Tag: Middle East
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Yemen risks a return to civil war as Iran-backed rebels target a crucial shipping route
CAIRO — Yemen is moving closer to a return to civil war. The escalating events in the Arab world’s poorest country are closely linked to the ... -
Crisis Six months on, Iran’s leaders are defying the US and signaling no tolerance for dissent
After six months of war, Iran’s leadership has coalesced around a hard core of military generals and clerics long entrenched in the ruling theocracy. They are ready ... -
Lebanese banker faces possible arrest at home after dining with Netanyahu
A Lebanese judge issued an order Wednesday that could lead to the arrest of prominent banker Antoun Sehnaoui if he returns to Lebanon over allegations of ... -
US and Iran trade missile barrages as hopes dim for a quick resolution to the five-month conflict
The United States and Iran each fired barrages of missiles yesterday, as the pattern of back-and-forth strikes took hold again and hope dimmed for a quick end to ... -
Netanyahu’s first meeting with Trump since the Iran war began is a chance to smooth over strains
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with President Donald Trump yesterday is the first since the two leaders launched a joint war against Iran and a chance for ... -
Mediators see progress in diplomatic efforts to halt Iran war, two regional officials say
Mediators have achieved progress in efforts to get the United States and Iran back to negotiations and avert an all-out war in the Middle East, two regional officials ... -
Mideast oil producers step up plans to bypass the Strait of Hormuz
Before the war in Iran, roughly 15 million barrels of Persian Gulf oil were shipped each day through the Strait of Hormuz. Within a few years, much of ... -
US attacks Iran and Tehran retaliates across the Middle East, threatening a return to all-out war
The U.S. launched strikes on Iran yesterday, hours after President Donald Trump vowed to reinstate an American blockade of Iranian ports and charge ships for safe ... -
US attacks Iran over ship being hit in Strait of Hormuz; Tehran lashes out again at Gulf Arab states
The United States attacked Iran early yesterday morning over an Iranian strike on a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz that set the container ship ablaze and ... -
US and Iran exchange intensifying fire across the Gulf, threatening the interim deal to end war
The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early yesterday, and Tehran responded by targeting Gulf countries in an exchange of fire that threatened an interim ... -
Iran warns oil tankers to use approved routes in Strait of Hormuz or face a ‘forceful response’
Iran’s joint military command warned yesterday that all oil tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz must use its approved routes or face a “forceful response,” again ratcheting up ... -
Iran’s president says $6B in frozen assets in Qatar to be released as US talks challenged
Iran’s president said yesterday that $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets would be released by Qatar, as negotiations with the United States were challenged by attacks across ... -
Iran attacks Bahrain and Kuwait following US strikes and threatens to halt talks to end the war
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launched drone and missile attacks yesterday targeting Bahrain and Kuwait in response to U.S. airstrikes that hit the Islamic Republic, and threatened ... -
An oil tanker navigates the Strait of Hormuz despite threats from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard
A Liberian oil tanker made its way out of the Strait of Hormuz yesterday despite threats to shipping from Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, using a new route close ... -
US and Iran wrap high-level talks after making ‘encouraging progress,’ mediators say
U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Iran’s parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf yesterday wrapped up a lengthy round of initial talks aimed at solidifying a permanent end to ... -
Iranian official says end of war includes end of Israel’s occupation of Lebanon
Iran’s top diplomat said yesterday that the deal ending the war with the United States would also require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon, raising questions about ... -
Iran and US reach a tentative deal to end war as Israel rules out withdrawing from seized land
The United States and Iran reached an initial agreement yesterday that would extend their shaky ceasefire and lead to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, but challenges immediately ... -
Qatari mediators travel to Tehran for final touches on a possible deal to end war
Iran and the U.S. inched closer to a deal to end the Iran war, as Qatari mediators traveled to Tehran yesterday to finalize the agreement, according to ... -
Ship is reported seized off the coast of the UAE and is heading toward Iran
A ship anchored off the east coast of the United Arab Emirates has been seized and is heading toward Iranian territorial waters, the British military said ... -
Trump and Xi appear intent on keeping deep differences over Iran war from overshadowing summit
President Donald Trump is set to leave today [Macau time] for Beijing to meet with President Xi Jinping after weeks of trying, and failing, to persuade ... -
Markets surge worldwide as oil plunges toward $90 following ceasefire between US, Israel and Iran
Stock markets are surging worldwide, and oil prices are plunging back toward $90 per barrel after President Donald Trump pulled back from his threat to force ... -
Iran received a ceasefire plan from the US but Tehran dismisses idea
Iran has received an American 15-point plan for a ceasefire for the Iran war through intermediaries from Pakistan, officials in Islamabad said yesterday. The proposal was ... -
Crisis Trump claims US has been holding talks with ‘respected’ Iranian leader
United States President Donald Trump says Iran wants “to make a deal”and claims U.S. envoys have been holding talks with a “respected” Iranian leader. Trump told ... -
Brent crude nears $115 after Iran attacks key energy facilities in the Gulf
Global energy prices soared yesterday after Iran attacked two oil refineries in Kuwait and a key natural gas facility in Qatar that can supply one-fifth of ... -
Iran’s secretive top leader vows to keep up attacks in his first statement
Iran’s new supreme leader released his first statement since succeeding his late father, saying yesterday that Iran would keep up its attacks on its Gulf Arab ... -
Iran names Mojtaba Khamenei successor as oil prices soar
Iran named Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of the country’s late supreme leader, the Islamic Republic’s next ruler yesterday, putting a hard-line cleric in charge as the ... -
Oil and gas prices rapidly rise as Iran war shows no signs of letting up
The price of oil surged higher and showed no signs of halting its rapid climb a week after the U.S. and Israel launched major attacks on Iran that ... -
Iran launches new attacks, saying US will ‘bitterly regret’ sinking warship, calls for Trump’s blood
Iran launched a new wave of attacks Thursday morning at Israel, American bases and countries around the region, threatening that the United States would “bitterly regret” ... -
US congress is taking its first votes on the Iran war as debate rages about goals
The U.S. Senate was moving toward a vote on President Donald Trump’s decision to wage war against Iran, marking a major congressional test over a conflict ... -
Where things stand after the US and Israeli strikes on Iran
The United States and Israel targeted Iran in coordinated attacks over the weekend that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and dozens of other senior figures ... -
Tehran says US-Israeli attacks have killed 555 people so far in Iran
The Iranian Red Crescent Society said yesterday that the U.S.-Israeli airstrike campaign targeting Iran has killed at least 555 people so far in the Islamic Republic. ... -
Oil prices rise sharply after attacks in Middle East disrupt global energy supply
Oil prices rose sharply yesterday as U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and retaliatory strikes against Israel and U.S. military installations around the Gulf sent disruptions ... -
World leaders urge return to talks after US and Israeli strikes kill Iranian leader Ali Khamenei
World leaders urged peace and a return to talks as the military strikes by the United States and Israel on Iran raised concerns about whether the violence could ... -
East Airports closed and thousands of travelers stranded after attack on Iran
The attack on Iran by the United States and Israel disrupted flights across the Middle East and beyond Saturday as countries around the region closed their airspace and ... -
AFC postpones West Region Champions League games after attacks on Iran
The Asian Football Confederation has postponed continental club championship playoffs scheduled in the Middle East this week in response to the U.S. and Israel attacks on Iran. ...
