Category: 2. Middle East

Germany said on Monday that the US war on Iran “has nothing to do with NATO,” Anadolu reports.

“It is not NATO’s war. NATO is a defensive alliance. The German government must also clearly assess the…

MADRID, March 16 (Reuters) – Spain will not take part in any military mission in the Strait of Hormuz because it considers the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran to be illegal, Madrid’s defence and foreign affairs ministers said on Monday.

The leftist…

School counsellor Tair Momo took a deep breath as she stared out over the vast silence of the Negev desert in southern Israel.

“I came here to get some respite, to not hear the sirens, not hear the alerts, to be in a place of nature that feels…

The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas has called on international mediators and the global community to intervene urgently to curb the Israeli occupation crimes following a strike that killed nine Palestinian police…

WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) – The United States is “fine” with some Iranian, Indian and Chinese ships going through the Strait of Hormuz for now, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday, adding that any action to mitigate higher prices…

WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) – It remains to be seen if U.S. President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping takes place as scheduled later this month, but any changes would be due to logistics amid the Iran war, U.S….

By Joshua McElwee

VATICAN CITY, March 16 (Reuters) – Pope Leo urged journalists on Monday to highlight the suffering caused by war, cautioning against news reports that risk sliding into propaganda by glorifying conflicts or serving as “a…

The Ministry of Interior and National Security has strongly condemned the killing of nine Palestinian police officers in an Israeli strike that targeted a police vehicle in the Central Governorate of the Gaza Strip on…

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Rami Ayyub

CAIRO/JERUSALEM, March 16 (Reuters) – Envoys from U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” have met representatives of Hamas in Cairo in an effort to safeguard the Gaza ceasefire, under serious strain…

By Elizabeth Piper and Sarah Young

LONDON, March 15 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday Britain would not be drawn into a wider war in Iran but would work with allies on a “viable collective plan” to reopen the key Strait of…