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: - New leader 'safe and sound' - Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is "safe and sound" despite reported injuries, the son of Iran's president said on Telegram. "I heard news that Mr Mojtaba Khamenei had been injured. I
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
March 10 (Reuters) - Russia's consulate in the Iranian city of Isfahan was damaged in shelling earlier this week, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday. An attack on a diplomatic representation was a "blatant violation" of international
PARIS, March 10 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron will convene a call with leaders of the Group of Seven on Wednesday to discuss the Iran crisis and rising energy prices, the French president's office said. The talks come as G7 governments weigh how to respond to a
After receiving support from both Iran and Qatar, Hamas now remains silent, waiting to see how the war unfolds. The organization is worried about the a regime change, which could lead to ending the military and financial support — with potentially far reaching consequences,
By Cassell Bryan-Low and Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - California-based Planet Labs has expanded restrictions on accessing its imagery of the Middle East to prevent adversaries from using it to attack the U.S. and its allies, a sign of how the expansion of
DUBAI, March 10 (Reuters) - Iran has arrested dozens including a foreign national for allegedly spying for the country's "enemies", the Intelligence Ministry said on Tuesday, amid a continued war with the U.S. and Israel. The U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes against Iran on
Fresh Israeli strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs and south Lebanon on Tuesday after the Israeli army warned people to evacuate, with Lebanese authorities saying nearly 760,000 people had been registered as displaced. Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war last week when
SEOUL, March 11 (Reuters) - North Korea said on Wednesday it supports the Iranian people's choice of new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who was named on Monday to succeed his father killed in the initial strikes against the country by the U.S. and Israel, state media said.
By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowall DUBAI, March 10 (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards forced through the choice of Mojtaba Khamenei as the new supreme leader, seeing him as a more pliant version of his father who would back their hardline policies, bludgeoning aside the
US Navy escorts could help increase the flow of tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, but American warships accompanying slow-moving commercial vessels would face threats including mines, missiles and drones in the narrow waterway bordering Iran. Iran has threatened to block
Iran has begun placing mines in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a recent report, after the American president threatened to strike Iran harder if oil shipments are interfered with.
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. senators expressed alarm on Tuesday about the Iran war, saying they were worried that President Donald Trump could deploy U.S. ground forces and noting the high risks given Russian support for Tehran's
SYDNEY, March 11 (Reuters) - Two more players from the Iranian women's soccer team sought asylum in Australia, local media reported, after five players were granted humanitarian visas on Tuesday over safety concerns on their return home for not singing the national anthem. One
U.S. Pentagon chief said the U.S. 'has been eliminating inactive mine-laying vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, wiping them out with ruthless precision'; Trump threatened retaliation 'at a level never seen before' if Tehran targets the vital oil transit route
March 10 (Reuters) - Boeing has signed a new $289 million contract with Israel to deliver as many as 5,000 new air-launched smart bombs, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing three people familiar with the transaction. (Reporting by Mariam Sunny in Bengaluru; Editing by
American firm Planet Labs PBC on Tuesday said it now imposes a two-week delay for access to its satellite images of the Middle East because of the US-Israeli war against Iran. Both major US satellite firms, Planet and Vantor, now delay or block the release of images from the
By Jonathan Saul LONDON, March 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war on Iran, saying the risk of attacks is too high for now, according to sources
March 10 (Reuters) - Israel's President Isaac Herzog on Tuesday did not offer a timetable on when the war with Iran could end, telling Germany's Bild newspaper: "We need to take a deep breath and get to the end result." Herzog said the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran were
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff said in an interview that he may visit Israel next week. 'The visit we were intending to do was less about smoothing out differences because there aren't that many,' he said, while noting he does 'not know' how the war will end
Arab states are not taking part in the war, despite Iranian strikes on their territory. Tehran appears to be betting that economic hardship will spark public anger in these countries and undermine their stability – and concern is already beginning to spread
Over 90 percent of Jewish Israelis support the U.S.-Israel attack on Iran – it might even get Netanyahu re-elected. Meanwhile, Trump is still struggling to get any Tehran bounce in the polls, but the MAGA 'split' isn't what it seems – and it won't determine the conduct of the war
Missiles and interceptor fragments are not the main danger in the West Bank. During the first week of the war, five Palestinians were killed by settlers and hundreds arrested
Among those accompanying Master Sgt. Maher Khatar, killed in Lebanon, on his final journey in Majdal Shams were residents once ostracized for holding Israeli ID cards. But Israel's discriminatory treatment may threaten the process distancing the Golan Druze from Syria
Surging oil prices from the war in Iran are accelerating the shift to green energy while also boosting oil companies' profits. As Israel and Jordan face a regional natural gas crisis, economic pressure on American consumers could force Trump to end the war
As Trump gives conflicting messages on the war's goals and timeline, sources close to Netanyahu's office say that Israel intends to continue striking Iran for as long as possible to inflict maximum damage
The IDF struck hundreds of targets in Lebanon since the weekend and ordered what officials describe as 'unprecedented evacuations,' as Hezbollah attacks reach central Israel
Despite downplaying the economic fallout as negligible and temporary, the U.S. president knows voters may see it differently ■ Israel is concerned by Hezbollah's increasingly sophisticated ability to strike the home front with greater precision
BERLIN, March 10 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz underlined growing concern in Europe at the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran on Tuesday saying a "dangerous escalation" was underway with "clearly no joint plan" for bringing it to an end. Merz's comments, which
Journalists covering the war in the Middle East are facing increasing restrictions and censorship imposed by governments and armed groups, with reporters being stopped and questioned or even detained, a survey of AFP bureau chiefs from the region showed. Some of the tightest
Described as a 'serious security breach,' the two luxury apartments owned by Mojtaba Khamenei are part of a world-spanning real estate empire, paid for by Iranian oil revenues
LONDON, March 10 (Reuters) - Britain is working with allies on a range of options to support commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz in the face of Iranian threats, Prime Minister Keir Starmer's spokesperson said on Tuesday after calls with the leaders of Italy and
At a market in Turkmenistan's capital Ashgabat, pensioner Shemshat Kurbanova always used to pick the "juiciest" Iranian fruit -- but 10 days of war across the border have sent prices soaring and she is now worried how to get by. The Middle East war has tumbled global markets,
WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - The top U.S. general said on Tuesday that the United States was carrying out strikes against Iranian mine-laying vessels. The war has effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for global oil and liquefied natural gas transport, leaving
WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday would be the most intense day of strikes against Iran in the campaign so far. Speaking with reporters, Hegseth said Tuesday would bring the most fighter jets and bombers against Iran. (Reporting
By Michael Holden LONDON, March 10 (Reuters) - A former member of Syria's Air Force Intelligence attended a British court hearing via videolink on Tuesday charged with crimes against humanity and torture relating to the suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations in Damascus in