World Leaders Arrive in Kuwait to Pay Respects After Emir’s Death
By Ahmed Hagagy, Alexander Cornwell and Phil Stewart
KUWAIT, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Foreign dignitaries arrived in the Persian Gulf state of Kuwait to offer condolences for the death of emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah, who was...
UK, US Sanction Iranians Linked to Quds Force, Palestinian Militant Groups
LONDON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Britain said it had adopted a new sanctions regime against Iran on Thursday as it announced measures against seven individuals, including the head of Tehran's Quds Force, for threatening or planning the destabilisation...
Iran Opposes Fossil Fuel Phase-Out in COP28 Agreement
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
As negotiators stagger towards their beds in Dubai and another year’s climate talks come to a close, it’s time to take stock. Did COP28 achieve the big breakthrough the world needs on...
Russian Links With China, Iran and North Korea a Threat, Warns Finland
HELSINKI, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Russia's increasing cooperation with China, Iran, North Korea and its other global allies is a serious, long-term threat to European countries, Finland's Defence Minister Antti Hakkanen said on Tuesday.
Finland...
Iran Regime-Backed Houthis Claim Attack on Norwegian Tanker
By Phil Stewart and Nadine Awadalla
DUBAI, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthis said on Tuesday they carried out a military operation against the Norwegian commercial tanker STRINDA in their latest protest against Israel's bombardment of Gaza.
The group said it hit the...
Russia Says Working on Big New Agreement With Iran
MOSCOW, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Russia and Iran will speed up work on a major new interstate agreement, Russia's foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday after a phone call between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei...
Man filmed HQ of London-based TV channel critical of Iran, prosecutors say
By Sam Tobin
LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - An Austrian man carried out "hostile reconnaissance" against a London-based television station critical of Iran's government to collect information which could have been used in an attack on the channel,...
Swedish PM Demands Immediate Release of EU Employee Jailed in Iran
STOCKHOLM, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Monday demanded the immediate release of Swedish European Union employee Johan Floderus from prison in Iran.
Floderus was arrested in Iran in 2022. Iran said on Sunday it had begun a trial of the...
Israel Presses Ahead in Battle Against Iran Regime-Backed Hamas in Southern Gaza
By Bassam Masoud and Nidal al-Mughrabi
GAZA/CAIRO, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Fighting between Israel and Hamas intensified across Gaza on Monday, fuelling fears flagged by the United Nations at the weekend of a breakdown in public order...
Iran Regime Tries Swedish EU Employee for ‘Spying for Israel’
DUBAI, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday that it had begun the trial of a Swedish national employed by the European Union who is charged with spying for Israel and "corruption on earth,"...
