WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Iran shot down a U.S. Apache helicopter that was patrolling the Strait of Hormuz overnight and vowed to respond, but gave no other details. "I have just been informed by our Great Military that last night the
LONDON, June 9 (Reuters) - Britain said on Tuesday that a law to crack down on proxies acting for states deemed to be hostile such as Iran was expected to come into force next month, as it steps up powers to counter what it says is a growing threat posed by such groups. The new
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun recently told Iran to stay out of the country’s affairs, drawing a rebuke from Tehran.
The Christian quarter in south Lebanon's Tyre, the last pocket of the coastal city spared from Israeli threats, was emptied out on Tuesday after an unprecedented warning for the city's residents. "We've packed our things, and we're leaving," resident Elias Barbour told AFP.
No Israeli soldiers were wounded in the incidents. Local residents were instructed to stay in their homes. The military says it is conducting searches for others who may have crossed the border fence
The cause of the Apache gunship crash is under investigation as the US military has quietly coached commercial ships attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz despite Iran’s threats.
The claim escalates already high tensions in the Gulf, where a fragile ceasefire has recently come under strain.
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
France Tuesday banned Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich from entering the country, as part of coordinated sanctions with other countries over settler violence against Palestinians. Smotrich is the second member of the Israeli government to be forbidden from
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 order included Tyre's historic Christian quarter, previously spared from similar warnings. Among those reported killed in Lebanon was a 16-year-old boy, who died in a drone strike outside his home
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
“He couldn’t afford a confrontation with Trump, who was the last asset he had left,” a Netanyahu associate told Al-Monitor, describing the prime minister’s struggle to balance pressure for retaliation against Iran with the need to preserve his alliance with the US president.
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
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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
