US, Britain Carry Out Strikes Against Iran Regime-Backed Houthis in Yemen
By Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Mohammed Ghobari
WASHINGTON/ADEN, Yemen, Jan 12 (Reuters) - The United States and Britain carried out strikes from the air and sea against Houthi military targets in Yemen overnight in response to the movement's...
ANALYSIS: Red Sea Ship Attacks Could Trigger All-Out Middle East War
By Ahmad Rafat
A dangerous power struggle is unfolding in the Red Sea caused by recent developments. The “Axis of Resistance,” led by the Islamic Republic, is posing a major economic challenge to the Western...
Norwegian Parliament President Masud Gharahkhani Supports Iran’s Democracy Movement
By Firouzeh Nabavi
The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, who is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Iran, was absent from the recent ceremony held in her honor in Oslo: Her Nobel Prize...
Iran Seizes Oil Tanker Involved in U.S.-Iran Dispute in Gulf of Oman
By Jana Choukeir, Ahmed Elimam and Robert Harvey
DUBAI, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Iran seized a tanker with Iraqi crude destined for Turkey on Thursday in retaliation for the confiscation last year of the same vessel and its oil...
UN Security Council Demands Houthis Stop Red Sea Attacks
By Jonathan Landay and Arshad Mohammed
Jan 10 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday demanded Yemen's Houthis immediately end attacks on ships in the Red Sea and cautioned against escalating tensions while implicitly endorsing a U.S.-led...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Says Russia Negotiating Missile Purchases From Iran
By Andrius Sytas
VILNIUS, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that a ceasefire in Russia's war against Ukraine would not lead to political dialogue, and would only benefit Moscow.
Speaking to reporters in...
Blinken Says Made Clear to Iran Support Provided to Houthis Must Stop
MANAMA, Bahrain, Jan 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday there will be consequences for continued attacks on commercial shipping lanes in the Red Sea by Yemen-based Iran-backed Houthis and that it...
Three Members of Iran Regime-Backed Hezbollah Killed in South Lebanon
BEIRUT, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Three members of Iran-aligned Hezbollah were killed on Tuesday in a targeted strike on their vehicle in the town of Ghandouriyeh in the south of Lebanon, two sources familiar with the...
Jordanian Jets Strike Iran-Linked Drug Dealers Inside Syria
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi
AMMAN, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Jordanian jets conducted four strikes inside Syria on Tuesday in the second such raid within a week against suspected farms and hideouts of Iran-linked drug smugglers, regional intelligence sources said.
Jordan's...
Canada, Partners Take Iran to UN Council Over Downed Ukrainian Jet
OTTAWA, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Canada, Britain, Sweden and Ukraine on Monday formally complained to the U.N. aviation council in their bid to hold Iran accountable for the downing of a passenger airliner in January 2020 that killed 176 people,...
