Category: 3. Middle East

Iran’s first Oscar-nominated documentary will compete in Hollywood at a time of incredible tumult at home, days after US-Israeli strikes killed the country’s long-time supreme leader.

As the Islamist regime scrabbles to shore itself up in the wake…

With few captains willing to brave the Strait of Hormuz as war rages around the Gulf, companies will have to do business without one of the world’s most vital shipping lanes, especially for oil and gas.

– What is the strait’s importance to world…

The long-running confrontation between the US and Iran entered a new phase on Saturday when joint US-Israeli air strikes targeted Iran, marking a moment of open military hostilities.

As US President Donald Trump signals that operations could last…

March 2 (Reuters) – The Israeli military said late on Monday it has begun a new wave of strikes on Tehran.

The strikes came after it issued an evacuation warning for residents in Tehran, particularly those residing near state broadcaster IRIB’s…

By Jonathan Landay

WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) – Iran is detaining at least six U.S. citizens or permanent residents, according to detainee advocates, raising fears they and thousands of Americans believed trapped in the country could be used as…

Tehran’s historic Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site, has sustained major damage after US-Israeli strikes on Iran. UNESCO has expressed ‘concern’ over the protection of heritage sites across the Middle East amid the…

As the sun set in the coastal Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Monday, air raid sirens warning of incoming Iranian missiles sent residents hurrying to shelters just as the Jewish holiday of Purim was starting.

All public gatherings have been banned by…

By Patricia Zengerle, Nolan D. McCaskill and David Morgan

WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s Republicans insisted on Monday that the attack on Iran was fully within his authority as commander in chief, while Democrats…

SYDNEY, March 3 (Reuters) – Australia said on Tuesday that all of its defence personnel stationed at the Al Minhad Air Base near Dubai were safe following a drone attack at the site over the weekend.

“All the Australians who are there are safe and…

US First Lady Melania Trump has presided over a UN Security Council meeting focusing on children in conflict days after dozens of children at a school in Iran were reportedly killed after Israel and the United States launched attacks.