Missile Fired by Iran-Backed Houthis Lands Near Israel’s Main Airport
By Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh
BEN GURION AIRPORT, Israel, May 4 (Reuters) - A missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels towards Israel on Sunday landed near Ben Gurion Airport, the country's main international airport, sending a plume of smoke into...
Hezbollah Marks One Year Since Israel Killed Then-Chief Nasrallah
BEIRUT, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Lebanese armed group Hezbollah on Saturday will commemorate one year since its then-chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed by Israel, the opening salvo of a war that ultimately battered his once-powerful group and left swathes of Lebanon in ruins.
On the evening of September 27,...
UN Pushes for Iran Nuclear Deal Talks, Says ‘Time of the Essence’
By Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 17 (Reuters) - A top U.N. official on Tuesday pushed world powers and Iran to urgently work to restore a 2015 deal that lifted sanctions on Tehran in return for restrictions...
Trump Says Iran Has Been Asking If US Sanctions Can Be Lifted
Nov 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Iran has been asking if U.S. sanctions against the country can be lifted.
"Iran has been asking if the sanctions could be lifted. Iran has...
ANALYSIS: What Is Hezbollah, the Islamic Republic-Aligned Lebanese Group Under Pressure to Disarm?
(Reuters/KL) - The Lebanese government is expected to discuss Hezbollah's disarmament on Tuesday, facing pressure from the United States to make progress as Israel presses attacks on the Islamic Republic-backed group.
While President Joseph Aoun...
Sweden and Iran Exchange Prisoners in Breakthrough Deal
By Niklas Pollard and Johan Ahlander
STOCKHOLM, June 15 (Reuters) - Sweden and Iran carried out a prisoner exchange on Saturday, officials said, with Sweden freeing a former Iranian official convicted for his role in a mass execution in the...
Iran Foreign Minister Denies Plot to Kill Trump, Urges Confidence-Building With US
DUBAI, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi denied U.S. charges that Tehran was linked to an alleged plot to kill Donald Trump and called on Saturday for confidence-building between the two hostile countries.
"Now ... a new scenario...
Cyprus Jails Azeri Man for Conspiracy, Drops Terrorism-Related Charge
NICOSIA, Nov 21 (Reuters) - A court in Cyprus on Friday sentenced an Azeri man to 6-1/2 years in jail on charges of conspiracy, his lawyer said, after prosecutors earlier dropped charges he planned terrorist attacks...
Israel Arrests Seven Jerusalem Residents Over Alleged Iran Assassination Plot
By Jonathan Saul
JERUSALEM, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Israel's security forces have arrested seven Jerusalem residents over allegations they were planning to assassinate Israeli officials and carry out other attacks on behalf of Iran's intelligence service, the Shin...
Senior Hamas Official Arrives in Russia, State Media Reports
MOSCOW, Oct 23 (Reuters) - A senior member of Hamas, the militant Palestinian group that controls Gaza, Mousa Abu Marzouk has arrived in Moscow on a planned visit, Russian state-run news agency RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday, citing a diplomatic...
