Middle East

By Karen Lema MANILA, July 21 (Reuters) – Tensions between the U.S. and Iran are likely to cast a shadow

July 20 (Reuters) – The Israeli military said on Monday it had begun a pilot programme for safe zones in

WASHINGTON — American warplanes redoubled their airstrikes across Iran over the weekend, escalating beyond recent tit-for-tat strikes following ballistic missile

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebel group said on Monday that it was imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, as the

By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowall DUBAI, July 20 (Reuters) – Opposition to Iran’s clerical rulers has long simmered in

In a dramatic new twist in the Iran conflict, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has confirmed what President Donald Trump

BEIRUT/WASHINGTON — The US announced on Monday that “pilot zone operations” had begun as part of a Washington-backed security framework

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) – Oil transfers between tankers in waters outside the Strait of Hormuz have

Near the base of a column atop which Saint Simeon Stylites once perched, scattered stones lay bare the damage inflicted