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...
EU’s Kallas, U.S.’s Rubio Discuss Iran in First Phone Call
BRUSSELS, Jan 28 (Reuters) - European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed the Ukraine war, Iran and China on Tuesday in their first phone call since the Trump administration took...
Iran Conflicts and Other Regional Tensions Lead Scientists to Adjust ‘Doomsday Clock’ Closer Than...
By Will Dunham
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Atomic scientists on Tuesday moved their "Doomsday Clock" closer to midnight than ever before, citing Russian nuclear threats amid its invasion of Ukraine, tensions in other world hot spots, military...
Kremlin Declines to Comment on Sale of Russian Sukhoi-35 Jets to Iran
MOSCOW, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The Kremlin declined to comment on Tuesday on a statement by a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander that Tehran had purchased Sukhoi-35 fighter jets from Russia.
The commander, Ali Shadmani, confirmed the...
ANALYSIS: Who Has Trump Picked for His Cabinet and Other Top Posts?
By Gram Slattery, James Oliphant
Jan 27 (Reuters) - More of President Donald Trump's picks for his cabinet are expected to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate in the coming days after the Republican-controlled chamber began approving them last...
Trump Releases 2,000-Pound Bombs to Israel, as Conflict With Iran-Backed Armed Groups Continues
By Steve Holland, Nandita Bose and Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Republican President Donald Trump said on Saturday he has instructed the U.S. military to release a hold imposed by Democratic former President Joe Biden on the supply of 2,000-pound bombs...
EXCLUSIVE: Iran-Backed Hamas Has Added Up to 15,000 Fighters Since Start of War, US...
By Erin Banco
NEW YORK, Jan 24 (Reuters) - The Palestinian militant group Hamas has recruited between 10,000 and 15,000 members since the start of its war with Israel, according to two congressional sources briefed on U.S. intelligence,...
Trump Designates Yemen’s Houthis as a ‘Foreign Terrorist Organization’
DUBAI, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Iran on Thursday condemned as "baseless" a move by U.S. President Donald Trump to re-designate Yemen's Tehran-aligned Houthi movement as a "foreign terrorist organization (FTO)".
Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said that the move, which...
How Türkiye Is Seizing More Middle East Power — At Iran’s Expense
KAYHAN-LONDON
English edition • Worldcrunch
Shahram Sabzevari
January 23, 2025
Discreet at first, Türkiye is now open in its backing for Syria's new ruler, Ahmad al-Sharaa, the Islamist rebel whose forces toppled the Iran-backed Bashar al-Assad. Indeed, Assad's fall...
