An Australian citizen living in Iran who was a senior member of its Revolutionary Guards orchestrated a major antisemitic firebomb attack in Sydney, Australia's spy chief said Wednesday. Giving an annual threat assessment, Mike Burgess, director-general of the Australian
CAIRO, June 24 (Reuters) - Al-Nazir Al-Sadig sought safety in Egypt from the civil war in Sudan. Instead, the 18-year-old died of pneumonia after more than three weeks in a squalid Cairo jail, where he had suffered beatings and extortion at the hands of other inmates, his
ANKARA, June 24 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that work was underway on a legal framework that will speed up the disbandment of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, and that it would be put on parliament's agenda without delay.
Iran called the deal it struck to end the Middle East war "a declaration of America's defeat" on Wednesday, as the top US diplomat kicked off a tour of Gulf countries hit hardest by Tehran. The war that began with a massive US-Israeli campaign of strikes against Iran on
By Francois Murphy VIENNA, June 24 (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog will carry out inspections in Iran soon following an interim peace accord between the United States and Iran, but modalities have yet to be finalised, the agency's chief Rafael Grossi said on Wednesday.
Factional divisions and opposition to talks with the United States exist within the Iranian hierarchy, but such splits will not suffice on their own to derail the negotiating process, analysts say. After five weeks of war paused by an April ceasefire and ended by an accord this
June 24 (Reuters) - Airlines should continue to avoid the airspace over Iran, Iraq and Lebanon and remain cautious across the region despite the framework deal between Washington and Tehran, because violations remained possible, the EU aviation safety agency EASA said. EASA
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, June 24 (Reuters) - Talks between Israel and Lebanon include discussion of a U.S.-backed proposal for Israeli forces to hand over some of the territory they have invaded during the war with Hezbollah to the Lebanese military, according to Israeli and Lebanese
By Gram Slattery ABU DHABI, June 24 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio begins a Middle East tour in earnest on Wednesday, seeking to reassure Gulf allies who view concessions in President Donald Trump’s Iran deal that include a proposed $300 billion fund as too
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate backed legislation on Tuesday directing President Donald Trump to halt U.S. military action against Iran, the latest rebuke of the Republican president from an increasingly restive Congress. The Senate voted
While the resolution is largely symbolic, it reflects the growing concerns from a number of Republican lawmakers over both the war and the deal Trump struck with Iran to end it
WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - The Republican-majority U.S. Senate backed legislation on Tuesday to halt U.S. military action against Iran, but it was not immediately clear how it would affect the conflict as President Donald Trump's administration negotiates a peace agreement
Airbus has announced it will inspect 16 of its A380 superjumbos, five of them immediately, after cracks were found in a key wing component on some of the jets used by the Emirates and Qantas airlines. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) ordered urgent inspections
Leading figures within Iran's military and security establishment have framed the memorandum with Washington not as an end point but as a conditional arrangement tied to battlefield realities.
Israeli envoy Leiter said the fifth round of talks between officials from Beirut and Jerusalem was a 'train wreck' and warned it was 'in danger of going off the rails,' arguing against giving Iran a role in restraining Hezbollah
ROME, June 23 (Reuters) - Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Tuesday two Italian pro-Palestinian campaigners detained in Libya had been released after spending about a month in custody. • Israeli forces last month arrested hundreds of people on board dozens of
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - Just one in four Americans believes President Donald Trump's war with Iran was worth its costs and a majority worry that a truce with Tehran is unlikely to last, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. The five-day poll, which closed on
By Crispian Balmer and Marco Roberti ROME, June 23 (Reuters) - Italian prosecutors on Tuesday sought a life sentence for one Egyptian security officer and long jail terms for three others accused over the kidnapping, torture and murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni in Cairo
Early cracks are beginning to show following last week’s US-Iran deal announcement even as both sides move ahead with steps toward ending the four-month conflict.
The operation included alleged militant suspects as well as LGBTQ+ and leftist activists, raising concerns over the scope of the crackdown.
LONDON, June 23 (Reuters) - An evacuation plan to enable hundreds of ships with some 11,000 seafarers stranded in the Gulf to sail through the Strait of Hormuz is underway after Iran and the U.S. reached a ceasefire deal, the United Nations' shipping agency said on Tuesday. "We
MOSCOW, June 23 (Reuters) - Russia is considering a diesel export ban, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday, while a newspaper reported on possible fuel imports to tackle shortages, especially in Crimea, which tightened restrictions on public services and
By Amina Ismail and Inti Landauro BRUSSELS, June 23 (Reuters) - A delegation from Afghanistan's Taliban met on Tuesday with EU officials in Brussels for the first time, an event rights groups denounced as legitimising the Islamists but the EU has defended as a step to make it
June 23 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution aimed at strengthening accountability for attacks on U.N. peacekeepers, amid concern over rising violence and low prosecution rates. The move follows a series of deadly incidents targeting U.N.
President Trump said that Iran had agreed to 'the highest level nuclear inspections long into the future (Infinity!!!)' and said unfrozen assets would be placed in escrow for U.S. food and farm purchases. Iranian officials rejected the claim, saying they had not agreed to
While its supporters say the scheme would help Lebanon's economy recover, critics say it could offer a channel for corruption.
While its supporters say the scheme would help Lebanon's economy recover, critics say it could offer a channel for corruption.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, the first stop on a tour of Gulf states aimed at showing solidarity with key allies hit hard by the Middle East war. The delicate mission comes with Gulf countries having paid a heavy economic price for the US
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected in the UAE on Tuesday, the first stop on a tour of Gulf states aimed at showing solidarity with key allies hit hard by the Middle East war. The delicate mission comes with Gulf countries having paid a heavy economic price for the US
Tehran is back in Lebanon, this time through diplomacy rather than proxies. Israel, meanwhile, is discovering that military power does not guarantee a seat at the table when the future of its northern border is being decided
DUBAI, June 23 (Reuters) - Oman and Iran agreed on Tuesday to press on with discussions about the future administration of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, including maritime services in the strategic waterway and the costs associated with them. In a joint statement issued
Baghdad’s pick of a US-educated Armenian Christian adviser as envoy to Washington underscores a bid to reset US-Iraq ties and broaden the country’s diplomatic profile.
By Nazih Osseiran, Laila Bassam and Steven Scheer BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, June 23 (Reuters) - Israeli gunfire killed two people in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, Lebanon's Civil Defence and health ministry said, prompting Iran-backed Hezbollah to accuse Israel of violating a ceasefire
BEIJING, June 23 (Reuters) - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday called on BRICS countries to jointly respond to global challenges from Ebola to AI, and strengthen cooperation on strategic mineral resources, according to a statement from his ministry. • Wang told a
WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump insisted on Tuesday that Iran has agreed to allow nuclear inspections long into the future, despite statements from Iran that it has not done so. "Iran has fully and completely agreed to highest level Nuclear
Tehran alone will decide how to use its frozen assets once they are unfrozen under a US-Iranian deal towards ending the Middle East war, an Iranian ambassador said Tuesday, contradicting US claims. As part of the deal under negotiation, Washington has agreed to release $12