Category: 3. Middle East

SHANGHAI, March 14 (Reuters) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi in a phone call that disputes between Afghanistan and Pakistan should be resolved through dialogue and consultation, not force, the…

US-Israeli strikes killed Iran’s leader but have not toppled the government, which now, from its perch on the Strait of Hormuz, has put the entire world economy on the war’s frontlines.

The initial US victory in killing supreme leader Ali Khamenei…

Iran’s leaders are seeking to show the staying power of their near half-century old clerical-based system and prove that it can withstand the killing of its longtime ruler and war with United States and Israel, analysts said.

Ayatollah Ali…

“The US Navy at this point can’t even get anywhere close to the Strait of Hormuz without being attacked.” Experts are pouring cold water on Pete Hegseth’s claims that the US is working effectively to reopen the world’s most…

By Kanishka Singh

WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) – Palestinian actor Motaz Malhees said on Friday that a travel ban imposed by the Trump administration is preventing him from attending this weekend’s Academy Awards, whose nominees include a movie…

Voters in the Republic of Congo will choose their next president on Sunday, although longtime leader Dennis Sassou Nguesso is likely to be elected unchallenged, analysts say.

The central African nation, which has been led almost continuously by…

Rights groups have slammed United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for saying that “no quarter” will be shown to Iran, as the US and Israel continue their military campaign against the country.

“We will keep pressing. We will keep…

Intense strikes target central Tehran as US president says ‘powerful’ bombing raid hit Iranian forces on Kharg Island.

WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday Said on Friday that the United States carried out strikes against “every military target” on Iran’s Kharg Island export hub.

“For reasons of decency, I have chosen NOT to wipe…

In a fiery, 27-page decision, a United States judge has granted a motion to quash two subpoenas related to an investigation into Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, the country’s central bank.

On Friday, Judge James Boasberg of the…