Category: 3. Middle East

MOSCOW, March 1 – About 500 Russian nationals are readying for evacuation from Iran via Azerbaijan, the Russian embassy in Baku said on Sunday.

“We would like to express our gratitude to the Azerbaijani side for their assistance, including for the…

Suspect fired from SUV, then got out of the vehicle and opened fire with a rifle before being killed by officers.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khameni killed in attacks by the United States and Israel on Saturday – huge crowds of mourners on the streets.

The complex process of selecting his…

March 1 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday that his country has accepted a U.S. request to use British bases for defensive strikes against Iranian missiles in storage depots or launchers.

“The United States has…

The gunman who killed two people and wounded 14 overnight in Austin, the capital of the US state of Texas, had expressed “pro-Iranian regime sentiment” on social media, the SITE Intelligence Group said Sunday.

The organization, which monitors…

Maersk, the major container shipping company, said Sunday it was halting passage through the Suez Canal and the narrow Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf, next to Iran, for “safety” reasons.

The Danish group was the latest of several shipping groups to…

France, Germany and the UK said Sunday they were ready to defend their interests and those of its allies in the Gulf if necessary by taking “defensive action” against Iran.

The three countries’ leaders were “appalled by the indiscriminate and…

Footage shows a huge fire reportedly ignited by an Iranian strike on a US naval facility at Bahrain’s Salman Port. The port houses the US Navy’s Central Command and Fifth Fleet.

WASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Sunday that combat operations in Iran were continuing and would carry on until all of Washington’s objectives are achieved.

Trump confirmed in a video posted on Truth Social…

March 1 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump suggested the conflict with Iran could go on for the next four weeks, the Daily Mail newspaper reported on Sunday.

“It’s always been a four-week process. We figured it will be four weeks or so. It’s…