Soccer-Iran’s Teams Hope to Secure Wins as Asian Champions League Resumes
By Michael Church
Feb 1 (Reuters) - Al-Ain resume the battle to retain their continental crown when the Asian Champions League Elite returns on Monday with the club from the United Arab Emirates hosting Qatar's Al-Rayyan in...
Iran Foreign Minister Threatens ‘all-Out War in the Region’ if Nuclear Sites Attacked
CAIRO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Iran will respond immediately and decisively if its nuclear sites are attacked which would lead to an "all-out war in the region," Tehran's foreign minister told Al Jazeera TV in an...
International Aid System Which Has Previously Supported Iran May Come Under US State Department...
By Jonathan Landay, Steve Holland and Daphne Psaledakis
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is moving to strip a slimmed-down U.S. Agency for International Development of its independence and put it under State Department control,...
Suez Canal Authority Says Stability Returning to Red Sea
CAIRO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie has told shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk there are signs of stability returning to the Red Sea, and urged the company to take that into account...
Three Israeli Hostages, Including Dual US Citizen, Set for Release in Gaza on Saturday
By James Mackenzie
JERUSALEM, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Friday it would free the father of the youngest hostages seized in its Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel and two others including...
EXCLUSIVE – US Seeks to Block Iran-Backed Hezbollah Ally From Naming Lebanon Finance Minister,...
By Laila Bassam, Maya Gebeily and Samia Nakhoul
BEIRUT, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Washington is pressuring top Lebanese officials not to allow Hezbollah or its allies to nominate the country's next finance minister, five people with knowledge...
Israel Releases Palestinian Prisoners After Delay Over Traumatic Hostage Handover
By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Emily Rose, Maayan Lubell and Ali Sawafta
CAIRO/JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Hamas freed three Israeli and five Thai hostages in Gaza on Thursday and Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners after delaying the process in anger at the...
Trump Repeats Tariffs Threat to Dissuade Iran and Other BRICS Nations From Replacing US...
By Ismail Shakil
Jan 30 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday warned off BRICS member countries from replacing the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency by repeating a 100%-tariffs threat he had made weeks after winning...
Swedish PM Says Shooting of Anti-Islam Campaigner May Be Linked to Foreign Power
By Johan Ahlander
STOCKHOLM, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The Swedish prime minister said the shooting of an anti-Islam campaigner just hours before a trial verdict was due on Thursday over his burning the Koran might be linked to a...
EXCLUSIVE: Vanishing Mountains: Winter Air Pollution Smothers Iran
By Sanam Mahoozi
LONDON, Jan 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Toxic air that cloaked Iran this winter sent thousands to hospital, shuttered schools and forced Tehran to admit it must do more to tackle its top pollutants: old cars...
