By Erin Banco, Gram Slattery and Maayan Lubell WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM, March 23 (Reuters) - Less than 48 hours before the U.S.-Israeli strike on Iran began, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone to President Donald Trump about the reasons for launching the kind of
Iran has yet to respond to the proposal, the source said. It comes as the US announced it was pausing strikes on Iran's energy infrastructure for five days.
BRUSSELS, March 23 (Reuters) - Soldiers were deployed on the streets of leading Belgian citieson Monday to bolster security for the Jewish community, after what officials said were antisemitic attacks in Belgium and the Netherlands. The move follows an explosionthis month at a
Israeli officials say the U.S. is talking with the Iranian parliament speaker and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who both deny that talks are underway. A Western diplomat told Haaretz that while talks aren't taking place, the ground is being tested
The world has given Israel "a licence to torture Palestinians", a UN expert said Monday, with life in the occupied territories "a continuum of physical and mental suffering". Francesca Albanese, the UN's special rapporteur on the rights situation in the Palestinian territories
March 23 (Reuters) - Iran's veteran supreme leader and a host of other top figures and Revolutionary Guards commanders have been killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes but the ruling system has maintained its ability to strategise and operate in the war that began on February 28. Born
Just a trickle of cargo ships and tankers -- most of them Iranian -- have made it through the Strait of Hormuz since Iranian forces effectively blocked the crucial trade route in the Middle East war. Here are facts and figures about vessels that have passed through the
Britain is sending short-range air defence systems to the Gulf to help counter Iranian missile attacks, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday. "We're deploying short range air defence systems to Bahrain at speed," Starmer told a parliamentary committee, adding the UK was
March 23 (Reuters) - Ukraine's military intelligence has "irrefutable" evidence that Russia continues to provide intelligence to Iran, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday after meeting the head of military intelligence. "Russia is using its own signals
Iran has not updated its official death toll figures for weeks, while human rights groups outside the country are struggling with chronic communication problems, meaning the number of people killed during the war remains largely unknown. The last time Iran's health ministry
US Energy Secretary Chis Wright announced Monday that the United States started releasing 1 million to 1.5 million barrels of oil per day last week from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
How long will the Iran war last and what are the US goals? President Donald Trump has issued a dizzying number of conflicting answers to these questions since launching the conflict three weeks ago. The stakes have risen as Iran has retaliated with drone and missile strikes
The surge in fuel prices triggered by the war in the Middle East has prompted countries to take measures to limit the financial impact on consumers and businesses. Countries have also moved to reduce consumption, especially when they have limited reserves. Here are some of the
British national Craig Foreman, who has been held along with his wife Lindsay in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison for over a year and charged with espionage, has called on Prime Minister Keith Starmer to publicly speak out against the charge
The alliance has invoked Article 5 only once, after 9/11. Does it obligate America's allies to take part as the United States and Israel bash Iran?
WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday told reporters the United States has held talks with Iran and that the two sides had "major points of agreement." Trump said the conversations that took place on Sunday would to continue on Monday and that if the
By Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Maya Gebeily JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, March 23 (Reuters) - Israel should extend its border with Lebanon up to the Litani River deep inside the country's south, Israel's finance minister said on Monday as Israeli troops bombed bridges and destroyed homes in
US President Donald Trump told AFP on Monday that "things are going very well" regarding Iran, shortly after announcing talks with Tehran and a five-day pause on targeting the Islamic republic's power plants. Trump's abrupt shift on Iran came hours before the expiration of a
President Donald Trump said Monday that "regime change" was underway in Iran as the United States holds peace talks with an unidentified alternative leader. Trump's surprise announcement to reporters in Florida was short on detail about whom the US side had contacted, but he
An Israeli official said the U.S. is holding direct contacts with the speaker of Iran's parliament, who denied the claim as 'fake news' designed to manipulate oil markets. Pakistan is taking the lead as mediator, and a meeting could take place in Islamabad this week, a source
Told by the IDF not to evacuate and wary of the terror militia, residents in Christian villages in southern Lebanon say they are the ones paying the price
VATICAN CITY, March 23 (Reuters) - Pope Leo sharply criticised aerial bombardments on Monday, saying they are indiscriminate and should be banned, in his latest anti-war comments as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran enters its fourth week. Leo, the first U.S. pope, did not
Trump faces a choice between a negotiated deal or declaring military damage a victory. A deal means engaging a regime he sought to topple, while claiming victory leaves it intact. Iran's regime, meanwhile, faces its own dilemmas too
In a Truth Social post, US President Trump said that Washington and Tehran “have had, over the last two days, very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East.”
In a Truth Social post, US President Trump said that Washington and Tehran “have had, over the last two days, very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East.”
LONDON, March 23 (Reuters) - British police said on Monday an attack on Jewish community ambulances in north London was not being treated as a terrorist incident but the investigation would be led by counter terrorism officers. "While this has not been declared a terrorist
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier that has been part of Middle East war operations, on Monday returned to a naval base in Crete, an AFP photographer said. The vessel, which took on food, fuel and ammunition at Souda Bay in February, reported a laundry
Two Iranian attacks targeted the UAE on Monday, authorities in Abu Dhabi said, with at least seven ballistic missiles and 16 drones launched from Iran intercepted by
WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Monday the U.S. has had good and productive conversations with Iran and he will order the military to postpone any military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for five days. Trump's move
US President Trump has paused planned US strikes on Iran’s energy infrastructure for five days following “productive” talks, easing tensions after a standoff over the Strait of Hormuz that rattled oil markets.
By Bo Erickson MEMPHIS, March 23 (Reuters) - Four weeks into the Iran war, U.S. President Donald Trump will shift his focus from overseas conflict to law‑and‑order, visiting Memphis, Tennessee, on Monday to highlight his crime crackdown to bolster his party ahead of November
LJUBLJANA, March 23 (Reuters) - Slovenia's political parties looked set for urgent coalition talks on Monday after no clear winner emerged from an election that could sway the Alpine country's domestic and foreignagenda. Prime Minister Robert Golob's liberal Freedom Movement
MOSCOW, March 23 (Reuters) - U.S.-Israeli strikes near the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran are extremely dangerous and Russia has shared its concerns with the United States, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. Such strikes could have irreparable consequences,
PRAGUE, March 23 (Reuters) - Czech police and defence company LPP, which produces drones for Ukraine, are investigating a fire at a factory in the city of Pardubice for possible links to Russian interests, LPP said on Monday. Police are treating Friday's incident as a
LONDON, March 23 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday there had been no assessment that mainland Britain was being targeted by Iran. "We carry out assessments all the time in order to keep us safe, and there's no assessment that we're being targeted in
JERUSALEM, March 23 (Reuters) - An Israeli civilian killed on Sunday on the Lebanese border dies as a result of friendly fire and not from a rocket attack from Hezbollah, the Israeli military said on Monday. Initial findings indicate that the man, Ofer Moskowitz, was killed by
DUBAI, March 23 (Reuters) - The cases of individuals arrested over Iran's nationwide protests earlier this year have been processed, first deputy Chief of the Judiciary Hamzeh Khalili said on Monday, with cases given a final verdict now being implemented Nationwide
LONDON, March 23 (Reuters) - A British man detained in Tehran urged Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday to "step out of the shadows" and publicly challenge the spying charges against him and his wife, who now fear for their lives more than three weeks into the Iran war. Craig
DUBAI, March 23 (Reuters) - An attack on Iran's southern coast and islands will lead to Gulf routes being cut with the laying of sea mines, the country's Defence Council said on Monday according to state media. The U.S. is considering plans to occupy or blockade Iran's Kharg
President Donald Trump said Monday the United States and Iran had held "very good" talks towards ending the three-week Middle East war, putting threatened US attacks on Iran's power plants on hold in a stunning about-turn. In a social media post that immediately sent oil prices
The world faces an energy crisis worse than both 1970s oil shocks combined if the Middle East war drags on, the head of the International Energy Agency warned Monday, as Israel launched fresh strikes on Tehran and threatened weeks more fighting. As the war grinds into its
Iran threatened Monday to deploy naval mines in the Gulf and target power plants across the region as it defied US President Donald Trump's ultimatum for the Islamic republic to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The ramped-up rhetoric came after stark warnings that the world faces
BEIJING, March 23 (Reuters) - China on Monday urged all parties involved in the Middle East conflict affecting the Strait of Hormuz to end military operations to prevent a "vicious cycle" and return to negotiations. "Should hostilities continue to escalate and the situation
March 23 (Reuters) - Four ambulances belonging to a Jewish community organisation in north London were set ablaze, police said on Monday, adding that the incident was being treated as an antisemitic hate crime. "An investigation has been launched after four ambulances belonging
DUBAI, March 23 (Reuters) - Iran will retaliate to an attack on its electricity sector by targeting Israel's power plants as well as power plants supplying U.S. bases with electricity in regional countries, a statement by the Revolutionary Guards on Monday said. The statement
The amount of heat trapped by the Earth reached record levels in 2025, with the consequences of such warming feared to last for thousands of years, the UN warned Monday. The 11 hottest years ever recorded were all between 2015 and 2025, the United Nations' WMO weather and
The global economy is under "major threat" from the energy crisis caused by the Middle East war and "no country will be immune" to its effects, International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol said Monday. Speaking at the National Press Club in Australia's capital, Birol compared
The siege of Hormuz is pushing already-fragile Iraq, Lebanon and Syria deeper into chaos while straining economies in Jordan and Egypt. Launching a war in such an energy-sensitive region without a plan is a dangerous strategic gamble with severe possible consequences
Stocks tumbled Monday and oil prices jumped after Donald Trump and Iranian leaders traded threats over the key Strait of Hormuz, while Israel said the Middle East war could last several more weeks. With the conflict now in its fourth week and showing no sign of ending, the head
Stocks tumbled Monday and oil prices rose after Donald Trump and Iranian leaders traded threats over the key Strait of Hormuz, while Israel said the Middle East war could last several more weeks. With the conflict now in its fourth week and showing no sign of ending, the head