Seven OPEC+ members are meeting Sunday to make their first decision on oil-production quotas since the United Arab Emirates' departure from the cartel, which added to the soaring price pressure unleashed by the Mideast war. The UAE, one of the world's top producers, announced
As Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz roils the global economy, one German town has been scrambling to help make up the shortfall in essential supplies of fertilisers. Wittenberg, better known to many as a cradle of the Protestant Reformation, is also home to a chemical
With no breakthrough in talks four weeks into the U.S.-Iran cease-fire, frustration is mounting in Washington over Tehran's refusal to halt uranium enrichment. As fighting persists in Lebanon and U.S. pressure grows, renewed American strikes on Iran are again being considered
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, May 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Saturday that there is the possibility the United States could restart strikes on Iran. Trump was responding to a reporter's question at West Palm Beach in Florida. (Reporting by David
Mohammadi won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize while in prison for her campaign to advance women's rights and abolish the death penalty in Iran. She suffered a suspected heart attack in late March, her family said, and has been transferred to the hospital due to a 'catastrophic
A senior Iranian military official issued the warning hours after Donald Trump signaled dissatisfaction with a new Iranian truce proposal submitted Thursday, which called for reopening the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for lifting the U.S. blockade of Iran
By Parisa Hafezi and Jacob Bogage DUBAI/WEST PALM BEACH, 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 program for later, a
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in an interview broadcast on Saturday that banning some pro-Palestinian marches could be justified, especially when they call for the intifada to spread. Labour leader Starmer is under pressure to act after a spate of antisemitic
Members of the Tubasi family say that since West Bank settlers set up an outpost nearby, the interlopers have been vandalizing property, keeping the family up at night, and worse
Mehdi Taj, a former IRGC member, was asked about his ties to the group, but was allowed into the country for a pre-World Cup gathering in Vancouver. Canada has said IRGC members are barred from the country. 'We told them that there are 90 million IRGC members in Iran,' Taj said
Two activists who participated in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla have been brought to Israel for questioning, the foreign ministry said Saturday, after the vessels were intercepted by Israeli forces. The flotilla of more than 50 vessels had set sail from ports in France, Spain and
Two activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla, arrested off the coast of Greece, have been brought to Israel for questioning, a move Spain has condemned as "illegal". The flotilla of more than 50 vessels had set sail from France, Spain and Italy with the aim of breaking an Israeli
Trump signals hope for a "tremendous new chapter” in US-Iraq ties with the nomination of Ali Al-Zaidi as prime minister.
US President Donald Trump said Saturday he will review a new Iranian peace proposal, but cast doubt over its prospects as he left open the possibility of future attacks on Iran. Negotiations between the two countries have been deadlocked since a ceasefire came into effect on
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
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
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.
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
The latest developments in the Middle East war: - US cutting Germany troop numbers 'way down' - President Donald Trump said the United States would be withdrawing more troops from Germany than was previously announced by the Pentagon. "We're going to cut way down, and we're
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
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
(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
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,
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