Category: 2. Middle East

It has been nearly 50 years since the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini recorded speeches calling for an Islamic revolution from a country home in an affluent village west of Paris.

But the inhabitants of Neauphle-le-Chateau have still not got over…

KABUL, March 3 (Reuters) – At least 42 civilians have been killed and 104 wounded in Afghanistan in the fighting with Pakistan between February 26 and March 2, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said on Tuesday.

(Reporting by…

By Andrea Shalal and Andreas Rinke

WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump hosts German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House on Tuesday for talks on sensitive topics ranging from U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran to Trump’s…

DUBAI, March 3 (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it has ordered the departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel and family members from Bahrain, Iraq and Jordan.

The order comes as the U.S. monitors security risk…

March 3 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he expected the war against Iran was “not going to take years”, as the conflict widened with Israel attacking Iran-backed Hezbollah targets in Lebanon and Iran hitting Gulf states…

WASHINGTON/BEIJING, March 3 (Reuters) – The U.S. military campaign against Iran has put Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the back foot ahead of an expected summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, who for the second time in as many months has turned…

TAIPEI, March 3 (Reuters) – Taiwan supports the international community’s efforts to help Iran’s people pursue freedom and democracy and hopes that they can enjoy these things soon, the island’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday, offering its…

By Kanishka Singh and Ismail Shakil

WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran may take “some time” but it will not take years.

The U.S. and Israeli air war…

By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart

WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) – U.S. Marines opened fire on demonstrators during the storming of the Karachi consulate over the weekend, two U.S. officials said on Monday—a rare use of force at a diplomatic post…

By Timour Azhari

March 3 (Reuters) – The U.S. embassy in Riyadh was hit by two drones resulting in a limited fire and some material damage, the kingdom’s defence ministry said in a post on X on Tuesday, citing an initial assessment.

The drone…