Category: 3. Middle East

By Michael Martina

WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) – Senior U.S. and Chinese officials agree that no country can be allowed to exact shipping tolls in the Strait of Hormuz, the State Department told Reuters on Tuesday,in a sign that the two countries…

US President Donald Trump skirted a question from a reporter about whether he has a ‘red line’ that would end the ceasefire with Iran, stating that he would think about it on the flight to China. Trump reiterated his claim that the US…

By Timour Azhari and Parisa Hafezi

RIYADH/DUBAI, May 12 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia launched numerous, unpublicized strikes on Iran in retaliation for attacks carried out in the kingdom during the Middle East war, two Western officials briefed on the…

By Marwa Rashad and Ahmed Rasheed

LONDON/BAGHDAD, May 12 (Reuters) – Both Iraq and Pakistan have cut deals with Iran to ship oil and liquefied natural gas from the Gulf, according to five sources with knowledge of the matter, in a demonstration of…

WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will have a long talk with Chinese President Xi Jinping about the war in Iran during his upcoming trip to China, but added that he does not think he needs Xi’s help.

“I…

The office of Hakeem Jeffries, the top-ranking Democrat in the United States House of Representatives, has released a fiery statement condemning a fellow lawmaker who endorsed a racist comment about him.

Tuesday’s statement came a day after US…

John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, a Democrat, joins Republicans to advance Warsh’s confirmation.

Kevin Warsh has been confirmed by the United States Senate to join the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors ahead…

The two-week-long drills come less than 30 years after NATO bombed Belgrade in the Kosovo war.

Serbia and NATO have launched their first-ever joint military exercise, a landmark cooperation between the Balkan…

Prime Minister Philip Davis and ruling Progressive Liberal Party seek to clinch rare second consecutive term.

A snap election is underway in the Bahamas, where voters are heading to the polls to decide whether to…