Category: 2. Middle East

ROME, March 5 (Reuters) – The U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran which sparked the latest Middle East crisis were clearly in breach of international law, Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said on Thursday.

It was the strongest criticism to date…

RIYADH, March 5 (Reuters) – Diplomats and staff at embassies in Riyadh’s Diplomatic Quarter have been told to shelter in place due to a potential threat, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said.

They did not have further details.

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Thursday it attacked an American oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, as escalation continued to rise in the wake of a US-Israeli attack on Tehran, Anadolu reports.

The Guards’ Public…

By Sarah Young and Marissa Davison

LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) – In an area of London known as Little Tehran, the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prompted spontaneous street parties, dancing and fireworks. Shoppers still smile as some stores hand…

The President of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, said on Wednesday that the autonomous region would not become a party to ongoing conflicts in the Middle East.

Barzani made the remarks during a telephone…

By Saurabh Sharma

NEW DELHI, March 5 (Reuters) – The U.S. attack on an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean this week was the first time since World War Two that the United States has sunk an enemy vessel with a torpedo.

The following details are…

The White House has denied reports that US President Donald Trump approved a plan to arm Kurdish groups in the region with the aim of triggering an uprising inside Iran.

In a press briefing on Wednesday, White House…

BRUSSELS, March 5 (Reuters) – NATO allies will keep supporting Ukraine despite the situation in Iran, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told Reuters on Thursday.

“Many leaders in Europe and the United States, Canada say it has to be ‘and, and’:…

By Andrew Gray

BRUSSELS, March 5 (Reuters) – The shooting down of a ballistic missile headed for Turkey by NATO air defences does not provide immediate reason to trigger the alliance’s Article 5 mutual defence clause, its Secretary General Mark…