Category: 2. Middle East

The war in the Middle East has exposed Europe’s reliance on Gulf companies for flights to Asia, Europe’s airlines said on Thursday.

Since breaking out on February 28, the US-Israeli war on Iran has severely disrupted air traffic above the Gulf…

By Daphne Psaledakis and Trevor Hunnicutt

WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Thursday drew a parallel between U.S. strikes on Iran and Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor decades ago, as he defended the war against Tehran at a…

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s parliament speaker and a veteran of the Revolutionary Guards, has emerged as the highest-profile political figure in the Islamic republic after the killing of its leaders.

A pillar of the Iranian establishment for…

JERUSALEM, March 19 (Reuters) – An Iranian missile attack hit Israel’s Oil Refineries in the northern port city of Haifa but did not cause “significant damage”, Israel’s Energy Ministry said on Thursday.

Energy Minister Eli Cohen said power was…

The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it was monitoring the impacts of the war in Iran on global inflation and output, but that no countries had so far approached it for emergency assistance related to the conflict.

“If prolonged,…

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday that Washington might lift sanctions on Iranian oil that is already being shipped, as energy prices soar due to the war in the Middle East.

The deliberation comes as Washington scrambles to ease…

Sarvanaz remembers celebrating Iranian new year as a girl under the bombs of the Iran-Iraq war. As Tehran is again shaken by explosions, she said marking the Nowruz festival has again taken on new meaning.

“For me, it’s an obligation of being…

WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the U.S. needed more funding for a “lot of reasons” amid the Iran war when asked about a media report that Pentagon was seeking $200 billion for the conflict.

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WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday said “I’m not putting troops anywhere” when asked whether he was planning to send soldiers to the Middle East region amid the Iran war.

(Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt,…