Category: 3. Middle East

Nicolas Maduro appeared in a New York court seeking to dismiss drug trafficking charges, saying sanctions blocking his funds deny him a fair defence. He has pleaded not guilty and faces charges that could carry a life sentence.

March 26 (Reuters) – The Pentagon is looking at sending up to 10,000 additional ground troops to the Middle East to give President Donald Trump more military options even as he weighs peace talks with Tehran, the Wall Street Journal reported on…

By David Brunnstrom

WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has been weighing whether to use ground forces to seize Iran’s strategic oil hub of Kharg Island, an operation analysts say could be achieved quickly, but leave U.S….

Video captured flames and black smoke where a projectile from Lebanon killed at least one person and injured 13 others in Nahariya, Israel. Burnt vehicles and extensive shrapnel damage could be seen at the site.

By Nathan Layne

GRAPEVINE, Texas, March 26 (Reuters) – Republicans at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference largely rallied behind U.S. strikes on Iran on Thursday, backing President Donald Trump on an issue that has dented his wider…

Iranian missiles, drones continue to target Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Jordan as Trump says Iran has ‘chance to make a deal’.

The Central American nation is the latest to sign a ‘third-country’ deportation agreement as part of Trump’s mass-deportation campaign.

Costa Rica has announced it will accept 25 migrants deported from the…

Donald Trump says he is “pausing” his plan to destroy Iranian power plants for 10 days, claiming he received a request from Iran’s government to do so. Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo explains this is just the latest unexpected scheduling…

The European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas says that the US needs to put pressure on Russia to stop assisting Iran with intelligence to “target Americans, to kill Americans.”

By Parisa Hafezi, Alexander Cornwell and Steve Holland

DUBAI/TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump announced that he will pause attacks on Iran’s energy plants for 10 days at Tehran’s request and said talks with Iran…