Iran President Hassan Rouhani urged Western powers to "distance" themselves from the Persian Gulf, calling the ongoing presence of the United States and other military forces in the region a "calamity." Rouhani and several other Tehran government leaders including Foreign Affairs Minister Javad ...
Tensions continue to rise between Trump and Iran's Rouhani ahead of the U.N. General Assembly in NYC this week; Captain Bob Wells gives his take./ As world leaders gather for their annual U.N. General Assembly session, Britain, France and Germany joined the United States on Monday in blaming for ...
In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iranian army troops march at a military parade marking 39th anniversary of outset of Iran-Iraq war, in front of the shrine of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, ...
Iranian armed forces members march during the ceremony of the National Army Day parade in Tehran/ The Iranian armed forces held a military parade in Tehran on Sunday, showing off their ground forces and their various weapon systems./ During the ceremony, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged ...
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson boards his plane at London's Heathrow Airport as he heads off for the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York, Sunday Sept. 22, 2019. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)/ NEW YORK (AP) — Britain has concluded that Iran was responsible for attacks on oil ...
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets with Military Service Chiefs at Downing Street in London, Thursday Sept. 19, 2019. (Henry Nicholls/Pool via AP)/ for the recent attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia and said that the U.K. would consider taking part in U.S.-led military actions to ...
In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a military parade marking 39th anniversary of outset of Iran-Iraq war, in front of the shrine of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, ...
President Donald Trump says his administration is imposing additional sanctions on Iran following last weekend's attack on Saudi oil facilities, which the administration has blamed on the Islamic Republic. (Sept. 20)/ on Sunday accused Iranian leaders of being "bloodthirsty" and eager for war ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Iran has been holding military parades to mark the start of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war Iran's president has warned that foreign forces are threatening the security of the Gulf, after the US said it was deploying troops to the region. Hassan ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Emmanuel Macron (l) met Angela Merkel and Boris Johnson (r) at the UN headquarters Iran has rejected a joint statement by the leaders of France, Germany and the UK who blamed it for attacks earlier this month on Saudi oil installations. ...
France leads European push to defuse Iran-US tensions * UK breaks ranks with Europeans by directly blaming Iran * France careful not to point finger straight at Tehran * British-French divergence may complicate diplomacy UNITED NATIONS, Sept 23 (Reuters) - France and Britain were at odds on ...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 23 (Reuters) - France, Britain and Germany said on Monday it is clear Iran was responsible for an attack on Saudi oil facilities on Sept. 14 and called on Tehran to agree to negotiations on its nuclear and missile programs as well as regional security issues. "The time has ...
Britain, France and Germany say it is time for Tehran to start talks on a new, long-term pact dealing with its nuclear, regional and missile activities/ The leaders of Britain, France and Germany joined the U.S. in blaming Iran for this month’s attacks on Saudi Arabia and said the time had come ...
As Iran paraded its troops and its arsenal of various weapons Sunday, the country's president demanded the U.S. and other Western nations leave the Persian Gulf.
By Sylvia Westall, Ghaida Ghantous and Stephen Kalin/ By Sylvia Westall, Ghaida Ghantous and Stephen Kalin DUBAI/RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will seek to make a case at a global gathering in New York this week for concerted action to punish and deter arch-foe Iran after strikes on Saudi oil ...
Attack on Saudi oil plant was "act of war" by Iran/ The following is a transcript of the interview with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that aired Sunday, September 22, 2019, on "Face the Nation." MARGARET BRENNAN: Good morning and welcome to "Face the Nation" in New York, where world leaders ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ The prime minister boarded a flight at Heathrow for the annual UN General Assembly in New York Prime Minister Boris Johnson has blamed Iran for attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities ahead of a meeting with the country's president, Hassan ...
France’s foreign minister said on Sunday his country’s main aim at this week’s U.N. General Assembly meeting is to de-escalate tensions between the United States and Iran and that a meeting between their presidents was not the top priority./ FILE PHOTO: French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian ...
RIYADH, Sept 22 (Reuters) - If an investigation shows that last week's attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities was launched from Iranian territory, the kingdom would consider it an act of war, but Riyadh is currently seeking a peaceful resolution, a senior Saudi official said. "We hold Iran ...
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s president called Sunday on Western powers to leave the security of the Persian Gulf to regional nations led by Tehran, criticizing a new U.S.-led coalition patrolling the region’s waterways as nationwide parades showcased the Islamic Republic’s military arsenal. Hassan ...
DUBAI/RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will seek to make a case at a global gathering in New York this week for concerted action to punish and deter arch-foe Iran after strikes on Saudi oil plants rattled global markets and exposed the kingdom’s vulnerability to attack. However, even Riyadh’s ...
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian speaks after a meeting of the Russian-French Security Cooperation Council in Moscow, Russia, September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Sunday his main aim at this week’s U.N. ...
Experts probe GPS systems in search of ‘smoking gun’ evidence of Tehran’s involvement in Sept. 14 attack; Iran has denied any role/ An attack on Saudi Aramco oil facilities has led to an escalation of tensions between the U.S. and Iran. While Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed responsibility, ...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has dismissed a move by the United States to impose a fresh round of sanctions on the Islamic Republic, saying such restrictions would make future negotiations with Tehran impossible. "It makes it more difficult to remove the sanctions. They want to ...
05AM [Updated: Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:07AM ]/ UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L), German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) and French President Emmanuel Macron pose at the G7 summit in France's Biarritz (Photo by Getty)/ Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has criticized the E3 -- France, Germany, and the ...
34PM [Updated: Mon Sep 23, 2019 09:38PM ]/ President Hassan Rouhani speaks to reporters upon arrival in New York on September 23, 2019/ Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has arrived in New York to attend the 74th meeting of the UN General Assembly, where he plans to convey the message of Middle ...
Iran says London must stop selling arms to Riyadh instead of accusing Tehran, after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson alleged that the Islamic Republic was involved in last week’s drone attacks on two major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia. "The British government, instead of [making] fruitless ...
38AM [Updated: Mon Sep 23, 2019 10:42AM ]/ British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accused Iran of being behind last week’s attacks on two major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia. Johnson said the UK would work with the United States and European allies on a joint response to the attacks on the ...
In this file photo taken on May 02, 2015, Yemenis gather around a crater left following a Saudi airstrike on the capital Sana'a. (Photo by AFP)/ Saudi warplanes have bombed a mosque in Amran province in western Yemen, killing seven people, including children and women. Yemen’s al-Masirah TV ...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the peace initiative that he will soon unveil at the United Nations General Assembly is aimed at establishing long-term peace in the Persian Gulf region, something he said is simply not achievable in the presence of outsiders. Speaking to government ...
46PM [Updated: Sun Sep 22, 2019 10:46PM ]/ French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian speaks during a press conference in the Capital Cairo on September 17, 2019. (Photo by AFP)/ France says its main aim at the UN General Assembly meeting is to de-escalate tensions between Iran and the US, ...
Laila Soueif was refusing glucose treatment in hospital, her daughter Mona Seif said/ The mother of a British-Egyptian activist imprisoned in Cairo has been admitted to hospital for the second time, a week after resuming a full hunger strike to campaign for his release, her family says. Laila ...
'World has responsibility to get aid into Gaza', UN official tells BBC/ The UN's humanitarian chief has said people in Gaza are being subjected to forced starvation by Israel. In an interview with the BBC, Tom Fletcher said he believed this had led to a change in the international response to ...
Israel resumed its military offensive against Hamas in Gaza in mid-March following the collapse of a two-month ceasefire/ A senior Hamas official has told the BBC the Palestinian armed group will reject the latest US proposal for a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal. The White House ...
Displaced children queue for food at a charity kitchen in Gaza City/ There is a state of chaos, a breakdown of security, and looting in north Gaza's main city, where Palestinians are desperately searching for food and where aid is difficult to access. The Hamas-run interior ministry said seven ...
The Iranian Embassy in India has said it is investigating the case of three Indian nationals who went missing in Tehran earlier this month. The men, all of whom are from the northern state of Punjab, had a stopover in Iran on 1 May, and were on their way to Australia, where they were promised ...
Barbara Plett Usher, Emma Rossiter and Yolande Knell in Jerusalem/ Watch: AFP footage appears to show a people removing sacks from UN warehouse in Gaza/ The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) says that "hordes of hungry people" have broken into a food supply warehouse in central Gaza. Two people ...
Israeli ministers said the settler outpost at Homesh will be retrospectively legalised (file photo)/ Israeli ministers say 22 new Jewish settlements have been approved in the occupied West Bank - the biggest expansion in decades. Several already exist as outposts, built without government ...
In December 2023, the Israeli military released a video that it said showed Mohammed Sinwar being driven through a Hamas underground tunnel/ Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says its military has "eliminated" Hamas's Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar, one of its most wanted men and the ...
The UN Human Rights Office has said it believes 47 people were injured in Gaza on Tuesday when crowds overwhelmed an aid distribution centre run by a controversial new group backed by the US and Israel. A senior official said the UN was still gathering information but that most of the injuries ...
At least 35 people were killed after Israel targeted the Fahmi Al-Jargawi School in Gaza City on Sunday/ The EU's top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, has said that "Israeli strikes in Gaza go beyond what is necessary to fight Hamas" as the death toll there continues to mount. Kallas also said that the EU ...