France Tuesday banned Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich from entering the country, the French foreign minister said, in the latest sanction slamming Israeli officials over policies towards Palestinian territories and pro-Palestinian activists. Smotrich is the
Netanyahu's efforts to de-link Israel's conflict with Iran from Israel's fronts in Lebanon and Gaza, against groups funded by Tehran, have backfired. Can Israel get out of this mess or even spin it into a regional agreement?
By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday he was "deeply alarmed" by a renewed escalation of violence in the Middle East and called on Israel to reopen crossings into Gaza. "All attacks must stop immediately. The
The rare admission by top Trump administration official comes as polling show US alignment with Israel in war against Iran is political baggage among a growing number of Republican voters.
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL, June 9 (Reuters) - Afghan security officials dispersed a women's rights protest in the western province of Herat on Tuesday after residents said Taliban morality police detained women accused of violating mandatory dress rules. Witnesses said one
Turkish and Saudi officials signed agreements as part of a Turkish push to revive the Hejaz Railway linking Turkey to the Gulf through Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
BEIRUT, June 9 (Reuters) - Israel struck the historic port city of Tyre in southern Lebanon on Tuesday killing at least eight people, the Lebanese health ministry said, after an Israeli evacuation order for the entire city was issued for the first time. The deaths followed a
For the first time, the Israeli military's evacuation included Tyre's old Christian quarter, previously excluded from similar orders. Among those killed was a 16-year-old boy who died in a drone strike outside his home, reports said
ANKARA, June 9 (Reuters) - The arch-rival leaders of Turkey's main opposition - one of them elected and the other controversially court-appointed - both announced plans to address party lawmakers at competing meetings on Tuesday, in a stand-offthat could deepen a crisis among
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, June 9 (Reuters) - Israeli authorities are directly involved in settler attacks that have killed, injured and displaced Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, while Israeli security forces provide protection to settlers, a U.N. inquiry said on
The heads of the Pakistani and Lebanese armed forces agreed to boost cooperation on Tuesday as they met in Pakistan with peace talks over the Middle East war dragging on. Pakistan has been mediating between the United States and Iran to end the months-long conflict, with Tehran
By Parisa Hafezi, Nayera Abdallah and Steven Scheer DUBAI/JERUSALEM, June 9 (Reuters) - Two U.S. pilots whose helicopter crashed near the Strait of Hormuz "are fine", President Donald Trump said on Tuesday after the New York Times reported the crew of an Apache gunship had been
The president said he does not believe that the Israeli leader will resume the war. 'They've called it quits, so they're gonna just leave each other alone for another week or something,' Trump said
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, June 8 (Reuters) - Spending on nuclear weapons by the world's nine nuclear-armed states rose by almost a fifth in 2025 to $119 billion, a report by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons said on Tuesday. The 19% increase from 2024
June 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump told Axios in an interview published on Monday that he warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he might find himself fighting alone if he went back to war with Iran. "I said, 'Bibi, you better be careful, or you will
BEIRUT, June 8 (Reuters) - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun made a rare direct appeal to the Israeli government and its people to come to the negotiating table to end the war, warning in a CNN interview aired Monday that a military solution "will never provide you with security
ROME, June 8 (Reuters) - Italian prosecutors put Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir under investigation over the treatment of activists who were part of a Gaza flotilla last month, a judicial source said on Monday. The source, who asked not to be
DUBAI, June 8 (Reuters) - Tehran will turn the naval blockade established by the United States into another defeat for the "enemy", Iran's top negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said in a message posted on his Telegram channel on Monday. "We are not going to either just fight or
From Iran's first direct attack in April 2024, through the 12-day war in June 2025 and the latest war with the U.S. this year, a short history of the long confrontation that burst into the open and shattered Middle East taboos
Lebanon's president wants to separate the war in Lebanon from the wider Gulf war, but the more Israel attacks in Lebanon, the greater Iran's standing there will be
Armenia’s election result strengthens Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, but his push to normalize ties with Turkey and Azerbaijan still faces major political and constitutional hurdles.
Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodriguez visited Turkey as part of Caracas' post-Maduro diplomatic outreach, seeking to deepen ties with Ankara in energy, trade and mining despite the continued constraints of remaining US sanctions.
(Note offensive language in paragraph 9) By Rami Ayyub, Benjamin Raab and Emily Rose JERUSALEM, June 8 (Reuters) - In launching renewed strikes on Iran on Monday in apparent open defiance of Donald Trump, Israel has tried to make its case to have a say at the peace negotiating
Israeli strikes on south Lebanon killed at least 14 people on Monday, the Lebanese health ministry said, including seven after Iran threatened to attack Israel again if it continued bombing the country. Iran-backed Hezbollah meanwhile said it had targeted Israeli troops inside
An Israeli strike killed five people in the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon on Monday, Lebanon's health ministry said, as Israel vowed to persist with its attacks on Hezbollah despite threats from Iran. The Iran-backed Hezbollah meanwhile said it had targeted Israeli troops in
An Israeli strike hit a vehicle in the city of Tyre, in southern Lebanon on Monday, Lebanese state media reported, as Israel vowed to persist with its attacks on Hezbollah. Hezbollah meanwhile said it had targeted Israeli troops in Lebanon, but did not claim any attacks on
Iranian barrages targeting Israel came after Israeli warplanes struck the outskirts of Beirut, despite the White House publicly signaling its opposition to such strikes.
Tensions are rising in the Gulf over Iranian attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait and renewed fighting between Iran and Israel.
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President Donald Trump said “final negotiations on ‘peace’ are proceeding,” while Iran said the talks were unfolding “in an atmosphere of deep mistrust.”
The Iranian statement said the firing of missiles would continue if Israel strikes in southern Lebanon and Beirut ■ Shortly after the announcement, Lebanese media reported new Israeli strikes ■ Israeli source hinted that Jerusalem won't accept Tehran's new equation on IDF
Iran suspended flights across all airports after Israeli strikes hit the country.