Reuters and Algemeiner Staff
ARTICLES BY: Reuters and Algemeiner Staff
Iran Held Direct Talks With US Amid Intensifying Conflict With Israel, Diplomats Say
US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi have spoken by phone several times since Israel began its strikes on Iran last week, in a bid to...
Arab Town in Israel Weeps for Four Family Members Killed in Iranian Strike
When a phone alert sounded on Saturday night to warn of Iranian missiles flying towards his town of Tamra in northern Israel, Nidal Abu Al Heija called his sister to...
Israel Hits Nuclear Sites, Iran Strikes Hospital as War Escalates
Israel bombed nuclear targets in Iran on Thursday and Iranian missiles hit an Israeli hospital overnight, as the week-old air war escalated with no sign yet of an off-ramp. Following the strike that damaged the Soroka medical...
US Military Ready to Carry Out Any Trump Decisions on Iran, Hegseth Says
The US military is ready to carry out any decision that President Donald Trump may make on Iran, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday,...
Israel Launches Airlift to Bring Home Stranded Citizens After Iran Strikes
Israel on Wednesday launched a phased airlift operation to bring home its citizens, after the country's military strike on Iran closed air space across the Middle East, leaving tens of thousands of Israelis stuck overseas. The first rescue...
Russia Tells US Not to Strike Iran, Warns of Nuclear Catastrophe
Russia is telling the United States not to strike Iran because it would radically destabilize the Middle East, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday, and Moscow said Israeli strikes risked...
Trump Says He Wants ‘Real End’ to Nuclear Problem With Iran, Israel Warns Khamenei
US President Donald Trump said he wanted a "real end" to the nuclear dispute with Iran and indicated he may send senior American officials to meet with the Islamic Republic as the Israel-Iran air war raged for a...
US Pulls Out of Two More Bases in Syria, Worrying Kurdish Forces
US forces have pulled out of two more bases in northeastern Syria, visiting Reuters reporters found, accelerating a troop drawdown that the commander of US-backed Syrian Kurdish forces said was allowing a resurgence of Islamic State. Reuters reporters who...
Trump Says US Won’t Kill Iran’s Supreme Leader, ‘At Least Not for Now’
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the US knew exactly where Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was "hiding," that he was an easy target but...
Suspected Israeli Hackers Claim to Destroy Data at Iran’s Bank Sepah
An anti-Iranian government hacking group with potential ties to Israel and a track record of destructive cyberattacks on Iran claimed in social media posts on Tuesday...
Qatar Says Its Output at Gas Field Shared With Iran Is Steady, Following Israeli Strike
Qatar's gas production at the South Pars field is steady and supply is proceeding normally, it said on Tuesday, after the world's largest gas field was hit by an Israeli airstrike on Saturday, prompting Iran to partially suspend its production. Qatar, the...
US Moving Fighter Jets to Middle East as Israel-Iran War Rages
The US military is deploying more fighter aircraft to the Middle East and extending the deployment of other warplanes, bolstering US military forces in the region as the war between Israel and Iran rages, three US officials...
Likely All Machines at Iran’s Main Enrichment Plant ‘Severely Damaged’, IAEA Chief Says
It is very likely all the roughly 15,000 centrifuges operating at Iran's biggest uranium enrichment plant at Natanz were badly damaged or destroyed because of a power cut caused by...
Iran Asks Gulf States to Mediate for Ceasefire With Israel, Sources Say
Iran has asked Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Oman to press US President Donald Trump to use his influence on Israel to agree to an immediate ceasefire with Iran in return for Iranian...
