US banking on Iraqi turnaround with nomination of Zaidi as new PM
Trump signals hope for a "tremendous new chapter” in US-Iraq ties with the nomination of Ali Al-Zaidi as prime minister.
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Iran military official says renewed war with US 'likely'
A senior Iranian military officer said on Saturday that renewed fighting with the US was "likely", hours after President Donald Trump said he was not satisfied with an Iranian negotiating proposal. Iran delivered the new draft to mediator Pakistan on Thursday evening, state
UK PM Starmer says there could be new powers to ban pro-Palestinian marches
LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the government could ban pro-Palestinian marches in some circumstances because of the "cumulative effect" the demonstrations had on the Jewish community after two Jewish men were stabbed in London on Wednesday.
Iranian proposal rejected by Trump would open strait before nuclear talks, Iran official says
May 2 (Reuters) - An Iranian proposal so far rejected by U.S. President Donald Trump would open shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and end the U.S. blockade of Iran while leaving talks on Iran's nuclear programme for later, a senior Iranian official said on Saturday. Four weeks
War in the Middle East: latest developments
The latest developments in the Middle East war: - US Navy 'acting like pirates' - President Donald Trump said the US Navy was acting "like pirates" as he described an operation seizing a ship amid the tit-for-tat American blockade of Iranian ports. "We... land on top of it and
US troop drawback underlines European defence responsibility, German minister says
BERLIN, May 2 (Reuters) - Europeans must take greater responsibility for their own security, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Saturday in response to the announcement of U.S. plans to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany. "Germany is on the right track" in this
On the brink of collapse: Israel-Lebanon talks need Trump's urgent intervention
Despite the U.S.-Iran front heating up, the president still refuses to let Israel launch a large-scale campaign against Hezbollah. But to fulfill Israel's wishes of dismantling the group without such an operation would require significant aid to the incompetent Lebanese Army
Nobel laureate Mohammadi in Iran hospital after 'cardiac crisis', foundation says
(Corrects paragraph 6 to add dropped words about Iran war) May 2 (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi was in an Iranian hospital after a "catastrophic deterioration of her health," including a "cardiac crisis", a foundation run by her family said. The secretary
Reclusive Turkmenistan shows signs of cautiously opening up
By Felix Light ASHGABAT, May 2 (Reuters) - From a brightly lit, open-plan office Azat Seyitmuhammedov runs an e-commerce startup, Wabrum, that he founded almost a decade ago. In Berlin or San Francisco, this would be an everyday scene, but here in the capital of Turkmenistan,
Analysis-Iran standoff could leave Trump worse off than before he went to war
By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) - More than two months into a conflict that has failed to deliver a decisive military or diplomatic win, President Donald Trump faces the risk that a standoff with Iran will drag on indefinitely and leave an even bigger problem for
Trump says US Navy acting 'like pirates' to carry out naval blockade of Iranian ports
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday the U.S. Navy was acting "like pirates" in carrying out Washington's naval blockade of Iranian ports during the U.S. and Israel's war against Iran. Trump made the comments while describing the
Lebanon says 13 killed in Israeli strikes in south
Lebanon's health ministry said 13 people were killed on Friday in Israeli strikes in the south, including in a town where Israel's army had issued an evacuation order despite a ceasefire. The strikes in Habboush killed eight people, including a child and two women, and wounded
US approves military sales of over $8.6 billion to Middle East allies
WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Friday it was approving military sales worth a total of over $8.6 billion to Middle Eastern allies Israel, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. The announcement comes as the U.S. and Israel's war against
US judge blocks Trump from ending protections for 2,800 Yemeni nationals
By Nate Raymond May 1 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from moving ahead next week with plans to end temporary legal protections that have allowed more than 2,800 people from Yemen to live and work in the United States.
How Iran is rebuilding its bruised military as ceasefire masks recalibration
Iran is using the fragile truce to recover by blending redeployment and reverse engineering into broader preparedness for renewed conflict.
China says UN should revisit Lebanon peacekeeping mission decision
May 1 (Reuters) - China's ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday that there was a need to revisit the U.N. Security Council's decision to end the mandate of a longrunning peacekeeping mission in Lebanon at the end of this year. The U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon
Middle East war's impact on shipping hitting refugee aid: UNCHR
The UN refugee agency on Friday said the Middle East war had sent its freight rates soaring, hitting the delivery of aid to refugees in the wider region and Africa. Shipping rates from UNHCR's three main source countries for emergency supplies -- India, Pakistan and China --
Trump says he spoke with Iraq PM-designate, voices strong support
By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday told reporters he had spoken with Iraqi prime minister-designate Ali al-Zaidi on Thursday, and voiced strong support for him. "With our help, he won, and we want him to do very well. And I told
China says urgent need to maintain Iran war ceasefire
May 1 (Reuters) - China's U.N. ambassador Fu Cong said on Friday it was an urgent necessity to maintain the Iran war ceasefire and that he was sure the Strait of Hormuz issue would be high on the agenda if it is still closed when U.S. President Donald Trump goes to China this
Trump tells Congress 'hostilities' with Iran 'terminated,' says he's 'not happy' with Iran's truce proposal
A senior official in the Trump administration told Reuters that the U.S.-Iran cease-fire that began in early April has 'terminated' hostilities between the two sides for the purposes of an approaching congressional war powers deadline, set to expire Friday
White House says Iran war 'terminated,' as war powers deadline arrives
By Patricia Zengerle and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration argued that a ceasefire with Tehran had "terminated" hostilities as a legal deadline arrived on Friday for coming to Congress about the two-month Iran war. Under the
Soccer-Iran FA president says he was allowed to enter Canada but chose to turn back
May 1 (Reuters) - Iranian soccer federation president Mehdi Taj said Canadian officials cleared him to enter the country for the FIFA Congress, but Iran’s delegation chose to turn back after being held for three hours and questioned at a Toronto airport, Iranian media reported
Was LIV Golf an expensive failure for Saudis? Not everyone thinks so
Throwing more than $5 billion at a divisive new tour and walking away after five seasons does not look like good business, but LIV Golf wasn't all bad news for Saudi Arabia. Oil-funded LIV, which poached top stars and sent golf's establishment into a tailspin, helped push the
US sanctions Iran’s shadow banking channels moving oil proceeds from China
The latest sanctions come as the Trump administration weighs Iran's latest proposal to end the war.