Category: 3. Middle East

Top Democratic senators in the United States have called for an investigation into the strike against a girls’ school in southern Iran, saying that the Pentagon must “provide clear answers” about the…

The US military claims six men killed in a strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Monday that he was “nowhere near” deciding whether to send U.S. troops into Iran to secure the stockpile of highly enriched uranium there.

“We haven’t made any decision on that….

The United Arab Emirates decried Monday that it was being targeted “in a very unwarranted manner” in the Middle East war, stressing it would “not partake in any attacks against Iran”.

“The UAE does not seek to be drawn into conflict or…

Ministry of National Defence says no casualties or damage after missile shot down over southern city of Gaziantep.

By Olivia Le Poidevin

GENEVA, March 9 (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva called on Monday for a de-escalation of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran and a return to negotiations.

Oil prices have surged as…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Kyiv could provide defensive systems as well as assistance to civilians and American soldiers “deployed in certain countries” in the Middle East as the war in Iran continues.

He has…

Tehran, Iran – Commanders, politicians and religious authorities in Iran are rallying around the flag and hinting at a prolonged war after Mojtaba Khamenei was selected as supreme leader as the country is under fire from the United States and…

At 10:56 pm an alert announcing the approach of an Iranian missile sounds, and a brief, heart-pounding wait begins in the operations room at Magen David Adom (MDA) as first responders get ready to deploy.

In this nerve centre for Israel’s…

Palestinian journalist Amal Shamali, who worked as a correspondent for Qatar Radio, has been killed in an Israeli air strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate…