European Union leaders called on Thursday for a moratorium on military strikes on energy and water facilities in the Middle East, amid growing concerns about the impact of the Iran war on the global economy.”The European Council calls for…
Category: 3. Middle East
-
European Union calls for moratorium on military strikes in Middle East
-
Iranians prepare for Persian new year under shadow of war
Iranians speak to the BBC about preparing for the Nowruz new year festival during the war.
Continue Reading
-
Netanyahu transcript: ‘We have to be more powerful than the barbarians, or they will crash our gates, destroy our societies’
The following is a transcript of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s first English-language press conference since the start of the Iran war, held in Jerusalem on March 19, 2026.
Netanyahu began with brief remarks in Hebrew in which he…
Continue Reading
-
UAE dismantle ‘terrorist network’ funded, operated by Hezbollah, Iran
United Arab Emirates authorities said on Friday they had dismantled a “terrorist network” funded and operated by Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Iran, and arrested its members.According to the state news agency, the network was involved in “money…
Continue Reading
-
4 hurt as Hezbollah rocket hits Kiryat Shmona; Iran missile fragment hits Haifa oil refinery
Four people were injured Thursday evening as a Hezbollah rocket from Lebanon hit a home in Kiryat Shmona, and an Iranian missile fragment hit Haifa’s oil refinery, causing damage but no injuries, amid the Israeli-American war with…
Continue Reading
-
Netanyahu says Israel ‘acted alone’ in attack on Iranian gas field
Gas prices, which had already been rising since the start of the conflict, surged in response to the Iranian attack on Qatar. The UK benchmark peaked briefly at almost 183p per therm on Thursday before easing back to 154.8p, an 11.3% increase…
Continue Reading
-
EU leaders call for moratorium on strikes against energy and water facilities in Middle East
BRUSSELS, March 19 (Reuters) – European Union leaders called on Thursday for a moratorium on military strikes on energy and water facilities in the Middle East, amid growing concerns about the impact of the Iran war on the global economy.
“The…
Continue Reading
-
Trump tells Israel not to repeat strikes on Iranian energy as crisis deepens
By Andrew Mills, Trevor Hunnicutt and Maayan Lubell
DOHA/WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM, March 20 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump told Israel not to repeat its attacks on Iranian natural gas infrastructure as tit-for-tat strikes on energy plants…
Continue Reading
-
Teenager among first to be executed over Iran's anti-government protests
Saleh Mohammadi, a member of Iran’s national wrestling team, was found guilty of killing police officers alongside two other men, state media say.
Continue Reading
-
US, Israel tactics diverge on Iran as Trump’s goals still ‘fuzzy’
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu both praise their relationship as excellent, but after three weeks of attacking Iran, their tactics are increasingly diverging — the result, some experts say, of Trump’s…
Continue Reading