Category: 3. Middle East

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has pledged allegiance to Mojtaba Khamenei, the country’s newly-elected supreme leader. While some Iranians have celebrated, many are dismayed the 56-year-old cleric, accused of human rights…

March 9 (Reuters) – Oil prices have soared while share markets have skidded on fears that the escalating U.S.-Israeli war on Iran will squeeze energy supplies and hamstring industries around the world.

Following are actions that governments are…

March 9 (Reuters) – Ukraine sent interceptor drones and a team of drone experts to protect U.S. military bases in Jordan, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview with The New York Times published on Monday.

The U.S. made the request for…

DHAKA, March 9 (Reuters) – Bangladesh will close all universities from Monday, bringing forward the Eid al-Fitr holidays as part of emergency measures to conserve electricity and fuel amid a worsening energy crisis linked to the conflict in the…

Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of late Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei who has been appointed as the new head of the Islamic republic, is a discreet figure who offers continuity of his father’s hardline leadership.

The 56-year-old had no official…

Hezbollah said on Monday it was engaging Israeli forces who landed in eastern Lebanon by helicopter across the Syrian border, the second such operation since the outbreak of the latest conflict with Israel.

Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East…

Australia must protect the visiting Iranian women’s football team, the son of the nation’s late shah urged Monday, warning their refusal to sing the national anthem before a match could have “dire consequences”.

Iranian players refused to sing…

WASHINGTON, March 8 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that when to end the war with Iran will be a “mutual” decision made with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Speaking by phone with The Times of Israel, Trump said…

France will host a video meeting of G7 finance ministers on the Middle East crisis on Monday, as the war fuels fears for the global economy.

The French finance ministry said in a statement the meeting at 1:30 pm (1230 GMT) would “review the…

The satellite image posted by an Iranian news outlet looked real: a devastated US base in Qatar. But it was an AI-generated fake, underscoring the accelerating threat of tech-enabled disinformation during wartime.

The rise of generative AI has…