Category: 2. Middle East

الرئيس الأمريكي دونالد ترمب

WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) – The United States will hit Iran “very hard tonight” and will soon take control of the Middle Eastern country’s oil and gas infrastructure and markets, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday.

“At some point in…

Iran’s national football team walked out of their hotel in Tijuana to cheers on Wednesday, with Mexican supporters hoping to lift the spirits of a side whose World Cup campaign has been partly overshadowed by war.

“Vamos Iran! Vamos Iran!” chanted…

By Jana Winter

ABOARD FBI JET, June 11 (Reuters) – With 48 teams, 36 base camps and 11 stadiums, the World Cup, which kicks off on Thursday, is one of the biggest security challenges the FBI has ever faced.

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JERUSALEM, June 11 (Reuters) – Israel is expected to approve on Thursday the allocation of 1 billion shekels ($337.8 million) to build new settlements and connect them to infrastructure in the occupied West Bank, Israeli anti-settlement group…

Iran warned on Thursday that the shaky ceasefire in the three-month Middle East war was now “practically meaningless” following fresh strikes by the United States that saw Tehran respond with attacks around the region.

The war, which began on…

DUBAI, June 11 (Reuters) – Efforts to reach a preliminary deal between Iran and the U.S. have intensified, three Iranian sources and a European official told Reuters on Thursday, despite strikes launched by both sides, as they discuss a mechanism…

By John Irish, Michel Rose and Andrea Shalal

PARIS, June 11 (Reuters) – Wars in the Middle East and Ukraine are set to dominate next week’s Group of Seven summit, as host France crafts an agenda aimed at projecting unity and avoiding…

ANKARA, June 11 (Reuters) – The team of the ousted leader of Turkey’s main opposition, Ozgur Ozel, has resigned from the party’s assembly, his office said on Thursday, adding the move should legally trigger an extraordinary congress to re-elect a…

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 (Reuters) – Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia X said on Thursday it has postponed the launch of its planned service via Bahrain until at least August due to the conflict in the Middle East.

AirAsia initially planned to…