Category: 3. Middle East

March 4 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s junta announced the launch of a sweeping fuel rationing system for private vehicles on Wednesday, blaming disruptions to the global energy supply chain caused by escalating hostilities in the Middle East.

The…

BEIJING, March 4 (Reuters) – China is willing to work with the United States to promote communication on all levels, while upholding its “red lines” and principles, Lou Qinjian, a spokesperson for its parliament, said on Wednesday.

The National…

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SINGAPORE, March 4 (Reuters) – An oil tanker sailed through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, heading to a United Arab Emirates port to load crude in a rare voyage since the Iran war…

By Parisa Hafezi and Alexander Cornwell

DUBAI/TEL AVIV, March 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. assault on Iran was ahead of schedule, said the top American commander for the Middle East, as Israel and the U.S. targeted sites deep inside the country, and…

By Erin Banco, Humeyra Pamuk and Jonathan Landay

WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) – Iranian Kurdish militias have consulted with the United States in recent days about whether, and how, to attack Iran’s security forces in the western part of the…

Iran’s slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will be buried in the holy city of Mashhad, the Fars news agency said Tuesday.

Khamenei, who led the country for 36 years, was killed at 86 during a wave of US-Israeli attacks on Saturday.

He was…

China’s foreign minister tells Israel to end attacks; Russian FM Lavrov says no sign Tehran seeking nuclear bomb.

Russia and China have criticised the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, with Moscow saying it had…

March 4 (Reuters) – Several people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a four-storey residential building in the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek, the state news agency NNA reported early on Wednesday.

Rescue teams were working to pull families…

Lutnick’s relationship with the late financier and sex offender has come under scrutiny after files revealed closer ties than previously known.

Democratic senators voiced alarm after a classified briefing on the US‑Israeli war with Iran, warning the Trump administration lacks clear objectives as lawmakers say they fear it could lead to a prolonged conflict and US ground troops.