Category: 3. Middle East

ISLAMABAD, March 17 (Reuters) – Pakistan has been the Afghan Taliban’s closest friend for decades. It was Islamabad that helped give birth to the Taliban in the early 1990s – as a way to give Pakistan “strategic depth” in its rivalry with…

Venezuela is through to its first World Baseball Classic final and will play the host nation for the title in Florida.

South Africa’s fruit exporters are facing mounting losses and disruption as the US-Israel war on Iran enters its fourth week, threatening a $1.3 billion market in the Middle East. Al Jazeera’s Fahmida Miller reports from Cape Town,…

By Alexander Cornwell and Jonathan Landay

March 17 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump accused some Western allies of ingratitude after several countries rebuffed his demand to send warships to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz,…

Cuba’s national power grid has collapsed amid an ongoing US-imposed oil blockade, causing blackouts across the country. Cuba has not received oil shipments since early January.

HONG KONG, March 17 (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s leader John Lee said he was “very concerned” about the rise in oil prices due to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and that the financial hub, along with the rest of Asia, would see shocks and volatility due…

Here are the latest economic events in the Middle East war on Tuesday:

– Stocks rise as oil pushes higher –

Oil prices resumed their push higher as several countries pushed back against US President Donald Trump’s demand that they help secure the…

“Reckless war of choice.” US House of Representatives Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries criticised Donald Trump for what he called a failure to adequately prepare for the consequences of launching a war on Iran.

Washington, DC – Pro-Israel groups in the United States are spending millions of dollars in elections to assert their influence over the rising anger towards Israeli policies.

A set of primaries in the Midwestern state of Illinois on Tuesday…

SYDNEY, March 17 (Reuters) – The two players from the Iranian women’s soccer squad who chose to remain in Australia after seeking asylum have been pictured training with a local A-League club as they begin their new lives in the country….