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Iran, US step up attacks, though release of American may signal path to climbdown
By Nayera Abdallah, Jana Choukeir and Eman AbouhassiraDUBAI, July 16 (Reuters) - Iran and the United States exchanged intensified fire on Thursday in a week-long escalation that h…
Iran, US escalate in Gulf but release of American signals path to climb down
By Nayera Abdallah and Jana ChoukeirDUBAI, July 16 (Reuters) - Iran and the United States exchanged intensified fire on Thursday in a week-long escalation that has all but torn up…
Iran warns Strait of Hormuz is a 'red line' and will resist until the end
By Jana Choukeir and Nayera AbdallahDUBAI, July 16 (Reuters) - Iran said on Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz was an inviolable "red line", warning that if U.S. President Donald …
India ask its seafarers not to take Hormuz voyages
NEW DELHI, July 16 (Reuters) - India has ordered shipowners, ship managers and recruitment companies not to deploy the country's seafarers on vessels undertaking trips through the…
New Delhi tells shipowners not to deploy Indian seafarers on Hormuz routes
NEW DELHI, July 16 (Reuters) - India has ordered shipowners, ship managers and recruitment companies not to deploy the country's seafarers on vessels undertaking trips through the…
US-Iran strikes: latest developments
The United States struck Iran and Tehran hit back at US allies in the Gulf, as the foes battled over the vital Strait of Hormuz in the renewed Middle East war. Hormuz to stay shut…
Fewer vessels travel through Hormuz after US resumes blockade
SINGAPORE, July 16 (Reuters) - Fewer vessels travelled through the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, the first day after the U.S. reimposed its naval blockade on Iranian ports with b…
Fewer vessels travel through Hormuz as US, Iran continue strikes
SINGAPORE, July 16 (Reuters) - Fewer vessels travelled through the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, the first day after the U.S. reimposed its naval blockade on Iranian ports with b…
US military says it completed latest strikes on Iran, targets included Bandar Abbas
(Corrects to add dropped word 'higher' in last bullet)By Kanishka Singh and Jasper WardWASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said late on Wednesday it completed its la…
Saving Gaza's past, one artefact at a time
Armed with paintbrushes and wearing surgical gloves, volunteers inside a large tent in Gaza delicately brushed dust from a stone mosaic before placing it into storage, part of an …
US bid for Libya reunification a gamble, analysts say
US envoy Massad Boulos has spent the past year shuttling between Libya's rival leaders to bridge their political divide. Authorities in Tripoli and the UN mission in Libya, which …
US House defeats bid to cut off Israel aid in vote dividing Democrats
By Patricia Zengerle and Richard CowanWASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives defeated an amendment to cut off aid to Israel on Wednesday, despite nearly…
Exclusive-US strikes on Iran strengthen Trump's options for new escalation, officials say
By Phil Stewart and Idrees AliWASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) - Recent waves of U.S. strikes on Iran aimed at forcing open the Strait of Hormuz are also targeting Iranian military c…
Russian couple faces deportation from Turkey after Bible reading at Hagia Sophia
The couple were detained after reading from the Bible inside the Istanbul landmark, which remains one of Christianity’s most important historic sites despite its conversion into a…
US says it issued sanctions to disrupt Iran's weapon procurement
WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) - The U.S government issued sanctions on Wednesday targeting individuals and entities that it said were a part of an international network helping Ir…
Some ships refusing US-military guided Hormuz transits after attacks, sources say
By Jonathan Saul and Renee MaltezouLONDON/ATHENS, July 15 (Reuters) - Shipping companies are avoiding using a U.S. military-guided transit scheme through the Strait of Hormuz afte…
Explainer-What is Pickaxe Mountain, the Iranian nuclear-linked site threatened by Trump?
July 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to attack a site linked to Iran's nuclear programme known as Pickaxe Mountain, a fortified facility buried deep unde…
Lebanon, Israel conclude US-brokered talks on 'pilot zones' in Rome
BEIRUT, July 15 (Reuters) - Lebanon and Israel concluded U.S.-brokered talks in Romeon Wednesday, with a U.S. official saying they had made progress on implementing a plan that co…
Turkish opposition leader Ozgur Ozel could launch new party by August
Ozgur Ozel’s remarks on a potential new party came as the legal crackdown on the main opposition widened further this week with the arrest and suspension of the mayor of Cankaya,o…
Ahmadinejad denies alleged Mossad plot to install him as Iran leader: What to know
The former president, who was a virulent critic of Israel while in office, was reportedly part of a Mossad plan to replace the current Iranian leadership.
Israel's Netanyahu plans US visit for Trump meeting, Graham memorial
President Donald Trump is also meeting with Lebanon's president next week.
Lebanon army enters Palestinian camp ahead of Aoun’s US visit
Lebanese military forces took over offices belonging to Palestinian factions inside a refugee camp in the north as a sixth round of talks between Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors …
Israel kills four people in Gaza, including a child, medics say
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mahmoud IssaCAIRO/GAZA July 15 (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike killed a man, his wife and their six-year-old daughter in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Pal…
In occupied zone of Lebanon, Israeli military veterans see shadow of past wars
By Maayan LubellISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER, July 15 (Reuters) - Israeli leaders describe the territory now occupied in Lebanon as a war gain, but some military veterans see the so-call…
Briton jailed in Iran given additional two-year sentence, family says
LONDON, July 15 (Reuters) - The family of British couple Craig and Lindsay Foreman, who are serving a 10-year prison sentence in Iran on espionage charges that they deny, said on …
Turkey's ousted opposition leader says preparing for possible new party
ISTANBUL, July 15 (Reuters) - Turkey's ousted main opposition CHP leader said on Wednesday that preparations are under way for the possible establishment of a new political party,…
Next Israel government must halt rise in debt burden, central bank chief says
By Steven ScheerJERUSALEM, July 15 (Reuters) - Whoever wins the election in Israel later this year must rein in defence-led state spending that has grown in recent years and inves…
US reports 'wave of strikes' on Iran as war returns
The United States launched a wave of strikes against Iran on Wednesday, after it reimposed a naval blockade in a return to war between the two foes. Days after the return to war, …
Iran reports fresh US strikes in return to war
Iran reported fresh US strikes Wednesday on a port city that is home to the country's only civilian nuclear plant, as Washington reimposed a naval blockade in a return to war betw…
G7 urges halt to attacks in Sudan's El-Obeid, calls for wider arms embargo
BERLIN, July 15 (Reuters) - G7 foreign ministers and the European Union's foreign policy chief on Wednesday urged Sudan's Rapid Support Forces and allied armed groups to stop all …