LONDON, March 4 (Reuters) - Britain needs to keep a cool head over the conflict in the Middle East to address the public's concerns about escalation, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday. Starmer was speaking after U.S. President Donald Trump heaped fresh criticism on
March 4 (Reuters) - Operatives from Iran's Ministry of Intelligence signalled openness to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to talks on ending the war, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing officials briefed on the matter. The offer was made through an
By Laila Bassam, Maya Gebeily, Tom Perry and Nazih Osseiran BEIRUT, March 4 (Reuters) - Hezbollah’s decision to enter the Middle East war in support of its patron Iran has opened a rift with its main political ally at home in Lebanon, leaving the group deeply isolated as the
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - Lawmakers in the U.S. Senate were set to begin voting on Wednesday on a bipartisan war powers resolution aiming to stop the military campaign against Iran and require that any hostilities against it be authorized by Congress.
By Nathan Layne and Aleksandra Michalska MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, March 4 (Reuters) - When Michael Leary learned the United States had struck Iran, he questioned whether the move honored the "America First" pledge that earned his vote for President Donald Trump and feared it
March 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. military has joined Israel and attacked more than 1,000 targets in Iran and killed many of its top officials, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Below is a look at the legality of the U.S. attacks, which critics say exceed the
An Iranian ballistic munition was detected heading toward Turkish airspace on Wednesday after passing through Iraq and Syria was intercepted, Turkish authorities said.
It marks a significant escalation in the Middle Eastern war, as Iran has so far not targeted Turkey, a NATO member.
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, March 4 (Reuters) - Weeks before U.S.–Israeli strikes in Iran, wide swathes of state-backed Chinese companies were eyeing projects in areas from energy and heavy industry to trade promotion, data showed, spotlighting the risks the war presents for
March 4 (Reuters) - A submarine attack on an Iranian ship off the coast of Sri Lanka has left at least 101 people missing, one dead and 78 injured, sources in Sri Lanka's navy and defence ministry told Reuters on Wednesday. It was unclear who attacked the ship, which the
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, March 4 (Reuters) - Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran's late Supreme Leader, has survived the U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran in which his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed, two Iranian sources told Reuters on Wednesday. Mojtaba is seen by the
NICOSIA, March 4 (Reuters) - Cyprus said asuspect object had been detected close to Lebanese airspace on Wednesday, and a government source said two Greek F-16 fighter jets had been scrambled to intercept it. The alert was called off more than an hour later.
COLOMBO, March 4 (Reuters) - At least 101 people were missing and 78 wounded after a submarine attack on an Iranian ship off Sri Lanka's coast, sources in Sri Lanka's navy and defence ministry told Reuters on Wednesday. (Reporting by Uditha Jayasinghe, writing by Shilpa
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday they had total control of the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for global energy transit, as Israel launched a new wave of strikes on the Iranian capital. In Lebanon, the Israeli military told residents south of the Litani River to
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday they had total control of the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for global energy transit, as Israel launched a new wave of strikes on the Iranian capital. Governments scrambled to evacuate citizens stranded by the war in the Middle
MOSCOW, March 4 (Reuters) - Russia accused the United States on Wednesday of using an imaginary threat from Iran as a pretext to overthrow its constitutional order, and said Washington's calls for Iranians to seize power from their leaders were cynical and inhumane. Foreign
By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA, March 4 (Reuters) - Indonesia's foreign minister said talks on U.S. President Donald Trump's Gaza "Board of Peace," of which the Southeast Asian nation is a key troop-contributing member, were on hold due to the Middle East war. The U.S. and Israeli
GENEVA, March 4 (Reuters) - A committee of UN experts said on Wednesday it was "deeply disturbed" by the deaths of children amid escalating violence across the Middle East, particularly the bombing of a girls school in Iran. The Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school in Minab in
JOHANNESBURG, March 4 (Reuters) - South Africa is willing to play a mediating role in the Middle East conflict if asked, President Cyril Ramaphosa told local media on the sidelines of an energy conference in Cape Town. "South Africa is always ready to play a contributing role,
Analysts say damage to regional production facilities – not a closure of the Strait of Hormuz – poses the greatest risk to global supply, though prices may fall if the conflict is contained
By Alasdair Pal and Ryan Patrick Jones SYDNEY/TORONTO, March 4 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday the ongoing conflict in the Middle East was a "failure" of the international order, and the United States had not consulted its allies before
MADRID, March 4 (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday doubled down on his opposition to the attack on Iran by the U.S. and Israel, warning that the conflict risked playing "Russian roulette" with the lives of millions. Sanchez was responding after U.S.
Iran coach Marziyeh Jafari said Wednesday her team had "so much concern" about their families at home as war rages with players "fully disconnected" from them during the Women's Asian Cup. The Iranian team are preparing to face host nation Australia on the Gold Coast Thursday
DUBAI, March 4 (Reuters) - Iranians will bid farewell to late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a ceremony in Tehran late on Wednesday, a senior Iranian official told state media. Hojjatoleslam Mahmoudi, head of Iran’s Islamic Propagation Council, said the farewell
Recycled images, video game footage passed off as missile strikes, and AI-generated combat visuals: the US-Israeli assault on Iran has unleashed a torrent of online disinformation that analysts are calling a war of narratives. Since US and Israeli strikes over the weekend
Iran claimed "complete control" of the crucial Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday as Israel's military hit Iran with fresh strikes and marched into Lebanon on the Middle East war's fifth day. Here are the latest developments: - Iran 'trying' to appoint next Khamenei - Iran is
By Maayan Lubell and Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM, March 4, (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered on a career-long ambition to topple Iran's leadership, but his lockstep alignment with U.S. President Donald Trump faces a test as their joint military campaign
March 4 (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta announced the launch of a sweeping fuel rationing system for private vehicles on Wednesday, blaming disruptions to the global energy supply chain caused by escalating hostilities in the Middle East. The country's National Defence and Security
The aim would be to create space for Iranians opposed to the Islamic regime to rise after the deaths of its leaders, sources said. Any Kurdish operation from Iraq would likely require significant U.S. military and intelligence support
(Corrects to insert paragraph 1 dropped words "sailed through") SINGAPORE, March 4 (Reuters) - An oil tanker sailed through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, heading to a United Arab Emirates port to load crude in a rare voyage since the Iran war disrupted shipping in the Middle
BEIJING, March 4 (Reuters) - China is willing to work with the United States to promote communication on all levels, while upholding its "red lines" and principles, Lou Qinjian, a spokesperson for its parliament, said on Wednesday. The National People's Congress opens its
As Tehran's missile fire drops sharply, Netanyahu and Trump press their advantage – but differences over the war's duration, mounting economic costs and political blowback in Washington threaten to complicate the campaign's next phase
By Parisa Hafezi and Alexander Cornwell DUBAI/TEL AVIV, March 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. assault on Iran was ahead of schedule, said the top American commander for the Middle East, as Israel and the U.S. targeted sites deep inside the country, and Iran carried out strikes around
By Erin Banco, Humeyra Pamuk and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - Iranian Kurdish militias have consulted with the United States in recent days about whether, and how, to attack Iran's security forces in the western part of the country, according to three sources
Iran's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will be buried in the holy city of Mashhad, the Fars news agency said Tuesday. Khamenei, who led the country for 36 years, was killed at 86 during a wave of US-Israeli attacks on Saturday. He was originally from Mashhad, Iran's
March 4 (Reuters) - Several people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a four-storey residential building in the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek, the state news agency NNA reported early on Wednesday. Rescue teams were working to pull families from beneath the rubble, NNA
From menstruation mishaps to a meditation on old age, and the challenges faced by Arab-Israelis in the aftermath of the Hamas attacks, one Oscars category is nothing if not varied. "The live action short category, it's particularly diverse in its genres," Julia Aks, nominated
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - The Trump administration plans to meet with executives from the biggest U.S. defense contractors at the White House on Friday to discuss accelerating weapons production, as the Pentagon works to replenish supplies after strikes on
President Donald Trump and his team scrambled Tuesday to reclaim the narrative on why he decided to attack Iran, after his top diplomat suggested the US struck only after learning of an imminent Israeli strike. Secretary of State Marco Rubio alarmed Democrats -- who say only
Explosions rocked the Lebanese capital and Israel said it was launching a new wave of strikes on Iran, as the war engulfing the Middle East continued into Wednesday. Here are the latest developments: - US commander says 2,000 targets hit in Iran - Admiral Brad Cooper, who leads
An explosion rocked the Lebanese capital and Israel said it was launching a new overnight wave of strikes on Iran, as the war engulfing the Middle East continued into Wednesday. Here are the latest developments: - US commander says 2,000 targets hit in Iran - Admiral Brad
March 4 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will take all necessary measures to defend its security and protect its territory, citizens and residents, the state news agency reported early on Wednesday, citing a cabinet statement. An Iranian attack targeted the U.S. embassy in Riyadh on
WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. military on Tuesday identified four of the first American soldiers killed in the war against Iran. The U.S. Army Reserve soldiers, from the 103rd Sustainment Command out of Des Moines, Iowa, were: * Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35, of Winter
March 3 (Reuters) - Authorities have put down a limited fire in the vicinity of the U.S. consulate in Dubai due to a drone strike and no injuries were reported, Dubai's media office said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Jaidaa Taha and Menna Alaa El-Din; Editing by Chris Reese)
Energy prices have surged dramatically since the United States and Israel launched their attack on Iran Saturday, and that will almost certainly translate into bigger profits. But the question remains whether the new war in the Middle East also leads to increased oilfield
The singer one of the Middle East's most successful artists, has criticized Hezbollah and Iranian aid before – but never so bluntly
March 3 (Reuters) - Scores of people have been killed across the Middle East since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, with Gulf states that host U.S. military bases and personnel and Lebanon quickly drawn into the conflict. Here are the death tolls from the war
France is sending its flagship aircraft carrier to the Mediterranean in response to the widening conflict in the Middle East, President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday. "I have ordered the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, its air assets, and its escort of frigates to set
By Patricia Zengerle, Michael Martina and David Morgan WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's top national security advisers were to spend much of the day on Tuesday making the case to members of Congress for the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, as Democrats and some