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Iran says fighting 'full-scale war' with US
Iran is fighting a "full-scale war" with the United States, its president said Monday, as Washington expanded its strikes across the Islamic republic including a city hosting a nu…
US widens strikes in Iran
The United States expanded the scope of its strikes on Iran on Monday, targeting provinces around the country including a city hosting a nuclear power plant, as the Islamic republ…
Cyprus marks 52 years since invasion as UN renews peace push
(Corrects first bullet point to change "Southern" to "southern".)NICOSIA, July 20 (Reuters) - Cyprus marked the 52-year anniversary of Turkey's 1974 invasion on Monday as the Gree…
Trump says new Air Force One from Qatar will get 'maxed out' upgrades
By Trevor HunnicuttJOINT BASE ANDREWS, Maryland, July 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the Qatari-donated jet that serves as an Air Force One plane w…
Oil price gains ease after Iran points to mediation
Oil prices hit one-month highs Monday before scaling back as Iran said diplomatic exchanges with the United States were ongoing via mediators amid renewed conflict in the Middle E…
Oil eases after Iran says US contacts continue through mediators
Oil scaled back gains after hitting its highest price in a month on Monday as Iran said diplomatic exchanges with the United States were ongoing via mediators despite renewed conf…
Oil hits one-month high as Mideast war keeps investors on edge
Brent crude hit on Monday its highest price since June due to renewed fighting between the United States and Iran, while Asian equities were mixed as investors weighed the fallout…
Houthis impose Saudi naval blockade, opening new front in US-Iran war
By Nayera Abdallah, Eman Abouhassira and Timour AzhariDUBAI/RIYADH, July 20 (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Ar…
Yemen's Houthis declare naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, widening threat to global oil supplies
By Nayera Abdallah, Eman Abouhassira and Enas AlashrayDUBAI/CAIRO, July 20 (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Ara…
Iran and US widen attacks, raising fears for Gulf shipping and water supplies
By Nayera Abdallah, Eman Abouhassira and Enas AlashrayDUBAI/CAIRO, July 20 (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Monday they had struck U.S. military assets across the M…
US strikes Iran for ninth day; Iran says two oil tankers in Strait of Hormuz exploded and immobilised
By Nayera Abdallah, Eman Abouhassira and Enas AlashrayDUBAI/CAIRO, July 20 (Reuters) - U.S. forces hit Iran for a ninth consecutive day on Monday as concerns grew over shipping th…
US launches Iran strikes for ninth day as another American confirmed killed
By Nayera Abdallah, Eman Abouhassira and Enas AlashrayDUBAI/CAIRO, July 20 (Reuters) - U.S. forces struck Iran for a ninth consecutive day on Monday as the number of confirmed Ame…
Trump says Republicans should add Iran to Russian bill
July 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Republicans should add Iran to the Russian sanctions bill.(Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru)
Israel to receive more US refuelling planes as Iran attacks intensify, Israeli officials say
By Steven ScheerJERUSALEM, July 19 (Reuters) - Israel is preparing to receive more U.S. refuelling aircraft, an Israeli military official said on Sunday, as attacks launched by th…
US-Iran strikes: latest developments
US and Iranian strikes extended into Sunday as America said it sought to "punish" the Islamic republic for killing two US servicemen at a base in Jordan, and Gulf states said they…
Palestinians say Israeli settlers torch mosque, factory
Israeli settlers set fire overnight to a mosque in a village in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian official said Sunday, as an AFP journalist saw the structure's entrance scorc…
Iran hits out at Gulf neighbors as US presses on with strikes
Washington and Tehran traded strikes on Monday as US deaths in the renewed fighting climbed to three and more ships came under attack in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The UK Mar…
US launches ninth night of strikes on Iran as it hits out at Gulf neighbors
New violence shook the Middle East early Monday as the United States announced another wave of attacks on Iran, Kuwait said it was intercepting drones and Tehran's Revolutionary G…
US launches strikes to 'punish' Iran after troops killed
The United States said airstrikes on Sunday aimed to "punish" Iran over the first US military deaths since renewed hostilities with the Islamic republic. The attacks aimed to "swi…
Lebanon's Aoun to meet Trump at White House, hoping to generate pressure on Israel
By Maya Gebeily and Tom PerryBEIRUT, July 19 (Reuters) - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will make his first trip to the White House this week to present a plan to U.S. President D…
In a Lebanon museum, 'keys without homes' evoke destruction in south
Tears streamed down south Lebanon resident Fatima Hajj Ali's face as she stared at a host of keys hanging like windchimes from the ceiling of a Beirut museum -- each one symbolisi…
US renews strikes on Iran after at least two military personnel killed by Iranian attack
By Nayera Abdallah and Eman AbouhassiraDUBAI, July 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. said it had completed an eighth straight night of attacks against Iran after earlier announcingthat at l…
US renews strikes on Iran after two military personnel killed by Iranian attack
By Enas Alashray, Hatem Maher and Michael MartinaWASHINGTON/CAIRO, July 19 (Reuters) - The United States launched new strikes against Iran, Central Command said, after it earlier …
US renews strikes on Iran after two military personnel were killed by Iranian attack
By Enas Alashray, Hatem Maher and Michael MartinaWASHINGTON/CAIRO, July 19 (Reuters) - The United States launched new strikes against Iran, Central Command said, after it earlier …
International oil firms halt production in Iraq’s Kurdistan amid US-Iran escalation
The move follows the deaths of two US service members in an Iranian attack on Jordan.
Two US service members in Jordan killed in Iranian attack, US says
July 18 (Reuters) - Two U.S. military personnel in Jordan were killed on Friday as they defended against an attack by Iranian missiles and drones, the U.S. Central Command said in…
Iran's Supreme Leader says US breaches show Trump's signature is 'worthless'
July 18 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a written statement on Saturday that repeated U.S. breaches of a memorandum of understanding signed by the presi…
NY mayor says still mulling Netanyahu arrest during UN meet
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is in talks over whether to try to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an upcoming UN summit, he said in an interview published S…
US launches strikes to 'punish' Iran after troops killed
The United States said airstrikes on Sunday aimed to "punish" Iran over the first US military deaths since renewed hostilities with the Islamic republic. The attacks aimed to "swi…
US launches new airstrikes to 'punish' Iran after two troops killed
The United States launched new airstrikes Saturday to "punish" Iran after reporting the first US military deaths since renewing its hostilities with the Islamic republic. Hours la…