Category: 3. Middle East

His efforts appear to have worked. China’s Foreign Ministry said the two were making “new efforts towards advocating for peace.” The joint statement agreed that dialogue and diplomacy were “the only viable option to resolve conflicts”, and it…

Israel struck Iran’s capital on Wednesday ahead of US President Donald Trump’s planned address to the American public on the month-long war he said could end within weeks.

The conflict that began on February 28 with US-Israeli attacks on Iran has…

Iraq became the 48th and final team to qualify for the World Cup on Tuesday, defeating Bolivia 2-1 in an intercontinental playoff in Mexico to seal their first appearance at the finals in 40 years.

Iraq, whose preparations for Tuesday’s playoff…

Pope Leo XIV is preparing to celebrate Easter for the first time as pontiff a year after his predecessor’s death, as concerns grow among Christians over the Middle East war.

Holy Week began with a clash in the Holy Land as the Latin Patriarch of…

April 1 (Reuters) – Dubai-based airline Emirates’ website said on Wednesday that Iranian nationals were not allowed to enter or transit the United Arab Emirates.

The website of another carrier, Flydubai, said Iranian nationals holding a UAE…

By Alasdair Pal

SYDNEY, April 1 (Reuters) – Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will deliver a rare address to the nation on Wednesday about the war in the Middle East, with media reporting he will encourage Australians to conserve fuel.

The…

JAKARTA, April 1 (Reuters) – Indonesia has called on the United Nations to conduct an investigation into the deaths of three of its UNIFIL peacekeepers following Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, a foreign ministry official said in a statement…

By Kanishka Singh and Ismail Shakil

WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday Washington could see the “finish line” in the Iran war, which is now in its fifth week, and the United States will have to…