Swedish PM Demands Immediate Release of EU Employee Jailed in Iran
STOCKHOLM, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Monday demanded the immediate release of Swedish European Union employee Johan Floderus from prison in Iran.
Floderus was arrested in Iran in 2022. Iran said on Sunday it had begun a trial of the...
Israel Presses Ahead in Battle Against Iran Regime-Backed Hamas in Southern Gaza
By Bassam Masoud and Nidal al-Mughrabi
GAZA/CAIRO, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Fighting between Israel and Hamas intensified across Gaza on Monday, fuelling fears flagged by the United Nations at the weekend of a breakdown in public order...
Netanyahu Speaks to Putin, Voices Disapproval of Iran Ties
JERUSALEM, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday and voiced displeasure with "anti-Israel positions" taken by Moscow's envoys at the United Nations, an Israeli statement said.
Russia...
Iran Regime-Funded Kataeb Hezbollah Vows More Attacks on US Forces
BAGHDAD, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Attacks by Iraq's Kataeb Hezbollah militia against U.S. interests on Friday are the start of "new rules of engagement," a security official from the group said in a social media post.
The Iran-aligned...
Three Iran Regime-Backed Hezbollah Members Killed by Israeli Drone Strike in Syria
BEIRUT, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Three members of the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah were killed in an Israeli drone strike in southwest Syria on Friday, according to two regional sources close to Damascus.
The strike also killed a Syrian...
Biden Aide Says Iran’s Regime Helps Plan, Execute Attacks by Yemen’s Houthis
WASHINGTON, Dec 7 (Reuters) - The United States believes that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is helping to plan and carry out missile and drone attacks by Yemen's Houthis on Israel and ships in the Red Sea,...
US Imposes Sanctions on Iran Regime-Backed Network Funding Yemen’s Houthis
By Jonathan Landay
WASHINGTON, Dec 7 (Reuters) - The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on 13 individuals and entities for allegedly funneling tens of millions of dollars in foreign currency to Yemen’s Houthi group from the sale and...
Iran Regime-Backed Hezbollah Suspect Cased Out Synagogues in Brasilia, Documents Show
By Ricardo Brito
BRASILIA, Dec 6 (Reuters) - A Brazilian man arrested on suspicion of ties to Hezbollah had taken videos and photos of two synagogues and a Jewish cemetery in Brasilia just weeks before he was...
UN Chief Rings Alarm Bell on Global Security Threat From Gaza War
By Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 6 (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made a rare move on Wednesday to formally warn the Security Council of a global threat from the Gaza war as Arab states seek to...
Ukraine Air Force Says Russia Launches 48 Iran Regime-Made Attack Drones
Dec 6 (Reuters) - Russia launched a total of 48 attack drones overnight on Ukraine, Ukraine's air force said on Wednesday, adding that its air defence systems destroyed 41 of the drones before they reached their...
