Iran said Monday it had demanded the release of its frozen assets and the end of a US blockade of its ports, after President Donald Trump angrily rejected Tehran's terms for ending the Middle East war. The sharp exchange of messages raised the spectre of a return to open
Iranian authorities on Monday hanged a post-graduate student from an elite Tehran university on charges of espionage, the latest in a spate of executions against the backdrop of the war against the United States and Israel. Erfan Shakourzadeh, 29, was hanged after being
A public defender said the detainees were shackled each time they were escorted to a single toilet in a cell meant for two, while judges said the case exposes a recurring pattern of overcrowded police holding facilities and failures to implement court orders to transfer detainees
By Kyu-seok Shim SEOUL, May 11 (Reuters) - South Korea's presidential Blue House on Monday condemned in the strongest terms an attack against a cargo ship operated by a Korean shipper this month in the Strait of Hormuz and said it plans to respond once the source of the attack
BEIJING, May 11 (Reuters) - China voiced strong opposition on Monday to U.S. sanctions for three China-based companies that Washington claimed enabled Iran's military operations, calling the curbs illegal and unilateral. "We have always required Chinese enterprises to conduct
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, May 11 (Reuters) - A minor fire broke out on a tyre of a Turkish Airlines plane after it landed on Monday in Nepal's capital of Kathmandu, authorities said, forcing the closure of the airport for an hour. All 277 passengers and 11 crew on the Airbus
Seated at a table draped in a floral plastic cover inside his prefabricated home, Meir Goldmintz says he is finally fulfilling a dream he has carried for two decades: "returning to Sa-Nur". The tiny settlement, perched above Palestinian villages in the northern Israeli-occupied
By Nayera Abdallah, Elwely Elwelly and Idrees Ali DUBAI/WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's swift rejection of Iran's response to a U.S. peace proposal sent oil prices surging higher on Monday amid concerns the 10-week-old conflict will drag on, keeping
Conflicts in the Middle East are increasing dangers for whales off South Africa by shifting sea traffic into their habitats and heightening the risks of collision, researchers told AFP. The rerouting of shipping around South Africa and away from the Red Sea and Suez Canal since
Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium must be "taken out" before the US-Israeli war against Iran can be considered over, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told an American broadcaster Sunday. "It's not over, because there's still nuclear material -- enriched uranium --
Israel is looking for a quick solution, but Beirut says Hezbollah cannot be defanged without risking collapse and renewed civil war. Saudi Arabia is now trying to persuade Trump to push for a cease-fire despite Netanyahu's reluctance
May 10 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes to wean Israel off U.S. military support within a decade as his country pushes to strengthen ties with Gulf states, he said in an interview that aired on Sunday. "I want to draw down to zero the American
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran's enriched uranium 'has to be taken out' and suggested Hezbollah could remain a target even if fighting with Tehran ends; he also said Israel should gradually end its reliance on U.S. military aid
U.S. reports say the proposal includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz, freezing uranium enrichment for a minimum of 12 years and taking it out of Iran. In return, Tehran demands an end to the war, including the Israel-Hezbollah conflict in Lebanon
The UK and France will on Tuesday host a multinational meeting of defence ministers on military plans to restore trade flows through the Strait of Hormuz, the British government said. The announcement came hours after Iran warned London and Paris against sending warships to the
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON/BEIJING, May 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to discuss Iran, Taiwan, artificial intelligence and nuclear weapons as they weigh extending a critical minerals deal, according to
Iranian authorities on Sunday released Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi on bail following growing alarm over her health and she has already been transferred to Tehran for medical treatment, her supporters said. After 10 days of hospitalisation in Zanjan in northern
DUBAI, May 10 (Reuters) - Iran's imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been moved to a hospital in the capital, Tehran, and has been granted a suspension of her sentence on heavy bail, a foundation run by her family said on Sunday. Mohammadi, 54, won the
Israel deported on Sunday two foreign activists seized from a Gaza-bound flotilla, in what a rights group representing them described as a "punitive attack" on a civilian mission. Saif Abu Keshek, a Spanish national of Palestinian origin, and Brazilian Thiago Avila were among
May 10 (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged citizens and businesses to conserve fuel and revive work-from-home practices to cut petrol and diesel consumption, as a surge in global energy prices strains the country's foreign exchange reserves. • People
One source said the Israeli airborne landings in the Iraqi desert 'were uncoordinated,' with another saying Baghdad believed the landing was a U.S. military operation. The Israeli base was reportedly set up just before the start of the war with Iran at the end of February
DUBAI, May 10 (Reuters) - Iran has sent its response to a U.S. proposal aimed at ending the more than two-month war to mediator, Pakistan, Iran's IRNA news agency said on Sunday. According to Iran's proposal, the current phase of negotiations will focus exclusively on the
Here are the latest developments in the Middle East war: - Iran demands end to war - Iran's foreign ministry said it had called for an end to the war across the region and the release of frozen Iranian assets abroad in its response to the latest US peace proposal. "We did not
US President Donald Trump on Sunday branded Iran's terms for ending the Middle East war "totally unacceptable," raising the likelihood of renewed conflict after weeks of negotiations. Iran had responded to Washington's latest peace proposal earlier in the day, while warning it
Iran responded to Washington's latest peace proposal on Sunday, while warning it would not hold back from retaliating against any new US strikes or permit more foreign warships in the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran's long-awaited answer came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Iran responded to Washington's latest peace proposal on Sunday, while warning it would not hold back from retaliating against any new US strikes or permit more foreign warships in the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran's long-awaited answer came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Drones were launched at several targets in the Gulf on Sunday, with one hitting a freighter sailing towards Qatar, as Tehran warned the United States that it would no longer hold back from retaliatory strikes. The United Arab Emirates accused Iran of being behind an attack that