With the Strait of Hormuz effectively under siege and no end to the war in sight, U.S Donald Trump escalates even as he searches for an exit – risking a longer war, higher oil prices and a more radical postwar Tehran
Iranian missile strikes on two southern Israeli towns wounded more than 100 people on Saturday, medics said, after Israeli air defence systems failed to intercept the projectiles. The two direct hits tore open the fronts of residential buildings and carved craters into the
On Truth Social, Trump warned he would strike Iranian energy facilities if the strait remains closed and criticized U.S. allies for not committing forces. He added, 'the Hormuz Strait will have to be guarded… by other nations who use it – the United States does not,' in a post
By Maayan Lubell, Alexander Cornwell and Idrees Ali TEL AVIV/JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to "obliterate" Iran's power plants if Tehran does not fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, a dramatic
LJUBLJANA, March 22 (Reuters) - Slovenians will choose between incumbent liberal Prime Minister Robert Golob and right-wing populist Janez Jansa on Sunday, with neither looking likely to win a parliamentary majority in the vote, which could be decided by smaller coalition
Last July, Awdah Hathaleen was shot dead by the settler Yinon Levi, who has actually been indicted, even though 93.6 percent of cases of violence against Palestinians end without charges. I can only pray my friend gets justice after his death
Healthcare workers told The Guardian that Israel is deliberately targeting medical facilities, and as such, emergency teams cannot visit family or friends and must sleep in ambulances parked far away from each other, so that if there is a strike, it does not kill all the staff
By Maggie Michael, Alaa Al Marjani and Haidar Kadhim TEHRAN, March 21 (Reuters) - For 20 years he had been an assistant butcher, but about a year ago Mahdi Mirzahosseini finally started up his own shop – one his family said he insisted on opening to serve customers for the
The World Health Organization has sent a first overland convoy of medical equipment bound for Beirut from its global emergency logistics hub in Dubai, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Saturday. The UN health agency has dispatched 22 metric tonnes of "life-saving
PARIS, March 21 (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven countries said on Saturday they stood ready to take necessary measures to support global energy supplies and reaffirmed the importance of safeguarding maritime routes, including in the Strait of Hormuz. "We
NICOSIA, March 21 (Rtrs) - Britain will not be using its bases in Cyprus for any offensive action in the Iran crisis, the Cypriot government spokesperson said on Saturday, citing a phone call between British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Cypriot President Nikos
During almost three weeks of war in Lebanon, British-Palestinian doctor Ghassan Abu-Sittah has had no respite, telling AFP he has been working "against the clock" to save children wounded in Israeli bombardment. At the American University of Beirut Medical Center, one of the
March 21 (Reuters) - Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that there needs to be an "immediate cessation" of what he described as U.S.-Israeli aggression to end the war and wider regional conflict, Iran's embassy in India said in an X post on Saturday. Pezeshkian
By Jonathan Landay, M.B. Pell and Maha El Dahan DUBAI/WASHINGTON March 21 (Reuters) - A Patriot air defence system was involved in the interception of an Iranian drone over a residential area of Bahrain on March 9, Bahrain's government said on Saturday, an incident that the
LONDON, March 21 (Reuters) - An Iranian man and a Romanian woman have been charged after attempting to enter Britain's nuclear submarine base in Scotland, Police Scotland said on Saturday. The two, who British media have called suspected Iranian spies, were arrested on
The US military declared on Saturday it had taken out an Iranian bunker housing weapons threatening oil and gas shipments in the Strait of Hormuz, as thousands of Iranians marked Eid al-Fitr with prayer. The US statement appeared designed to calm the concerns of energy markets
US President Donald Trump on Saturday gave Iran 48 hours to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to shipping or face the destruction of its energy infrastructure, as Tehran launched its most destructive attack yet on Israel. The ultimatum, made just a day after the US leader said he was
Thousands of Iranians held Eid al-Fitr prayers on Saturday to mark the end of the Ramadan fast, as Tehran reported a strike on its nuclear enrichment plant and Israel threatened intensified bombardment. Iran's supreme leader traditionally leads Eid prayers but Ayatollah Mojtaba
Two Iranian missiles struck southern Israel on Saturday, injuring more than 100 people in the most destructive attack of the three-week war, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowing to retaliate "on all fronts". The strikes tore open the facades of residential buildings
An Iranian missile on Saturday hit the Israeli town of Dimona, home to a nuclear facility, in what the Islamic republic said was retaliation for strikes on its own nuclear site at Natanz. Dimona hosts a facility just outside the main town widely believed to possess the Middle
One expert told CNN that sealing the entrances to the bases and 'burying' the launchers inside them has 'significantly affected Iran's ability to carry out launches at a high rate.' Iranian reconstruction efforts, however, are underway
By Matt Spetalnick and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump ends the third week of the Iran war confronting a crisis that seems to be slipping out of his hands: Global energy prices are surging, the United States stands isolated from allies and
By Pesha Magid and Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM, March 21 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's Board of Peace has presented Hamas with a written proposal on how it could lay down its weapons, two sources said, a step the Palestinian militants have thus far refused to take as the U.S. president
Thousands of Iranians held Eid al-Fitr prayers on Saturday to mark the end of the Ramadan fast, against the backdrop of war with the United States and Israel, which reportedly carried out a strike on Iran's Natanz nuclear site. Iran's supreme leader traditionally leads Eid
By Alex Lawler and Arathy Somasekhar March 21 - The war in the Middle East has triggered a nightmare scenario for the global energy system, slashing so much supply that consumers around the world must both pay up big and lower consumption. The effective closure of the Strait of
The attack was the first of its kind to use intermediate-range balistic missiles, aiming to reach a remote military base in the Indian Ocean, about 4,000 kilometers from Iran
By Laila Bassam, Tom Perry, Samia Nakhoul and Maya Gebeily BEIRUT, March 21 (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) rebuilt Hezbollah's military command after it was mauled by Israel in 2024, plugging gaps with Iranian officers before restructuring the Lebanese group and
By Guy Faulconbridge and Marina Bobrova MOSCOW, March 21 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putincongratulated Iranian leaders on Nowruz and said Moscow remained a loyal friend and reliable partner to Tehran, the Kremlin said on Saturday. The extent of Moscow's support for