Netanyahu Says Israel Will Continue to Act Against Iran-Backed Houthis
JERUSALEM, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday Israel would continue acting against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, whom he accused of threatening world shipping and the international order, and called on Israelis...
Weakened Iran Could Pursue Nuclear Weapon, White House’s Sullivan Says
By Simon Lewis
Dec 22 (Reuters) - The Biden administration is concerned that a weakened Iran could build a nuclear weapon, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday, adding that he was briefing President-elect Donald Trump's team on...
US Military Conducts Precision Airstrikes Against Houthi Targets
CAIRO, Dec 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said it conducted precision airstrikes on Saturday against a missile storage facility and a command-and-control facility operated by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen's capital, Sanaa.
In a statement, the U.S. military's Central...
Israel’s Netanyahu Eyes Iran After Triumphs Over Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria
By Samia Nakhoul
DUBAI, Dec 20 (Reuters) - 2025 will be a year of reckoning for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his country's arch foe Iran.
The veteran Israeli leader is set to cement his strategic goals:...
EXCLUSIVE – Syrian Kurdish Commander: Non-Syrian Kurdish Fighters to Leave if Total Truce Agreed...
By Orhan Qereman
HASAKAH, Syria, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Kurdish fighters who came to Syria from around the Middle East to support Syrian Kurdish forces will leave if a total ceasefire is reached in the conflict with...
US Imposes Sanctions on Iran and Houthi-Related Targets
Dec 19 (Reuters) - The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on Iran and Houthi-related entities, according to the Treasury Department website which listed a number of individuals, companies and vessels that had been targeted.
The sanctions target three...
‘Not a Good Year for Iran’, Blinken Warns Against ‘Misadventures’
By Kayhan Life Staff/Reuters
Speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on Wednesday (December 18), Blinken said the Iranian regime should stop getting involved in "misadventures throughout the region and beyond."
“There's no doubt...
Two Men Arrested in London Over Attack on British-Iranian Journalist
LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - British police said on Tuesday they arrested two Romanian men over the stabbing of a journalist working for a Persian language media organisation in London in March.
Pouria Zeraati, a British-Iranian journalist...
UN Pushes for Iran Nuclear Deal Talks, Says ‘Time of the Essence’
By Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 17 (Reuters) - A top U.N. official on Tuesday pushed world powers and Iran to urgently work to restore a 2015 deal that lifted sanctions on Tehran in return for restrictions...
ANALYSIS – What Is the History of the Israel-Palestinian Conflict?
Dec 17 (Reuters) - Israel and Hamas have been waging war since gunmen from the Palestinian militant group in the Gaza Strip stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and capturing 253 hostages, by...
