DUBAI, March 19 (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign minister called for vigilance and regional coordination in separate calls with counterparts in Turkey, Egypt and Pakistan as the military warned of a tougher response to any further attacks on its energy infrastructure, state media reported on Thursday. After its energy facilities in South Pars gas field and…
Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday identified Russia, China, North Korea and Pakistan as the most significant nuclear threats facing the United States, in what appeared to be mounting concerns within Washington over strategic deterrence and evolving global security risks. “Russia, China, North Korea, Pakistan pose biggest nuclear threats to US,” said Gabbard, United States Director of…
March 13 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was quoted as saying on Friday the U.S. had sought a postponement of the latest round of three-sided talks on a settlement to Ukraine’s four-year-old conflict with Russia. Zelenskiy, whose comments were quoted by various Ukrainian media outlets at the end of a visit to France, said the…
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…
The Chinese government has moved to ban all fuel exports amid a worsening supply crunch because of the severe disruption in tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. The ban covers gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel, unnamed sources told Reuters. The restrictions will take immediate effect, applying to all cargoes that had not passed through…
WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump thinks the war against Iran “is very complete” and that Washington was “very far ahead” of his initial four to five week estimated time frame, according to a CBS News reporter on X, who cited an interview with him. “I think the war is very complete,…
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…
VIENNA, March 5 (Reuters) – The United States joined Russia, China, and Niger on Thursday in opposing a resolution adopted by the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board denouncing attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure as a threat to nuclear safety, diplomats said. The resolution, passed by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s 35-nation Board of Governors, is the…
By Steve Holland and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he was not happy with Iran and wants to make a deal with Tehran but warned that “sometimes you have to” use military force. Trump, talking to reporters as he left the White House on a trip…
Bitcoin’s collapse has prompted some retail investors in Hong Kong to snap up the world’s largest cryptocurrency after its value fell by more than half from its peak. According to crypto asset data tracker CoinGecko, the price of bitcoin slumped to almost US$60,000 on Friday morning, Hong Kong time, less than half its historical high…