The Ayatollah Regime of Khamenei Committing Piracy, Israeli Foreign Minister Says
JERUSALEM, April 13 (Reuters) - Teheran is conducting piracy and should be sanctioned for it, Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Saturday, after Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship in the...
UK Maritime Body Receives Report of Incident Near UAE’s Fujairah
CAIRO, April 13 (Reuters) - The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Saturday that it had received a report of an incident 50 nautical miles northeast of the United Arab Emirates' Fujairah and authorities were investigating.
Iran-aligned Houthis...
The Netherlands to Close Embassy in Tehran on Sunday as Precaution
AMSTERDAM, April 13 (Reuters) - The Netherlands will close its embassy in Tehran on Sunday as a precaution, the Dutch Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday, citing the rising tensions between Iran and Israel.
The...
Iran’s Missile Capabilities
DUBAI, April 12 (Reuters) - Iran has developed a range of ballistic missiles and drones in a programme that has long worried the West. The missiles are an important part of the arsenal at Tehran's disposal as...
Biden Warns Iran Not to Attack Israel
By Andrea Shalal
WASHINGTON, April 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday said he expected Iran to attack Israel "sooner, rather than later" and warned Tehran not to proceed.
Asked by reporters about his message to Iran, Biden said...
“Escalation Risk”: Germany Urges Its Citizens to Leave Iran
BERLIN, April 12 (Reuters) - Germany warned its citizens to leave Iran, saying that there was a risk both of a sudden escalation in Tehran's existing tensions with Israel and that Germans might be at risk of...
Israel on Edge for Iranian Retaliation After Embassy Strike
By James Mackenzie
JERUSALEM, April 12 (Reuters) - Israel on Friday nervously awaited an attack by Iran or its proxies as warnings grew of retaliation for the killing last week of a senior officer in Iran's embassy in Damascus.
Countries including...
Israeli Defence Minister Says a Direct Iran Regime Attack Would Require Appropriate Response
JERUSALEM, April 11 (Reuters) - Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Thursday that Israel would respond directly to any attack by Iran.
“A direct Iranian attack will require an appropriate Israeli response against Iran," Gallant told U.S. Secretary of Defense...
UK, Germany, Russia Urge Restraint as Iranian Threat Puts Middle East on Edge
April 11 (Reuters) - Russia, Germany and Britain on Thursday urged countries in the Middle East to show restraint and Israel said it was preparing to "meet all its security needs" in a region on edge...
Iran Regime Aims to Contain Fallout in Israel Response, Won’t Be Hasty, Sources Say
By Parisa Hafezi and Jonathan Landay
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, April 11 (Reuters) - Iran has signalled to Washington that it will respond to Israel's attack on its Syrian embassy in a way that aims to avoid major escalation and it...
