Joint Statement on Strait of Hormuz by European Nations, Japan, Canada
LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - Leading European nations, Japan and Canada issued a joint statement on Thursday saying they were ready to join appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz and would take steps to stabilise...
Israel Launches More Attacks on Iran as Crisis Deepens
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Alexander Cornwell and Jana Choukeir
DOHA/WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM, March 20 (Reuters) - Israel launched further attacks on Tehran on Friday, a day after President Donald Trump told it not to repeat its strikes on Iranian natural gas infrastructure, which...
Trump Calls for Japan, NATO to ‘Step Up’ on Iran as Oil Prices Bite
By Trevor Hunnicutt and David Brunnstrom
WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday urged Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to "step up" as he pressed allies for more support over the war with Iran and rising oil prices, while...
Netanyahu Wants Oil, Gas to Flow Through Israel Post-Iran War
By Maayan Lubell and Steven Scheer
JERUSALEM, March 19 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he believes pipelines should be built to transport Middle East oil and gas across the Arabian Peninsula and up...
Saudi Arabia Has the Right to Take Military Action Against Iran, Foreign Minister Says
By Timour Azhari
March 18 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia reserves the right to act militarily against Iran and any trust with Tehran has been shattered, the Saudi foreign minister said early on Thursday, after Riyadh was targeted by Iranian ballistic...
Don’t Panic, Don’t Capitulate: Investors Try to See Beyond Iran War
By Mike Dolan
LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - The scale and duration of this month's energy and inflation shock are still guesswork. But global investors are clearly reluctant to throw in the towel on stocks and bonds, despite the Iran war and a...
Trump Says Israel Attacked Iran Gas Field Without US and Qatari Involvement, Warns Against...
By Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said late on Wednesday the attack on Iran's South Pars gas field was carried out by Israel, and the U.S. and Qatar were not involved in it.
Trump also said Israel...
Iran Executes Three Individuals Arrested Over January Protests, State Media
DUBAI, March 19 (Reuters) - Iran executed three men on Thursday convicted of killing two police officers during unrest earlier this year, state media reported, saying the sentences had been upheld by the Supreme Court.
The judiciary said...
Iranian Cluster Missiles Pose Extra Challenge for Israel’s Air Defences
By Steven Scheer
TEL AVIV, March 18 (Reuters) - Iran has launched dozens of missiles with cluster munition warheads at Israel since the start of the war, posing a challenge for Israel's missile defence shield as they need to be...
Iran’s Huge Gas Field Is Struck in Major Escalation
By Parisa Hafezi, Rami Ayyub and Maya Gebeily
DUBAI/JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, March 18 (Reuters) - Iran's huge Pars gas field was hit on Wednesday in the first reported strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure in the Persian Gulf during the U.S.-Israeli...
