desalination facilities across the Gulf, disrupting energy production and infrastructure despite reported interceptions
Iran is unlikely to surrender that leverage over the Strait of Hormuz any time soon, according to the three sources; Trump tried to downplay the difficulty of reopening the Strait, which carries a fifth of the world's oil trade
DUBAI, April 5 (Reuters) - Several "flying objects" were destroyed during the U.S. mission to find a stranded airman in Iran, the Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday according to Tasnim news agency. "During a joint operation (Aerospace, Ground Force, Popular Units, Basij and
A U.S. search-and-rescue operation followed the F-15E crash on Friday, as Iran offered a reward for the 'enemy pilot.' A second crew member was rescued earlier
Three Indonesian peacekeepers killed in two separate explosions in southern Lebanon last week were laid to rest in their hometowns on Sunday. Peacekeeper Farizal Rhomadhon, 28, died when a projectile exploded on March 29 in southern Lebanon, where Israel and Hezbollah have been
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, April 4 (Reuters) - The United States rescued an airman caught behind enemy lines after Iran shot down his F-15 fighter jet, the government said early on Sunday, resolving a major crisis for President Donald Trump with the war on Iran
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
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday urged "those who have the power to unleash wars" to "choose peace" in his first Easter blessing as pontiff with the Middle East conflict raging. Catholics around the world marked the holiday under the shadow of a war that began with US-Israeli strikes
With Trump's deadline on Tehran nearing, the U.S. is preparing for action against Iran, Israel's influence in Washington appears to be waning, and Iran is expanding its own targets. Meanwhile, a quagmire with no clear exit 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