Pakistan Hosts Regional Powers for Iran Talks, With Focus on Hormuz Proposals
By Ariba Shahid, Jonathan Spicer and Mubasher Bukhari
ISLAMABAD/ISTANBUL, March 29 (Reuters) - Pakistan hosted talks with Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia on Sunday as part of its efforts to broker an end to the Iran war, with initial...
Missile Fired From Yemen as Israel and US Target Iran
By Menna AlaaElDin, Nayera Abdallah and Humeyra Pamuk
CAIRO/PARIS, March 28 (Reuters) - Israel said on Saturday it had detected a missile fired from Yemen, the first since the Iran war began, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the...
Chinese Ships Halt Attempt to Exit Hormuz Despite Iran Safe Passage Assurances
By Jonathan Saul
LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) / WooGlobe via Reuters Connect
Two Chinese container ships turned backed after trying to exit the Persian Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, ship-tracking data showed, despite...
EXCLUSIVE – U.S. Can Only Confirm About a Third of Iran’s Missile Arsenal Destroyed,...
By Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali, Jonathan Landay and Erin Banco
WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) - The United States can only determine with certainty that it has destroyed about a third of Iran's vast missile arsenal as the U.S. and Israeli war on...
Europeans to Press Rubio Over Russian Support for Iran at G7 Meeting
By John Irish, Andrew Gray and Humeyra Pamuk
VAUX-DE-CERNAY, France, March 27 (Reuters) - European powers accused Russia of helping Iran target U.S. forces in the Middle East war and said they would raise the issue on Friday with...
Israel Took Iran’s Araqchi, Qalibaf off Hit List After Pakistan Request to US, Pakistani...
By Ariba Shahid
ISLAMABAD, March 26 (Reuters) Israel removed Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf from its hit list after Pakistan urged Washington to press Israel not to target them, a Pakistani source with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters on Thursday.
"The Israelis had...
Iran Hardliners Ramp up Calls for a Nuclear Bomb, Sources Say
By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowall
March 26 (Reuters) - The debate among Iranian hardliners over whether Tehran should seek a nuclear bomb in defiance of an escalating U.S.-Israeli attack is getting louder, more public and more insistent, sources...
Trump Says Iran’s ‘Present’ to US Was Allowing 10 Oil Tankers Through Hormuz
WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Iran was letting 10 oil tankers transit the Strait of Hormuz as an apparent goodwill gesture in negotiations.
Trump made the comments at a Cabinet meeting in the White House,...
Iran’s Military Rejects Trump’s Talk of Negotiation, as Israel and Iran Launch Airstrikes
CAIRO/WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - Israel and Iran exchanged airstrikes on Wednesday, as Iran's military rejected President Donald Trump's claim the U.S. was in negotiations to end to the war which has roiled energy and financial markets, saying the U.S. is negotiating...
Iran Says ‘Non-Hostile’ Ships Can Transit Strait of Hormuz, FT Reports
March 24 (Reuters) - Iran has told International Maritime Organization member states that "non-hostile vessels" may transit the Strait of Hormuz if they coordinate with Iranian authorities, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing a letter.
The U.S.-Israeli war...
