Monday, April 6, 2026

Iraq Closes Shalamcheh Crossing With Iran After Airstrikes Kill Iraqi

April 4 (Reuters) - Iraq closed the Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran after airstrikes on the Iranian side killed an Iraqi citizen, security sources said on Saturday. The sources said at least five Iraqis were seriously wounded in the strikes,...

Downed Planes Spell New Peril For Trump As Tehran Hunts Missing US Pilot

By Phil Stewart and Enas Alashray WASHINGTON/CAIRO, April 4 (Reuters) - Iran's forces were hunting on Saturday for a missing U.S. pilot from one of two warplanes downed over Iran and the Persian Gulf, officials from both sides said,...

US-Iran Cease-fire Talks Have Stalled, WSJ Reports

April 3 (Reuters) - Current mediation efforts led by regional countries, including Pakistan, to broker a cease-fire between the United States and Iran have reached a dead end, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Iran has officially told mediators...

Iran Shoots Down US Fighter Jet, One Pilot Rescued, Media Say

By Kanishka Singh and Enas Alashray WASHINGTON/CAIRO, April 3 (Reuters) - One U.S. crew member has been rescued after Iran shot down a warplane on Friday, Israeli and U.S. media reported, as the war looked set to intensify with...

Trump Says Iran Should Make A Deal ‘Before It Is Too Late’

April 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump posted a video on social media on Thursday of what he said was the biggest bridge in Iran being taken down in a strike and declared it was time for Iran to...

US to Leave Iran ‘Pretty Quickly’ and Return If Needed, Trump Tells Reuters

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, April 1 (Reuters) - The United States will be "out of Iran pretty quickly" and could return for "spot hits" if needed, President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday, hours before he was scheduled to...

Europe Pushes Back on Some US Military Operations as Concerns Over Iran War Mount

By John Irish and Angelo Amante PARIS/ROME, March 31 (Reuters) - France and Italy have pushed back against some U.S.-Israeli military operations, sources said on Tuesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump criticised NATO allies in Europe as unhelpful in the month-long war in Iran,...

Hegseth Says Coming Days Will Be Decisive for Iran, Tehran Threatens US Businesses in...

By Phil Stewart, Steven Scheer and Yomna Ehab WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM/CAIRO, March 31 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday the next few days in the war against Iran would be decisive and warned Tehran that the conflict would...

Iran Executes Two Men Convicted of Attack on Government Building, Judiciary News Outlet Says

DUBAI, March 31 (Reuters) - Iran executed two men convicted of links to the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran and involvement in multiple attacks, including firing launcher weapons at a government building, the judiciary news outlet reported on Tuesday. On...
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Giant Oil Tanker off Dubai Hit by Iranian Strike After Trump’s Latest Threats

By Alexander Cornwell, Trevor Hunnicutt and Yomna Ehab TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) - Iran attacked and set ablaze a fully loaded crude oil tanker off Dubai on early on Tuesday, after President Donald Trump warned the United States would...