UK Issues Alert for Iran, Lebanon Airspace as Risks of Military Conflict Rise
By Joanna Plucinska and Rajesh Kumar Singh
LONDON/CHICAGO, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Britain and Egypt asked their airlines on Wednesday to avoid Iranian and Lebanese airspace amid growing fears of a possible broader conflict in the region after the...
Canada to Pull Children of Diplomats Out of Israel, Canadian Press Reports
By Kanishka Singh
Aug 7 (Reuters) - The Canadian government said on Wednesday it has decided to pull the children and guardians of its diplomats out of Israel, amid fears of a widened conflict in the Middle East, the...
US Has Communicated Need to Not Escalate Conflict to Iran and Israel, Says Blinken
By Idrees Ali, Simon Lewis and Phil Stewart
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The United States has communicated to Iran and Israel that conflict in the Middle East must not escalate, Secretary of State Antony Blinken...
Hamas Names Oct 7 Mastermind Sinwar as Leader After Haniyeh Assassination
By Yomna Ehab and Jaidaa Taha
CAIRO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Hamas named its Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar as successor to former political chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran last week, the group said on...
US Charges Man With Alleged Ties to Iran in Foiled Assassination Plot
WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - A Pakistani man with alleged ties to Iran has been charged in the United States in connection to a foiled plot to assassinate a U.S. politician or government officials, the Justice Department said on Tuesday.
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At Least 4 Palestinians Killed, Including Three Teenagers, in Israeli Raid in West Bank,...
Aug 6 (Reuters) - At least four Palestinians were killed and seven others injured by Israeli fire in the town of Aqaba, Tubas District, in the occupied West Bank early on Tuesday, according to the Palestinian...
Iranian President, in Talks With Putin Ally, Calls for Expanded Ties With Russia
By Guy Faulconbridge and Mark Trevelyan
MOSCOW, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian told a senior ally of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin on Monday that Tehran was determined to expand relations with its "strategic partner...
US Personnel Wounded in Attack Against Base in Iraq, Officials Say
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart
WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (Reuters) - At least five U.S. personnel were injured in an attack against a military base in Iraq on Monday, U.S. officials told Reuters, as the Middle East...
US Passes Message to Iran Not to Escalate at ‘Critical Moment’ for Middle East
By Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk
WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (Reuters) - The United States has been urging countries through its diplomatic engagements to tell Iran that escalation in the Middle East is not in their interest, a State Department...
Putin Ally Holds Talks in Iran as Middle East Teeters on Brink of Wider...
By Guy Faulconbridge and Mark Trevelyan
MOSCOW, Aug 5 (Reuters) - A senior ally of President Vladimir Putin arrived in Tehran on Monday for talks with Iranian leaders including the president and top security officials as the Islamic Republic...
