Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday that Iraq should not be used as a launch pad for attacks in the Middle East war. Iraq neighbours Iran, against which the United States and Israel launched massive strikes on February 28, as well as the Gulf, which the […]
Iran’s foreign minister said Tuesday that talks with the United States were not on the agenda as their war entered its 11th day. “I don’t think talking with the Americans would be on our agenda anymore,” Abbas Araghchi told PBS News, saying Tehran had a “very bitter experience” during previous negotiations with the US. Iran’s […]
Turkey said on Tuesday that a US Patriot air defence system was deployed to its southeast, near a NATO radar base, as part of steps by the alliance to boost air defences in the face of missile threats from Iran. It is being deployed to Malatya province, the location of the Kurecik NATO radar base, […]
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar spoke late Monday night with Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, to discuss recent developments in the Middle East, according to a post on X by the Foreign Office. According to the post, “They exchanged views on the developments in the Middle East and the wider […]
US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed on Monday the war in Iran and prospects for peace in Ukraine, just hours after the Kremlin chief warned that a global energy crisis threatened the world economy. The US and Israeli attack on Iran triggered the biggest spike in oil prices since the […]
US President Donald Trump said Monday that he will waive some sanctions on oil to boost supply and bring down prices, due to market turmoil over the war in the Middle East. The US-Israel strikes on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory attacks across the Gulf region have upended the world’s energy and transport sectors, virtually halting […]
South Korea cannot stop Washington from redeploying some weapons stationed in the country, President Lee Jae Myung said on Tuesday, after reports that US Patriot missile defence systems were being sent to the conflict in the Middle East. Reports on shifting key US military assets have sparked concern in Asia about the potential gaps in […]
Australia on Tuesday granted humanitarian visas to five Iranian women’s soccer team players after they sought asylum, fearing persecution in their home nation. The announcement came after US President Donald Trump said he had spoken to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese about the Iranian women’s soccer team in Australia following reports that the players had […]
When police detained an Indonesian teenager accused of bombing his high-school campus in Jakarta in November, he had a life-size toy rifle inscribed with “welcome to hell” and the names of white supremacist mass killers. The November 7 attack, which injured 96 people, may have been the first in the country inspired by white supremacists […]
An order for four advanced US-made MQ-9B “SkyGuardian” drones is on track and hasn’t been affected by the war in the Middle East, Taiwan’s air force said on Tuesday. The air force said in a statement that the order for the drones, made by General Atomics and designed for surveillance and target acquisition, is proceeding […]