Category: 3. Middle East

June 3 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Iran has agreed to not have a nuclear weapon and that Iran’s Ayatollah is involved in negotiations with the United States.

“They’ve already agreed they’re not going to have a…

Cape Verde’s national football team has arrived in the US ahead to take part in their first ever FIFA World Cup. Players filmed themselves dancing in the aisle of the plane and were cheered on the tarmac.

Wyland’s mural stood for nearly three decades before workers began painting over it last month to promote the World Cup.

A United States artist who painted a mural on a building in downtown Dallas of life-sized…

DUBAI, June 3 (Reuters) – The Israeli military said it intercepted a “hostile aircraft” that crossed into northern Israel from Lebanon on Wednesday.

It did not link the drone to Hezbollah, and the Iran-backed group has not claimed responsibility…

Eight years after a British prime minister and foreign secretary made back-to-back visits to China, the Keir Starmer government is once again trying to reset relations with Beijing after a long period of what Starmer had in January described as…

A drone strike on a passenger terminal in Kuwait’s international airport wounded several people Wednesday and forced air traffic to be suspended, as Iranian and US forces traded attacks in the Gulf.

The attacks marked one of the more severe tests…

Iran’s World Cup squad will arrive early on Sunday in Mexico where they will be based for the duration of the global football tournament, a team statement said Wednesday.

“The Iran national football team will depart Antalya for Tijuana at 15:20…

Muhammad Ali’s legacy extends far beyond his world titles and Olympic gold, his widow has said, as his hometown prepares to mark 10 years since the boxing icon’s death with a global “Day of…

Veteran journalist’s dismissal comes after he reportedly accused management of ‘murdering’ influential news programme.

US broadcaster CBS has fired Scott Pelley, a longtime…

By Enas Alashray and Patricia Zengerle

CAIRO/WASHINGTON, June 3 (Reuters) – Gulf hostilities flared again on Wednesday, with an Iranian missile attack damaging Kuwait’s airport and the U.S. military carrying out strikes near the Strait of Hormuz,…