BEIRUT, April 9 (Reuters) - Lebanon has spent the last 24 hours advocating for a temporary ceasefire to allow for broader talks with Israel, a senior Lebanese official told Reuters, saying it would be a "separate track but the same model" as a fragile truce brokered by Pakistan
Thousands of Iranians rallied Thursday in a tribute to former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, killed on the first day of the war with the United States and Israel, expressing criticism of talks expected in Pakistan this week. Holding portraits of their deceased leader and waving
An Israeli official said that despite the opening of talks, Israel has not applied a cease-fire to Lebanon. Israel's Ambassador to the U.S., Yechiel Leiter, will lead the negotiations on behalf of Israel. The announcement comes as Israel has launched a massive wave of strikes
The US–Iran truce boosts Pakistan — one of China’s closest partners — by elevating its role as a mediator and strengthening a regional balance that favors Beijing’s allies.
JERUSALEM, April 9 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he has given an instruction for Israel to begin peace talks with Lebanon that would also include the disarming of Hezbollah. "In light of Lebanon's repeated requests to open direct
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ali Sawafta CAIRO/TAYASIR, West Bank, April 9 (Reuters) - Israel has approved the establishment of dozens of new Jewish settlements in the West Bank, an Israeli watchdog group said on Thursday, amid a rise in settler attacks on Palestinians across the
By Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN, April 9 (Reuters) - Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said on Thursday that he represents a proud nation seeking to maintain global order, pushing back against the latest comments about the Arctic island by U.S. President Donald
VIENNA, April 9 (Reuters) - Austria's foreign ministry on Thursday called on Israel to stop attacking civilian targets in Lebanon, and said the Austrian members of a U.N. peacekeeping force there must be protected. Austria has in recent years been one of Israel's staunchest
LONDON, April 9 (Reuters) - Imposing a toll on ships sailing through the critical Strait of Hormuz would "set a dangerous precedent" and countries should not impede freedom of navigation, the UN's shipping agency said on Thursday. Iranian officials have raised the idea of
After the Israeli military said it carried out its largest wave of strikes in Lebanon yet, following the U.S.-Iran truce, and amid conflicting accounts over whether Lebanon is included, Iran's top officials said any agreement must include Lebanon and that Israel's attacks
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, April 9 (Reuters) - Some of Lebanon's hospitals could run out of life-saving trauma medical kits within days as supplies near depletion following mass casualties from large-scale Israeli strikes over the past day, the World Health Organization said
BERLIN, April 9 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday he did not want U.S.-Iran war to place any further strain on relations between the United States and its European NATO partners. "We do not want – I do not want – NATO to split. NATO is a guarantor of
PARIS, April 9 (Reuters) - The Paris Public Prosecutor's office has dropped a probe into illegal drug possession against Rima Hassan, a French far-left member of the European Parliament, it said on Thursday.
By Emilie Madi and Maya Gebeily BEIRUT, April 9 (Reuters) - Ambulances arriving at a Beirut hospital on Thursday bypassed the emergency room and drove straight to the morgue, where exhausted medics unloaded a succession of bags of body parts for relatives to identify before
The UAE said Iran must pay “compensation” for damages incurred during the conflict.
The International Monetary Fund will lower global growth forecasts due to the Middle East war, its chief said Thursday, warning of the conflict's "scarring effects" despite a fragile ceasefire. "Even in a best case, there will be no neat and clean return to the status quo
The International Monetary Fund expects to have to provide up to $50 billion in immediate financial assistance to countries affected by the Middle East war, its managing director said on Thursday, with the crisis likely to have lasting economic effects. "Given the spillovers of
ISLAMABAD, April 9 (Reuters) - Pakistan said Lebanon Prime Minister Nawaf Salam had sought Islamabad's support for bringing an immediate end to the attacks targeting Lebanon and its people in a phone call with Pakistan's prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif. "... Pakistan was engaged
April 9 (Reuters) - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has briefed some capitals that U.S. President Donald Trump wants concrete commitments within the next few days for help securing the Strait of Hormuz, two European diplomats told Reuters on Thursday. Rutte met with Trump in
Just before 5 am at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, a Muslim worshipper prayed in tears. A few hours later, similar emotion overcame Christians and Jews as the city's holy sites reopened following the truce with Iran. Jerusalem's Old City contains major holy sites for all
Israel launched its largest attack against Lebanon in the war, firing over 160 munitions across the country. At least 203 people were killed and 1,072 injured, while 33 remain missing, authorities said.
By Yuka Obayashi and Kentaro Okasaka TOKYO, April 9 (Reuters) - Japan's Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) wants to start moving its vessels stranded near the Strait of Hormuz as soon as possible but must first ensure safe passage and receive guidance from the Japanese government, its
April 9 (Reuters) - Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday that Israeli strikes on Lebanon violate the ceasefire agreement and would render negotiations meaningless. Pezeshkian said Iran would not abandon the Lebanese people. His comments come after Israel carried
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM, April 9 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's long-running corruption trial will resume on Sunday, the courts' spokesperson said on Thursday, hours after Israel lifted a state of emergency imposed over its war with Iran. Iran began
Spain's foreign minister accused Israel of violating international law and the cease-fire during Wednesday's strikes, which killed over 200 people. France and the U.K. said that Lebanon must be included in the agreement with Iran, which also insisted on Lebanon's inclusion
Jerusalem sees major gaps ahead of U.S.–Iran talks in Islamabad but believes Tehran wants to end the war, as Israel signals it will continue strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon
The Israeli military said Ali Yusuf Harshi, the nephew and 'close associate' of Secretary-General Naim Qassem, 'played a central role in managing and securing his office'
The latest developments in the Middle East war: - Spain embassy - Spain will reopen its embassy in Iran, which was closed in March due to the war, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said. - China on Lebanon - A spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry said
The Israeli military said on Thursday that an Al Jazeera journalist killed a day earlier in an Israeli strike in Gaza was a Hamas militant who had "operated under the guise of a journalist". On Wednesday, the Qatar-based broadcaster said in a statement that it strongly
Buffeted by six weeks of war in the Middle East, airlines have scrambled to trim routes and costs as fuel bills explode and wary clients think twice about their travel plans, a situation that could persist even if a fragile truce holds. Carriers have largely halted flights in
Trump's latest post followed the largest coordinated strike of the war by Israel on Wednesday that killed at least 203 people in Lebanon, prompting a warning from Iran's lead negotiator that Israel's attacks could jeopardize talks to forge a permanent peace deal
BRUSSELS, April 9 (Reuters) - The ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran should extend to Lebanon, EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas said on Thursday, adding that Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah must disarm. "Israeli actions are putting the U.S.-Iran ceasefire
DUBAI, April 9 (Reuters) - More than 3,000 people were killed throughout Iran during the war that began on February 28, Iran's forensic chief told state media on Thursday, adding that 40% of the dead needed forensic work to be identified and returned to families. (Reporting by
By Angelo Amante and Giuseppe Fonte ROME, April 9 (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday that restoring freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz was of vital interest for her country and the European Union, as she pledged to work with partners
The chart suggested ships travel further north through waters closer to Iran's mainland near Larak Island, a route that some ships were observed taking before Tehran's and Washington's cease-fire. It remains unclear if the Revolutionary Guard cleared any mining on the route
ROME, April 9 (Reuters) - European Union authorities should consider a temporary suspension of budget deficit rules if the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran flares up again, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told parliament on Thursday. Meloni also said her government was ready to take
MADRID, April 9 (Reuters) - Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares on Thursday accused Israel of violating international law and a newly brokered two-week ceasefire in the Middle East by carrying out airstrikes on Lebanon on Wednesday. Spain has emerged as one of the most
BEIJING, April 9 (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry said it hoped the "relevant parties can grasp this chance at peace and bring the region back to stability as soon as possible" after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a ceasefire in the weeks-long Middle East war. China said it
PARIS, April 9 (Reuters) - The ceasefire agreed by Iran and the United States must also cover military actions in Lebanon, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Thursday, adding France condemned "massive" Israeli strikes the previous day. Barrot added that he expects
WASHINGTON/DUBAI/TEL AVIV, April 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to retain military assets in the Middle East until a peace deal with Iran is reached and warned of a major escalation in fighting if it failed to comply, as oil prices rose on concerns over supply
LONDON, April 9 (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said Israel's pounding of Lebanon was "deeply damaging" and said that conflict must end to prevent the U.S.-Iran ceasefire from being destabilised. "We want to see Lebanon included in the ceasefire," she told
NEW DELHI, April 9 (Reuters) - An Iranian delegation will arrive in Pakistani capital Islamabad on Thursday night for talks to resolve conflict with the U.S. and Israel, Iran's ambassador to Pakistan said on Thursday. "Despite skepticism of Iranian public opinion due to
April 9 (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will say on Thursday that shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which carries around a fifth of the world's oil and gas, must be toll-free, countering a push by Iran to control the vital waterway. Iran has said it
By Rami Ayyub, Maayan Lubell and Emily Rose JERUSALEM, April 9 (Reuters) - Even as the U.S. and Iran seek to cement a ceasefire, Israel is seizing more territory from its neighbours in preparation for a long, drawn-out conflict across the Middle East. Israel's creation of
Civil defense services reported over a thousand were wounded in the IDF's largest coordinated strike campaign since the start of the war. The Tasnim news agency reported Iran would withdraw from its cease-fire agreement if Israeli attacks on Lebanon continued
US President Donald Trump said late Wednesday that US forces deployed near Iran would remain stationed in the area until a "real agreement" is reached, as Washington enters a fragile two-week ceasefire with Tehran. The truce reached Tuesday showed signs of unravelling, with
April 8 (Reuters) - U.S President Donald Trump said all U.S. ships, aircraft, and military personnel would stay in place in and around Iran until it fully complied with a deal. "All U.S. Ships, Aircraft, and Military Personnel, with additional Ammunition, Weaponry, and anything
Tehran aims now not only to remove Trump's threat that the Iranian 'civilization will die' and to settle passage in the strait, but also to draw out a new map of regional control in a security agreement under which it preserves the status of a regional power
Oil prices climbed and most stocks fell Thursday on fears over the nascent US-Iran ceasefire after Tehran threatened to resume hostilities as Israel launched a major bombardment of Lebanon. Equity markets across the globe soared and crude plunged Wednesday after US President