June 11 (Reuters) - Iran's top joint military command announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, including oil tankers and commercial ships, saying any vessel that will attempt passage will be shot at. (Reporting by Menna Alaa El Din, Ahmed Tolba and Yomna Ehab;
By Joshua McElwee and Joan Faus BARCELONA, June 10 (Reuters) - Pope Leo visited Barcelona's Sagrada Familia on Wednesday and inaugurated the newest of its soaring geometric spires that makes the modernist structure designed by Antoni Gaudi the world's tallest church. At a Mass
JERUSALEM, June 10 (Reuters) - A prominent Palestinian doctor captured by the Israeli military in Gaza in late 2024 and held in detention ever since appeared by video link at a Supreme Court hearing in Jerusalem on Wednesday. Hussam Abu Safiya appeared in the video to have lost
By Janina Nuno Rios and Angelica Medina MEXICO CITY, June 10 (Reuters) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino defended the way soccer's governing body had handled visa issues ahead of the World Cup, saying on Wednesday that it was working to find solutions but could not override
LOS ANGELES, June 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the United States will hit Iran hard on on Wednesday and bomb "key facilities." (Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis, Writing by Christian Martinez; editing by Michelle Nichols )
A new wave of strikes aims not to restart war but rather to strengthen Washington's hand in long-sought negotiations, the Pentagon's top official claims.
A man identified as a Palestinian refugee from Syria with Ukrainian citizenship was detained by Hezbollah and accused by Lebanon of being part of an Israeli bombing and assassination plot. His subsequent escape and disappearance now put Lebanon in a quandary
Netanyahu responded by saying Erdoğan is an 'antisemitic dictator ... who is committing genocide against the Kurds, supports the Hamas terrorist organization, oppresses his own people and imprisons political rivals'
WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Wednesday said it was imposing sanctions against 11 people and entities, including several based in China and Hong Kong, for supporting weapons procurement by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Iranian
The sanctions are the latest to target Iran's weapons procurement networks.
By Ali Sawafta TAYBEH, West Bank, June 10 - Israeli settlers obstructed Palestinians putting out a large blaze near a Christian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank late on Tuesday, a local priest and Palestinian civil defence firefighters said. The incident comes amid
According to reports, the Lebanese president is holding talks with the Vatican and U.S. ambassadors to prevent an Israeli strike in the Christian quarter of Tyre, after the IDF issued an evacuation warning to residents of the neighborhood for the first time on Tuesday
Israeli lawmakers voted on Wednesday to advance a bill that would allow most ultra-Orthodox Jewish men to avoid military conscription, despite fierce opposition protests. Ultra-orthodox men have largely been exempted from service throughout Israel's modern history, but the
The Turkish president has accused Israel of threatening Turkey through its military actions in Syria, Lebanon and the Eastern Mediterranean, triggering a sharp exchange with the Israeli prime minister.
Moscow signals it wants to maintain its presence in Syria, where President Ahmed al-Sharaa recently said that Russian bases will be converted into training centers.
WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States is going to attack Iran "very hard" if no peace deal is finalized. "We're going to be attacking them, attacking them very hard, resuming bombing," Trump told reporters at the
The canal generated $419 million in revenue in April, up 27% year over year.
BEIRUT, June 10 (Reuters) - Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon killed at least 13 people on Wednesday, Lebanese security sources said, as Israel pressed its campaign against Hezbollah and the Iran-backed group claimed fresh attacks against Israeli forces in the south. The
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL, June 10 (Reuters) - Pakistani air strikes on three Afghan provinces killed at least 13 people, including 11 children, on Wednesday, the Afghan Taliban government said, in a renewal of a conflict that has claimed hundreds of lives this year. At
VIENNA, June 10 (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog's 35-nation Board of Governors passed a U.S.-backed resolution on Wednesday telling Iran to declare its remaining enriched uranium stocks and let inspectors verify them, which could complicate Washington's talks with Tehran.
By Joanna Plucinska and Christina Amann BERLIN, June 10 (Reuters) - Germany's ILA air show opened on Wednesday under the twin shadows of the Iran war and the collapse this week of a flagship Franco-German fighter jet project, clouding what is meant to be one of Europe's premier
Amnesty International accused Israel on Wednesday of an "ethnic cleansing" campaign against Bedouin and herding communities in the occupied West Bank," charges that Israel dismissed as "false and baseless". A new report by the rights group found that the campaign was aimed at
WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) - The United States, Australia, European allies and other countries condemned Iran-backed groups' plots to kill Iranian dissidents, journalists and Jewish communities in a joint statement released on Wednesday. "We stand united in our determination
In a new report, Amnesty International said that the escalating forced displacement and settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank is part of a state-led campaign to control the Palestinian territory.
President Donald Trump said the United States will renew attacks on Iran on Wednesday, accusing Tehran's peace negotiators of "playing us for suckers." Trump's remarks came after the two sides traded fire following the downing of a US helicopter, further straining a ceasefire
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that Iran has taken too long to negotiate a deal over the conflict in the Middle East and will now "have to pay the price." Trump's social media post, in which he asserted that the Iranian military has been "completely defeated," came
According to the report, negotiators were narrowing gaps on uranium enrichment, inspections and Iran's nuclear stockpile in talks that could have restricted Tehran's nuclear program for 15 years
WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Tehran has taken too long to negotiate a deal and would now "have to pay the price" after Iran and the United States exchanged strikes in the region amid reported efforts to continue talks. "Iran is
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek re-election in Israel's upcoming national vote, his Likud party announced Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump publicly questioned whether the 76-year-old would run. Netanyahu, who is Israel's longest-serving prime minister, has
The president warned Iran that there would be a "price" for delaying a deal.
Tehran said it would reassess diplomatic engagement with Washington after tit-for-tat strikes overnight
June 10 (Reuters) - The UN human rights office will deploy a team of investigators to Lebanon next week to assess potential violations of international law by all parties during the current war in the country, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Wednesday. Lebanon was
ANKARA, June 10 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Israel's attacks on Syria and Lebanon had reached a point where they also threaten Turkey, adding Israel's "aggression" posed a threat to the whole world and must be stopped. NATO member Turkey
The US military is exploiting opportunities to weaken Iran’s defenses around the Strait of Hormuz, without White House approval for a full-scale operation at this time.
By Christina Amann BERLIN, June 10 (Reuters) - Protesters sitting on the road and shouting slogans such as "Free Palestine" blocked roads leading to Berlin's ILA air show on Wednesday, forcing many delegates to walk to the industry showcase where Chancellor Friedrich Merz was
Military officials warned that if this policy continues unchanged, it is likely to lead to an erosion in the deterrence Israel built over the past two-and-a-half years of war and harm Israel's freedom of action in the region
TEL AVIV, June 10 (Reuters) - Benjamin Netanyahu will seek re-election this year, his party announced on Wednesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he wasn't sure if the Israeli prime minister would stand again. In a brief statement, Netanyahu's Likud Party said he would
US President Donald Trump accused Iran on Wednesday of taking too long to negotiate a peace deal and warned it would "have to pay the price", as the head of the United Nations cautioned against a return to all-out war. The remarks came after Iran and the US once again traded
Iran attacked American bases in Jordan and Bahrain on Wednesday, warning its Gulf neighbours that they had a "responsibility" to stop the United States and Israel from using their territory to strike the Islamic republic. The strikes came after the US carried out attacks on
PARIS, June 10 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron will chair a video conference on Thursday involving G7 countries and China over how to address global trade imbalances, the Elysee said on Wednesday. "This conference shows a new willingness on the part of China, the
Following the U.S. strikes, Iran launched attacks on sites in Bahrain and Kuwait, which both sounded alerts and fired air defenses in response. Jordan also reported shooting down five missiles that Iran shot at an air base hosting U.S. forces
Saudi Arabia launched its second national carrier Riyadh Air after more than a year of delays on Wednesday, defying the economic turmoil triggered by the Middle East war and strong competition from established Gulf airlines. A London-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliner in Riyadh Air's
By Enas Alashray, Elwely Elwelly and Phil Stewart DUBAI/WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they had carried out attacks against a U.S. base in Jordan and 21 other targets in the Gulf on Wednesday in retaliation for American strikes around the
A lavish spending spree brought star players and attention to Saudi Arabia, but it has not reaped rewards for the national team who arrive at the World Cup desperate to reverse a run of poor results. The oil-rich kingdom pumped around $2 billion in three years into football,
A UAE real estate magnate close to Donald Trump is pumping billions of dollars into data centres, hoping to cash in on the AI boom and become the global leader in the field. DAMAC Properties chairman Hussain Sajwani, who attended the US president's 2025 inauguration and is