Category: 3. Middle East

By Alasdair Pal

SYDNEY, March 10 (Reuters) – Australian police extracted five Iranian women soccer players from the team’s hotel before they were granted asylum, the interior minister said on Tuesday, as details of their escape from Iranian…

The Middle East war has unleashed a torrent of AI-driven disinformation. Beyond entirely fabricated visuals, another kind of content is spreading: authentic images “enhanced” in ways that experts say are subtly distorting perceptions of what’s…

Crude oil prices plunge below $90 a barrel following an earlier surge to almost $120 in price swing over 24 hours.

US Vice President JD Vance on Monday attended the dignified transfer ceremony for the seventh soldier killed in the Middle East war.

US Army Sgt. Benjamin Pennington, 26, died March 8 from injuries sustained in a March 1 strike on Prince Sultan…

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told PBS News that talking or negotiating with the US is no longer on the agenda. He says that despite making progress during previous rounds of negotiations, the US still chose to attack Iran.

US President Donald Trump threatened to escalate attacks on Iran if it disrupted global oil supplies, saying “they’ll get hit at a much, much harder level.”

TAIPEI, March 10 (Reuters) – The United States has not approached Taiwan about transfers of weapons to the Middle East, Defence Minister Wellington Koo said on Tuesday, after South Korea said it was in talks about the possible redeployment of…

SEOUL, March 10 (Reuters) – South Korea President Lee Jae Myung said on Tuesday that his country could not stop U.S. forces in Korea from shipping some weapons out of the Asian country, but that it would not impact deterrence against North Korea….

US President Donald Trump has told congressional Republicans that the war with Iran could be over “pretty quickly”, as he defended the military campaign and outlined Washington’s objectives in the…

By Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) – Six Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Monday said they are embarking on an intensified campaign for public hearings on the Iran war, with top Trump administration officials testifying under oath and…