Iran
By Khanh Vu and Francesco Guarascio HANOI (Reuters) – Companies from Iran, Israel, China, Russia and the United States will showcase military equipment at an arms expo in Hanoi in December, Vietnam’s defence ministry said on Tuesday, a rare case of geopolitical rivals exhibiting their wares together. Communist-run Vietnam has…
By Timothy Gardner and Vivian Sequera WASHINGTON/CARACAS (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of U.S. Senator Marco Rubio for secretary of state could signal stricter enforcement of oil sanctions on Iran and Venezuela, but concerns about retaliation by China could temper any efforts, analysts said on Wednesday. Rubio, a longtime…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday threw out a $1.68 billion judgment against Iran’s central bank that had been won by family members of troops killed and injured in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut. The 2nd U.S.…
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump’s return to the White House could mean tougher enforcement of U.S. oil sanctions against Iran, potentially trimming global supplies, but his administration could struggle to get China, Iran’s top crude customer, to cooperate, analysts said. Cracking down on OPEC-member Iran would…
By Angelo Amante and John Irish ROME/PARIS (Reuters) -U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Wednesday he might head to Iran in the coming days to discuss its disputed atomic programme and that he expected to work cooperatively with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Grossi had previously said he hoped…
Israel carried out a series of precision strikes on military targets in Iran late last month.Iran is now vowing to retaliate for the strikes, which damaged Tehran’s air-defense network.Officials and analysts say the strikes have left Iran seriously vulnerable to more Israeli action. Iran is signaling that it will deliver…
The US is deploying warships and B-52 bombers to the Middle East amid rising tensions.Israel and Iran are stuck in a cycle of retaliatory strikes.The US earlier said it would also send a missile defense system and 100 more troops to Israel. The United States is sending bombers and warships…
Israel’s weapon of choice in its attack on Iran was the air-launched ballistic missile.These allowed Israel to strike Iran rapidly and with minimum risk to its own aircraft.Air-launched missiles have many advantages over ground-fired ones. Over 100 Israeli fighter jets attacked 20 targets inside Iran, ranging from its top air…
By Phil Stewart and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hours after Iranian missiles rained down on Israel on Oct. 1, President Joe Biden’s administration sent an urgent message to Israel: Take a breath. Israel, Washington argued, owned the clock and had time to decide on how to best respond to…
The Israeli military says it is carrying out “precise strikes” on Iranian military targets.The strikes are long-anticipated retaliation for an Iranian missile barrage earlier this month.Iran fired over 180 ballistic missiles at Israel on October 1. The attack followed another in April. The Israeli military said Friday night (Saturday morning…
