Category: 2. Middle East

By Francois Murphy

VIENNA, June 8 (Reuters) – U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi called on Iran on Monday to “re-engage” with him so inspections can resume at sites the U.S. and Israel bombed a year ago, as the U.S. led a push for a…

June 8 – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday that they would ban ships linked to Israel from the Red Sea after Israel renewed its military attacks on Iran, adding to concerns about global shipping and energy flows.

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GDANSK, June 8 (Reuters) – Australia in December became the world’s first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking them from platforms including TikTok, Alphabet’s YouTube and Meta’s Instagram and Facebook.

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ADEN, June 8 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday that they would ban Israeli maritime navigation in the Red Sea, adding to challenges for global shipping through the Middle East during the Iran war.

The group said in a…

By Alistair Smout

LONDON, June 8 (Reuters) – More than a third of lawmakers from Britain’s governing Labour Party signed a letter on Monday calling on the British government to end trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi

CAIRO, June 8 (Reuters) – Israeli strikes killed four Palestinians, including a child, in the Gaza Strip on Monday, health officials there said, as Israel’s military expanded the area under its control, according to…

June 8 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that both Israel and Iran are looking to “do an immediate ceasefire”, and that final negotiations on “peace” are proceeding.

“Both sides, Israel and Iran, are looking to do an immediate…

BEIRUT, June 8 (Reuters) – Israel has carried out nearly 3,500 air strikes on Lebanon and hundreds ofcontrolled explosions since the U.S. announced a ceasefire for the country on April 16, Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Monday.

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