A helicopter ferrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi encountered a "hard landing" near Jolfa, a city on the Iran-Azerbaijan border, as reported by Iranian state TV.
The incident occurred 600 kilometers northwest of Tehran in East Azerbaijan (...)
India has urged the US not to take a "narrow view" of its port agreement with Iran, a day after Washington warned that countries doing business deals with Tehran risked sanctions.
On Monday, India signed a 10-year deal with Iran to develop the (...)
The US has warned of potential sanctions for any country considering business deals with Iran, hours after India signed a 10-year contract to operate a port with Tehran.
India had entered an agreement to develop the strategically important Chabahar (...)
MADINAH — The first batch of Iranian pilgrims arrived on Monday at Prince Muhammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah on their way to Makkah to perform Umrah, after a hiatus of nine years. Iranian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Ali Reza (...)
A military base in Iraq housing a pro-Iranian militia has been damaged in an explosion, killing one and wounding eight, security officials there have said.
Iraq's military reported no drones or fighter jets in the area before or during the (...)
An unclaimed aerial attack in central Iran on Friday comes fresh on the heels of tit-for-tat Iranian and Israeli strikes earlier this month, marking a potentially dangerous escalation of the Middle East conflict.
Israel carried out the strike inside (...)
LONDON — Israel's attack on Iran was not the fierce response that US President Joe Biden and other western leaders had feared.
They have been urging Israel to draw a line under the dangerous series of events that started with Israel's assassination (...)
The president of the European Council hopes Friday's apparent Israeli retaliation will be the last in the recent escalation with Iran and believes the next "hours and days" will be critical.
Charles Michel spoke exclusively to Euronews hours after (...)
This morning warning sirens sounded across northern Israel as they do most days. The army said later that it was a false alarm. But for the people of Israel it was a reminder — if one were needed — of just how fast and how easily Iran could (...)
Israel has carried out a military strike inside Iran, a US official told CNN Friday, the latest move in a dangerous escalation that threatens to push the already volatile region into all-out war.
The US was given advance notification Thursday of an (...)
European Union leaders are gathering in Brussels for a special two-day summit focused on the bloc's economic competitiveness.
But the agenda is set to be overshadowed by the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, which the West fears could soon spiral (...)
David Cameron has urged Israeli leaders to do "as little as possible to escalate" tensions in the Middle East on a visit to Jerusalem.
The UK foreign secretary made the comments ahead of his meeting with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israel has (...)
The European Union will "start the necessary work" to hit Iran with heavier sanctions after Saturday's aerial attack on Israel, the bloc's top diplomat has said.
Speaking following an exceptional virtual meeting of EU foreign ministers on Tuesday, (...)
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that Washington expects to hit Iran with new sanctions "in the coming days" following its unprecedented attack on Israel last weekend.
Yellen said Iran's oil exports "remain in focus as a possible area" they (...)
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Daniel Hagari said Tel Aviv must do everything necessary to protect the state "at the time and in the way we in Israel choose to do so".
Hagari said the Iranian attack was "thwarted with the iron defense (...)
Russia's war on Ukraine has entered a new phase. Drone and missile attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure are now frequent and massive, overwhelming its current air defences.
They often include the same Iranian-made Shahed drones launched by (...)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is calling for "maximum restraint" and de-escalation after Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel early on Sunday.
"We have a shared responsibility" to de-escalate tensions and work for peace, (...)
Iran has launched hundreds of aerial drones and missiles at Israel, marking a widely anticipated reprisal attack.
It is the first such direct clash between the two enemies, who have been engaged in a years-long shadow war, with Iran using proxy (...)
British fighter jets shot down "a number of drones" fired at Israel from Iran, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said.
The UK was one of several countries, including the US, which helped counter Iran's unprecedented attack — its first ever direct strike on (...)
US President Joe Biden has praised American forces who he said "helped Israel take down nearly all" drones and missiles launched by Iran on Sunday.
In a statement, he said the US had moved aircraft and warships to the region before the unprecedented (...)
In response to recent drone attacks by Iran on Israel, leaders from around the world have issued a strong wave of condemnation.
The European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, said that the European (...)
Iran has seized a commercial ship with links to Israel as it passed through the Strait of Hormuz early on Saturday.
The MSC Aries was boarded by Iranian special forces about 50 miles (80km) off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, a statement from (...)
In a significant escalation of tensions in the Middle East, Iran has confirmed launching a "massive" attack involving over 50 drones and missiles directed at Israel. This marks the first direct Iranian assault on Israeli territory, intensifying the (...)
Israel's military said on Thursday it was prepared defend itself and strike Iran if it retaliates for a deadly airstrike on the Iranian Consulate in Syria.
Twelve people, including two Iranian generals and five officers, were killed on the April one (...)
The United States has restricted travel for its employees in Israel amid fears of an attack by Iran.
The US embassy said staff had been told not to travel outside the greater Jerusalem, Tel Aviv or Be'er Sheva areas "out of an abundance of (...)