Middle East crisis

Middle East crisis

Flames and smoke rise from Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion on the Red Sea, in this handout picture released August 29, 2024. Photo: Houthi Military Media/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Houthis' email alert to Red Sea ships: Prepare for attack, with best regards

The message, which was also sent to the manager's business email address, warned that one of the company's vessels travelling through the Red Sea was at risk of being attacked by Yemen&...

Pump jacks operate at sunset in Midland, Texas, US, February 11, 2019. File Photo: Reuters/Nick Oxford

Oil settles up, biggest weekly gains in over a year on Middle East war risk

A Palestinian student walks between the rubble, as war disrupts a new school year, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, September 4, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo

Emails show early US concerns over Gaza offensive, risk of Israeli war crimes

Photo: BSS/AFP

Israel says to continue to strike 'tonight' in Middle East 'powerfully'

U.S. Dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken July 17, 2022. REUTERS

Dollar firm as war widens in Middle East

US Army soldiers from 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Task Force-Iraq, man a defensive position at Forward Operating Base Union III in Baghdad, Iraq, December 31, 2019/ US Army/Maj Charlie Dietz-Task Force-Iraq Public Affairs via Reuters

Here's a look at the US military presence in the Middle East

An Israeli Army tank is transported, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, in northern Israel, October 1, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Jim Urquhart

Israel begins ground invasion of Lebanon

Smoke billows after Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon. File Photo: Reuters

Iran preparing to launch missile attack on Israel, says US, as Israel invades Lebanon

A 3D printed oil pump jack is seen in front of displayed OPEC logo in this illustration picture, April 14, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Oil prices rise on Middle East conflict fears as Israel steps up attacks

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with Iran's parliament members in Tehran, Iran, July 21, 2024. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Iran's supreme leader taken to secure location: sources

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters during a religious procession to mark Ashura in Beirut's suburbs November 14, 2013/ Reuters

Who is Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah killed by Israeli strikes?

Boys scouts carry a picture of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during the funeral of Hezbollah member Ali Mohamed Chalbi, after hand-held radios and pagers used by Hezbollah detonated across Lebanon, in Kfar Melki, Lebanon September 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Taher/File Photo

Hezbollah reckons with future amid Beirut strikes

China's Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi speaks during the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany February 18, 2023. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

China supports Iran in defending security, says foreign minister