By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Long queues formed at gas stations and many Iranians began heading out of cities in search of safety, witnesses said, as an attack by the United States and Israel on Iran spread fear and panic throughout the country. Explosions rocked
BRUSSELS, Feb 28 (Reuters) - NATO is closely following developments in Iran and the region, NATOspokesperson Allison Hart said on Saturday. (Reporting by Lili Bayer, Editing by Charlotte Van Campenhout)
DUBAI, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Several Gulf Arab states said they were targeted by Iranian missiles on Saturday after Tehran pledged to retaliate against strikes by the United States and Israel, bringing conflict to a part of the Arab world that prides itself on relative safety.
Iranian missile fire has been reported to have targeted locations in Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Bahrain and Jordan. The IRGC said it considers all U.S. military bases and interests across the region legitimate targets
WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine are monitoring the U.S. operation in Iran from President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where Trump is currently located, a person familiar with
MOSCOW, Feb 28 (Reuters) - The Russian Ministry of Transport said on Saturday that Russian air carriers had suspended flights to Iran and Israel. Israel said it launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran on Saturday, pushing the Middle East into a renewed military confrontation
ATHENS, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Greece's shipping ministry advised Greek-flagged vessels on Saturday to exercise maximum vigilance and avoid the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz following strikes by the United States and Israel against Iran, according to an
LONDON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Britain said on Saturday that Iran must never be allowed to develop nuclear weapons and stood ready to defend its interests, following strikes by the United States and Israel against Iran. A government source said Britain had not taken part in the
DUBAI, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Global airlines suspendedflights across the Middle East on Saturday after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, plunging the region into a renewed military confrontation. Flight maps showed the airspace over Iran virtually empty as
Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei, a pillar of its theocratic system since the Islamic revolution, has seen off a succession of crises throughout his rule with a mixture of repression and strategic manoeuvring but now could be facing his biggest challenge. The United States
The U.S. president urged Iranians to take cover during the strikes, but to attempt to usurp the Ayatollah regime once American and Israeli forces are finished. Targets in include Iran's military, symbols of government and intelligence targets, according to an official briefed
BEIRUT, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Saturday said he would not accept anyone dragging "the country into adventures that threaten its security and unity", in an indirect message to the Iran-backed Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. In a statement
Feb 28 (Reuters) - Israel and the United States launched strikes on Iran on Saturday, plunging the Middle East into a renewed military confrontation as President Donald Trump vowed to destroy Tehran's missilearsenal and prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon. Below is
Feb 28 (Reuters) - Global airlines cancelled flights across the Middle East on Saturday after the United States and Israel launchedstrikes on Iran, plunging the region into a new conflict. Airspace over Iran and Iraq was empty on Saturday morning, maps by flight-tracking
Launching a major attack alongside Israel against Iran, US President Donald Trump is pursuing the goal he once adamantly rejected -- regime change. Trump, who has ordered a military buildup in the Middle East unseen since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, made clear in a video address
US President Donald Trump announced a major attack against Iran on Saturday, vowing to "annihilate" the country's navy and missile sites, and urging Iranians to overthrow their government. In a video address after the United States and Israel started bombing Iran, Trump made
By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States had begun "major combat operations" in Iran, warning that there may be U.S. casualties. The strikes, which Trump said were aimed at destroying Iranian missiles and
The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran on Saturday, with Israel's public broadcaster reporting that supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been targeted, as the Islamic republic retaliated with barrages of missiles at Gulf states and Israel. Iran's
The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran on Saturday, with Israel's public broadcaster reporting that supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been targeted, as the Islamic republic retaliated with barrages of missiles at Gulf states and Israel. Explosions
The United States and Israel launched a wave of strikes against targets in Iranian cities on Saturday, triggering explosions and columns of smoke in the capital Tehran. Iran responded by launching retaliatory missile attacks, according to the Israeli military, as US diplomats
By Phil Stewart, Parisa Hafezi and Menna AlaaElDin WASHINGTON, DUBAI, CAIRO, Feb 28 - Israel launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran on Saturday, and a United States attack is underway, plunging the Middle East into a renewed military confrontation and further dimming hopes
Feb 28 (Reuters) - The Israeli operation against Iran on Saturday was coordinated with the U.S., an Israeli defence official told Reuters. The operation was planned for months and the launch date was decided weeks ago, the official added. (Reporting by Rami Ayyub; Editing by
Feb 28 (Reuters) - Israel said it launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran on Saturday, pushing the Middle East into a renewed military confrontation and further dimming hopes for a diplomatic solution to Tehran's long-running nuclear dispute with the West. The New York
KABUL, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan's Taliban military entered its third day on Saturday, following overnight clashes as the international community expressed increasing concern about the conflict and called for urgent talks. Pakistan's strikes
Saudi Arabia, a longstanding U.S. ally, told Iran it would not allow its airspace or territory to be used for military actions against Tehran. At least 43 U.S. aircraft were visible at a Saudi base on February 21, compared to 27 visible in a February 17 image
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it supported Pakistan's "right to defenditself" against attacks from Afghanistan's Taliban rulers after Islamabad said earlier in the day that the neighboring countries were in "open war."
He later commented that he would not allow Iran to enrich uranium at all, adding that Tehran 'doesn't want to go quite far enough, and it's too bad.' Meanwhile, several countries recommended their citizens not to visit Israel or Iran amid mounting tensions
Iran is blending cautious diplomacy with fortified defenses, a survival mindset and readiness to escalate strategically if challenged.
The UN nuclear watchdog stressed on Friday the "utmost urgency" of its request to verify all nuclear material in Iran, according to a confidential report seen by AFP. Two new reports are to be discussed at an International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors' meeting next
Veteran Hollywood star Susan Sarandon on Friday praised the Spanish government's support for Gaza, saying it was "on the right side of history". "I think Spain is doing an incredible job," Sarandon, her voice trembling with emotion, told reporters in Barcelona. She lauded
The IAEA estimates that Iran had 440.9 kg of uranium enriched to up to 60% before last year's Israeli-U.S. attacks - enough, if enriched further, for 10 nuclear weapons, according to an IAEA yardstick. The agency and Western powers believe the bulk of that is still intact.
Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed at least seven people on Friday, with the military confirming strikes throughout the territory in response to a "ceasefire violation" in the south. It is the latest violence in the Palestinian territory to come despite a
WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he was not happy with Iran but more talks were expected on Friday on Tehran's nuclear program. Speaking to reporters before a trip to Texas, Trump said he wants to make a deal with Iran but reiterated that Tehran
ROME, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Italy's foreign ministry on Friday urged its citizens to leave Iran and advised extreme caution across the Middle East, citing persistently unstable security conditions. "Italians in (Iran) for tourism or whose presence is not strictly necessary are
The USS Gerald R. Ford -- the world's largest aircraft carrier -- is currently deployed in the Mediterranean Sea and is expected to take part in strikes against Iran if US President Donald Trump decides to launch them. Washington has threatened military action against Tehran if
By Catherine Cartier, Eleanor Whalley and Maria Laguna Feb 27 (Reuters) - Satellite images showed a rise in the number of military support aircraft including refuelling tankers at a Saudi airbase used by the U.S. military during a four-day period in February, as Washington
By Emma Farge GENEVA, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Restrictions imposed by the Taliban are jeopardising the lives of women and their children who are sometimes denied emergency treatment, a U.N. human rights expert said on Friday. Regulations require sick or injured women to adhere to a
By Francois Murphy VIENNA, Feb 27 (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog issued a confidential report on Friday urging Iran to let it inspect all its nuclear sites and pointing at Isfahan as a place of interest because of a new enrichment plant and near-bomb-grade uranium that
The shift comes in reaction to the growing possibility of a military confrontation between the United States and Iran.
JERUSALEM, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Israel's Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked the government from shuttering the Gaza operations of dozens of aid organizations which petitioned the court in a dispute over new Israeli rules requiring them to name Palestinian staff.
Under the shadow of a possible war between the United States and Iran, Israelis expressed weariness at the prospect of strikes on their country but said they were ever-prepared for a regional flare-up. "The threat of war is, for us, a kind of routine," lawyer Maya Liya Cohen
By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Weeks after the Taliban's lightning offensive in 2021 wrested control of Afghanistan from a U.S.-led military coalition,Pakistan's then intelligence chief flew into the capital Kabul for talks, where the serving lieutenant general
In the Iraqi mountains near Iran, an exiled Kurdish Iranian commander told AFP that whether or not the US launches strikes on Iran, he will still seek regime change in order to win self-determination for the Kurds. Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region has long been a haven for
Other countries including the US and Australia have called for the families of diplomats to leave Lebanon and Israel amid concerns of a regional spillover.
Feb 27 (Reuters) - U.S. envoy Tom Barrack met former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the Shi'ite alliance's candidate for premier, on Friday, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Maliki has been nominated by a powerful Shi'ite bloc to return to the post, but
A 38-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage, UK police said Friday, after pro-Palestinian graffiti was sprayed on a Winston Churchill statue in central London. The iconic monument to the World War II British prime minister in
French far-left firebrand Jean-Luc Melenchon has sparked new accusations of antisemitism after mocking the pronunciation of the name "Epstein" during a political rally in southeastern France. Speaking at a gathering in Lyon on Thursday evening, Melenchon invoked the name of