Lebanon will request a one-month extension of the ceasefire during its meeting with Israel in Washington on Thursday, a Lebanese official said.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) seized two container ships (MSC Francesca and Epaminodes) and escorted them to Iranian shores, according to a statement released Wednesday.
European Union envoys gathered on Wednesday with the majority cautiously optimistic that a massive loan to help meet Ukraine’s military and financial needs for the next two years may soon be approved after months of deadlock.
Israel’s foreign minister on Wednesday urged Beirut to make joint efforts with Israel to counter the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, ahead of talks between the countries set to resume in Washington.
A cargo ship leaving Iran was fired upon Wednesday and was stopped in the water, a British maritime agency reported.
China warned on Wednesday that the situation in the Middle East was at a “critical juncture” after US President Donald Trump extended a ceasefire to allow Iran more time to negotiate.
Inflation in the UK climbed in March after a sharp jump in prices at the pump in the wake of the disruption to energy supplies caused by the Iran war, official figures showed Wednesday.
The UKMTO British maritime security agency said an Iranian gunboat fired at a container ship off the coast of Oman on Wednesday, causing damage but no casualties, marking the latest development in the Middle East conflict amid the extension of the ceasefire between the United States and Iran until further notice.
NATO intercepted Russian strategic bombers and fighter jets that flew over the Baltic Sea on Monday, a muscular display of air power on the alliance’s eastern flank away from the spotlight on the Middle East.
The EU is set to caution its members not to shut nuclear plants early, a draft document showed, as Europe shores up power supplies to cope with the impact of the Iran war.
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