BEIRUT, April 9 (Reuters) – Lebanon has spent the last 24 hours advocating for a temporary ceasefire to allow for broader talks with Israel, a senior Lebanese official told Reuters, saying it would be a “separate track but the same model” as a fragile truce brokered by Pakistan between the U.S. and Iran. The official…
April 2 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday offered to provide Ukraine’s expertise in dealing with freedom of navigation in the Black Sea to countries considering how to keep the Strait of Hormuz open amid conflict in the Middle East. Zelenskiy, speaking in his nightly video address, said Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha had taken…
VAUX-DE-CERNAY, France, March 27 (Reuters) – Ukraine is close to clinching several security agreements — including with the UAE and Qatar — to counter Iranian attacks, its foreign minister said on Friday, adding that he saw scope to draw China into peace efforts to end the war with Russia. “We have the situation in the…
The Hong Kong government has raised the outbound travel alert for Iran and Israel to black, and expanded the amber alert to include Bahrain, Jordan, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The government on Monday announced the escalation “in view of the continued deterioration of the situation in the Middle East…
March 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. and Western allies clashed with Russia and China on Thursday over Iran’s nuclear intentions, as Washington sought at the United Nations to further justify the war it launched on Iran two weeks ago. At a meeting of the 15-member U.N. Security Council, which is chaired this month by the…
By Maya Gebeily, Alexander Cornwell, Nandita Bose and Parisa Hafezi BEIRUT/MIAMI/TEL AVIV/DUBAI, March 8 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he is not interested in negotiating with Iran and raised the possibility that the Iran war would only end once Tehran no longer has a functioning military or any remaining leadership in power. Speaking…
Hong Kong authorities have received 194 inquiries from residents stranded in the Middle East amid a joint US-Israeli attack on Iran, which forced flight cancellations and left some seeking refuge in local hotels. The Immigration Department confirmed to the South China Morning Post that all residents who inquired about the situation and flight arrangements were…
Home » Australia Travel News » Bahrain Joins Tanzania, Ecuador, Thailand, Cuba, United Kingdom, Costa Rica And More As Australia Warns Of Travel Disruptions And Safety Concerns In New Advisory Published on October 30, 2025 Australia now has a new travel advisory, urging travelers to highly reconsider travel plans for countries like Bahrain, Tanzania, Ecuador,…
Hong Kong’s Au Ho-chun claimed a bronze medal in the men’s 1,500m at the Asian Youth Games in Bahrain, securing the city’s first podium of the competition. The 16-year-old clocked four minutes 5.09 seconds to finish third, behind Sri Lanka’s gold medallist Achintha Lahiru, who broke the youth games record with a time of 3:57.42,…
Home » AFRICA » France Joins Indonesia, Bahrain, Mexico, Kenya, Hong Kong, Ecuador, Egypt As Australia Expands Urgent Travel Alerts For High-Risk Destinations Worldwide Published on October 14, 2025 Australia has added France to its list of high-risk travel destinations, which also includes Indonesia, Bahrain, Mexico, Kenya, Hong Kong, Ecuador, and Egypt. Growing political unrest,…