Category: 2. Middle East

Saudi Arabia has held talks with Turkey, Egypt and Pakistan on the escalation involving Iran and ways to achieve security and stability in the region.

According to a statement from the Saudi Foreign Ministry on…

Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has said that “every drop of blood has a price that the criminal killers will soon pay” in a message of condolence following the death of senior security official Ali…

DUBAI, March 19 (Reuters) – Iran is considering a proposal to levy transit fees on vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a lawmaker said on Thursday, a potential bid to monetise Tehran’s newfound grip over the critical waterway through…

BRUSSELS, March 19 (Reuters) – There are alternatives to overcome Hungary’s veto on a 90 billion euro ($103 billion) loan to Ukraine but they will need political courage from European leaders, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on…

By Olivia Le Poidevin and Emma Farge

GENEVA, March 19 (Reuters) – Gulf states have requested an urgent debate at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva over Iran’s strikes on civilians and energy infrastructure across the Middle East,…

By Nazih Osseiran and Emilie Madi

March 19 (Reuters) – Lebanese food courier Hamza Hareb now keeps his distance if he spots a car with tinted windows while on a delivery run in Beirut. Hezbollah is rumoured to use such cars, and Hareb wants to…

Iran will “boycott the United States” but “not the World Cup”, Iranian football federation president Mehdi Taj said in a video released by the Iranian press agency Fars.

Iran is currently scheduled to play its group matches in the US in this…

Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said on Wednesday that the United States has lost control of its foreign policy and is involved in a war that is not its own.

Writing in The Economist, he said the United…

BEIJING, March 19 (Reuters) – China, home to the world’s biggest oil refining sector, said it was ready to work with Southeast Asia in addressing energy problems stemming from the war in Iran and called on the parties involved to immediately…

March 18 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia will host a consultative meeting of foreign ministers from a number of Arab and Islamic countries in Riyadh on Wednesday to discuss ways to support regional security and stability given the Iran war, the…