Category: 2. Middle East

BRUSSELS, March 11 (Reuters) – European Union envoys have approved new sanctions targeting 19 Iranian officials and entities responsible for serious human rights violations, the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said on Wednesday.

“As the…

DUBAI, March 11 (Reuters) – Newly-appointed Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was lightly injured but is continuing to operate, an Iranian official told Reuters on Wednesday.

The official did not give details about when he was injured or why he had…

Oil prices rallied and equities mostly dropped Wednesday as traders assessed the latest developments affecting global markets as a result of the Middle East war.

Crude futures fluctuated between gains of around two and six percent as the release…

By Rami Ayyub, Samia Nakhoul and Parisa Hafezi

JERUSALEM/DUBAI, March 11 (Reuters) – Israeli officials in closed discussions have acknowledged there is no certainty the war against Iran will lead to a collapse of its clerical government, a senior…

MADRID, March 11 (Reuters) – Spain government on Tuesday decided to remove its ambassador to Israel, according to the official state gazette published on Wednesday.

Spain’s embassy in Tel Aviv will be led by a charge d’affares, a source at the…

By Eli Berlzon

JERUSALEM, March 11 (Reuters) – After helping to identify the remains of the last Israeli hostage in Gaza, dentist Esi Sharon-Sagie hoped her work naming the dead killed in more than two years of war was finally over. Weeks later…

German arms maker Rheinmetall said Wednesday the Middle East war offered new business opportunities, especially for its air defence systems, as it forecast continued strong growth this year.

The conflict began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran at…

Israel pressed its attacks across Lebanon on Wednesday, hitting an apartment building in central Beirut, in the second targeting of the heart of the capital since the Middle East war began.

Lebanon was drawn into the war last week when Hezbollah…