ECB President Christine Lagarde on Monday welcomed news of a U.S.-Iran ceasefire, saying it could help reopen the Strait of
June 15, 2026
Europe's STOXX 600 hit an all-time high on Monday after the United States and Iran reached a preliminary pact to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, surpassing
June 15, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. Markets had suspected President Trump wanted to wrap up the war for his birthday, and so it happened.
June 15, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump is in France this week for a G7 summit
June 15, 2026
E4 nations including the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy said on Sunday the countries were prepared to lift sanctions on Iran in response to steps on its nuclear program
June 15, 2026
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said early on Monday that the United States and Iran have reached a peace deal.
June 15, 2026
The tanker disabled by the American military while trying to run the U.S. blockade of Iran had dismissed nearly 60 verbal warnings as well as other shows of force before being fired upon
June 14, 2026
Israel said its military attacked Hezbollah targets in Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday
June 14, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer discussed efforts to end the Iran conflict during a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump, Downing Street said on Saturday.
June 13, 2026
The exact timing of the signing of the Islamabad memorandum will not be on Sunday, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said, according to state media on Saturday.
June 13, 2026
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday that the United States and Iran have agreed to a framework for a peace deal that would end the months-long conflict in the
June 13, 2026
Funeral for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will begin in Tehran on July 4 and conclude with his burial in the northeastern city of Mashhad on July 9, state media
June 13, 2026
President Donald Trump says the U.S. is close to signing a deal with Iran to wind down the war, with a memorandum of understanding to be signed in Europe as soon as this weekend
June 13, 2026
U.S.
June 12, 2026
The relationship between U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron began with a handshake nearly a decade ago
June 12, 2026
The Bank of England will leave its key interest rate unchanged at 3.75% on June 18, according to all 65 economists polled by Reuters, who remained
June 12, 2026
President Donald Trump is anticipating a significant weekend for his presidency
June 12, 2026
About half of evangelical Christians - a core component of President Donald Trump's political base - believe his
June 12, 2026
Gwyneth Paltrow faces online backlash for starring in luxury Israel real estate ad
June 12, 2026
Iran's top joint military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said on Thursday the United States would receive a more severe response than before if it attacks
June 11, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wants to take over Kharg Island, Iran's oil infrastructure hub.
March 27, 2026
The economic fallout from the Iran war — higher energy prices and increased uncertainty — will drag down global growth this year, the World Bank said Thursday
June 11, 2026
European shares closed higher on Thursday, snapping a four-day losing streak, as investors looked past escalating rhetoric from U.S.
June 11, 2026
The European Central Bank on Thursday became the first major central bank to raise interest rates in response to the Iran war
June 11, 2026
Wars in the Middle East and Ukraine are set to dominate next week’s Group of Seven summit, as host France crafts an agenda aimed
June 11, 2026
No U.S. warships have been struck in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. military said on Wednesday, after Iran's state media said initial reports indicated U.S. ships near the strait
June 11, 2026
A prominent Palestinian doctor captured by the Israeli military
June 11, 2026
U.S.
June 11, 2026
By Ali Sawafta TAYBEH, West Bank, June 10 - Israeli settlers obstructed Palestinians putting out a large blaze near a Christian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank late on Tuesday, a local
June 10, 2026
Pakistan has launched new airstrikes on Afghanistan, ending a month of calm and escalating what Islamabad previously called “open war” between the neighbors
June 10, 2026
The UN human rights office will deploy a team of investigators to Lebanon next week to assess potential violations of international law by all parties during the current
June 10, 2026
U.S.
June 10, 2026
The United States, Australia, European allies and other countries condemned Iran-backed groups' plots to kill Iranian dissidents, journalists and Jewish communities in
June 10, 2026
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Israel's attacks on Syria and Lebanon had reached a point where they also
June 10, 2026
UK's FTSE 100 closed higher on Wednesday with energy and consumer staples stocks providing a lift, though the index remained stuck near three-week lows as investors monitored a
June 10, 2026
The U.S. military launched airstrikes and Iran retaliated following the crash of an Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz that U.S. President Donald Trump blamed on the Islamic Republic
June 09, 2026
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Iran shot down a U.S.
June 09, 2026
Britain, Canada, France and Norway announced new coordinated sanctions on Tuesday against Israeli networks involved in
June 09, 2026
A Tunisian court sentenced prominent journalist Khaoula Boukrim to four years in prison in absentia, she said on Tuesday, in a ruling critics say highlights a growing crackdown on
June 09, 2026
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun made a rare direct appeal to the Israeli government and its people to come to the negotiating table to end the war, warning in a CNN interview
June 09, 2026
Afghan security officials dispersed a women's rights protest in the western province of Herat on Tuesday that started after Taliban morality police
June 09, 2026
Israel struck the historic port city of Tyre in southern Lebanon on Tuesday killing at least eight people, the Lebanese health ministry said, and minutes later ordered the
June 09, 2026
Italian prosecutors put Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir under investigation over the treatment of activists who were part of a Gaza flotilla last
June 09, 2026
Oil prices settled $1 higher after rising more than 5% earlier in the session on Monday as Iran and Israel said they had halted attacks on each other
June 08, 2026
Tehran will turn the naval blockade established by the United States into another defeat for the "enemy", Iran's top negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said in a message
June 08, 2026
Israel and Iran have exchanged fire, marking the first such incident since a ceasefire two months ago
June 08, 2026
Iran has fired missiles at Israel, marking the first such attack in two months since a ceasefire
June 08, 2026
More than a third of lawmakers from Britain's governing Labour Party signed a letter on Monday calling on the British government to end trade with Israeli
June 08, 2026
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday that they would ban Israeli maritime navigation in the Red Sea, adding to challenges for global shipping through the Middle East
June 08, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that both Israel and Iran are looking to "do an immediate ceasefire", and that final negotiations on "peace" are proceeding.
June 08, 2026
Israel has carried out nearly 3,500 air strikes on Lebanon and hundreds of controlled
June 08, 2026
Pope Leo calls war a ‘painful defeat’ of negotiations as Israel and Iran trade worst strikes in months
June 08, 2026
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has expressed concern over the arrest and detention of women in a western province for allegedly failing to comply with "dress
June 08, 2026
As soaring jet fuel prices triggered by the Iran war send ripples across the global travel market, a
June 08, 2026
The Strait of Hormuz will be open but under new conditions to be set by Iran and Oman, including a transit fee, Iran's ambassador to Moscow was quoted as saying on Monday.
June 08, 2026
Israel's military said on Sunday its police criminal investigation unit was investigating the killing of a Palestinian infant by an Israeli soldier in the Israeli-
June 08, 2026
The U.S. naval blockade of Iran and its green light on Sunday for Israel to escalate attacks in Lebanon make U.S. bases and Israeli assets in the Middle East legitimate
June 07, 2026
A Palestinian man with Israeli citizenship has opened fire in central Israel
June 07, 2026
Israeli strikes on a Hamas-run police station and a vehicle in the Gaza Strip killed at least nine people and wounded 20 others, health officials said,
June 07, 2026
One killed, several wounded in suspected terror attack in central Israel
June 07, 2026
A gunman in a car opened fire at three locations in Israel close to the border with the occupied West Bank on Sunday, killing one man and wounding several other people,
June 07, 2026
Israeli settlers could face further sanctions in coming days in protest at the escalation of illegal settlements in the West Bank and a surge in violence by settlers against
June 07, 2026
Iran has fired ballistic missiles and drones toward Bahrain and Kuwait
June 06, 2026
An Israeli strike killed at least seven Palestinians including two women in Gaza on Saturday, health officials said, as mediators restarted talks in
June 06, 2026
Israeli soldiers open fire on car in West Bank, killing 7-month-old baby
June 06, 2026
Iran’s World Cup soccer team is traveling from Turkey to their training base in Mexico
June 06, 2026
Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday killed nine people, including three Lebanese military members, according to the Lebanese army and state media
June 06, 2026
Armenia's parliamentary elections Sunday will focus on its geopolitical future as Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan seeks closer ties with the EU and the U.S. That is despite Armenia's longstanding relations with Russia that are favored by most of the country's opposition parties
June 06, 2026
Lebanon’s president and prime minister are criticizing Iran for rejecting the latest ceasefire deal between the Lebanese government and Israel
June 05, 2026
Two Romanian men whom British prosecutors said were acting as proxies for the Iranian government were on Friday found guilty of stabbing a journalist working for a Persian-
June 05, 2026
Italy appealed on Friday for the release of two Italian pro-Palestinian campaigners detained in eastern Libya who, along with eight other activists, had been
June 05, 2026
Benjamin Netanyahu
June 05, 2026
European shares slipped on Friday and ended the week lower, as uncertainty about Middle East peace efforts kept investors on
June 05, 2026
At least 10 people have been killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza in a day, according to hospitals
June 04, 2026
President Donald Trump insists he's comfortable with the current holding pattern in the Iran war
June 04, 2026
Hezbollah rejected a ceasefire plan agreed by the Lebanese and Israeli governments in U.S.-mediated talks, as
June 04, 2026
Acclaimed Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi has died at 56
June 04, 2026
Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a message on Thursday that Iran's enemies, having been defeated on the battlefield, were now seeking to undermine public
June 04, 2026
European shares rose on Thursday as oil prices eased, although investors remained cautious on whether the latest developments in
June 04, 2026
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told local outlets on Thursday that a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreed the previous evening between Lebanon and Israel could come into force within 24
June 04, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces plunging support in the electorally vital north where Hezbollah rocket fire has been heaviest, a
June 04, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart Hunter Markets are in risk-off mode again as traders grapple with conflicting headlines: renewed fighting between the U.S. and
June 04, 2026
Kuwait says Iranian drones have heavily damaged a passenger terminal at its main, killing one person, wounding dozens and briefly closing the airfield
June 03, 2026
Lebanon and Israel said on Wednesday that they had agreed to the implementation of a ceasefire following negotiations in Washington aimed at ending the conflict that
June 04, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump will attend the NATO meeting of heads of state that is taking place in Turkey in early July, U.S.
June 03, 2026
Oil prices rose around 2% on Wednesday, extending the previous session's gains, as hostilities in the Middle East erupted anew and talks between Tehran and
June 03, 2026
The S&P 500 and the Dow opened lower on Wednesday, as a flare-up in the Middle East conflict drove oil prices higher and cast doubt on a quick resolution to the war.
June 03, 2026
Prolonged disruption of energy supplies from the Middle East that lasts into next year would deal a severe blow to the global economy
June 03, 2026
British services firms suffered a small fall in activity in May as the strains of the Iran war pushed up their costs sharply and hit
June 03, 2026
The global economic outlook hinges on how long the war in the Middle East lasts, with recession in some countries and sharply higher inflation a real
June 03, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Notwithstanding fresh hostilities in the Middle East, AI shares drove equity markets in Asia to new records on Wednesday.
June 03, 2026
Gulf hostilities flared anew on Wednesday, with the U.S. military saying Iranian missile attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait and
June 03, 2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is under criticism at home after U.S.
June 02, 2026
Government support in emerging economies affected by the Middle East conflict should be temporary and targeted, the head of the European Bank for
June 02, 2026
An Iraqi national has pleaded not guilty after being accused of plotting at least 18 attacks in Europe in retaliation for the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran
June 02, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump says Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to dial back fighting after he talked with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and communicated with the Lebanon-militant group through mediators
June 01, 2026
U.S.
June 01, 2026
An alleged member of an Iran-backed militia pleaded not guilty on Monday to U.S. criminal charges he was involved in multiple attacks against American
June 02, 2026
Despite the current ceasefire between the United States and Iran, it remains too risky to move the thousands of sailors stuck in the Gulf
June 01, 2026
The United States says it has bombed radar and drone sites in Iran after Tehran shot down an American drone over the weekend
June 01, 2026
Israel's defence ministry said on Monday France had banned Israeli government officials from a major weapons show in Paris, and had imposed restrictions on companies from
June 01, 2026
Shipping executives meeting in Athens on Monday said that any peace deal worked out between the United States and Iran would need to
June 01, 2026
Britain has blocked Cenk Uygur, a left-wing Turkish-American media personality, and his nephew, Hasan Piker, a U.S. left-wing commentator and influencer, from entering the
June 01, 2026
The economic shock from the Iran war hit European factories last month, suppressing demand for their
June 01, 2026
Iran on Monday blamed the slow pace of efforts to end the U.S.-Iran conflict on a lack of trust, contradictory positions from Washington and continued Israeli attacks in the
June 01, 2026
President Donald Trump on Monday said that Iran really wanted to make a deal with the U.S. and that it would be a good one for Washington and its allies.
June 01, 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani did not attend an annual parade honoring Israel, breaking with a decades-long political custom because of his support of Palestinian rights
May 31, 2026
British house prices fell by 0.6% in May, their first monthly drop since December and growth slowed in annual terms, as economic uncertainty stemming from the war in Iran
June 01, 2026
Turkey's ousted opposition leader Ozgur Ozel showed he can still command strong support on Saturday, drawing a crowd of thousands in Ankara despite a court
May 30, 2026
The U.S. is ready to restart attacks on Iran if a deal cannot be reached, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Saturday, as negotiators from Washington and Tehran
May 30, 2026
A judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center and blocked the administration from closing it for major renovations
May 29, 2026
The United Nations on Friday added Israel and Russia to a U.N. blacklist of countries suspected of committing sexual violence in conflict
May 29, 2026
The dollar slipped against major currencies on Friday and was headed for a second straight weekly loss after reports that the United States and Iran had
May 29, 2026
Israeli troops have entered a southern Lebanese village, pushing deeper into the country amid ongoing conflict
May 29, 2026
Contrary to the belief that an immigration crackdown would lead to more jobs for US-born workers, ICE enforcement hasn’t produced economic gains for Americans.
May 29, 2026
Iran promises ‘utter ruin’ if war restarts. Here’s what could happen if diplomacy fails
May 29, 2026
The Iran war rocked global bond markets again in May, sending yields to multi-decade highs as traders priced in central bank rate hikes
May 29, 2026
Euro zone consumers, already scarred by the Ukraine war, have changed their attitudes more quickly as a result of the upheaval of the Iran war, European Central Bank
May 29, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook A weekend wait looms over markets as sources have told Reuters that the U.S. and Iran have reached an agreement to extend
May 29, 2026
U.S. and Iranian negotiators have reached a tentative agreement to extend the ceasefire by 60 days and start talks on Iran’s nuclear program
May 28, 2026
An annual United Nations report documenting sexual violence in conflicts worldwide has included Israeli forces for the first time since the review began more than 15 years ago for their treatment of Palestinian detainees
May 29, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is pressing the United States for more Patriot air defense missiles to counter Russian attacks
May 28, 2026
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he had directed Israel's military to take more of Gaza, initially by seizing 70% of
May 28, 2026
An Israeli strike hit a building in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital on Thursday, the first strike to hit near Beirut in weeks amid a ceasefire that has failed
May 28, 2026
From Antwerp to the Seychelles, Baton Rouge to Melbourne, or New York to Namibia, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has upended
May 28, 2026
Rome Pride has barred Italy's only Jewish LGBT group from joining its annual parade, saying Keshet Italia had failed to clearly condemn Israel's actions in Gaza as genocide,
May 28, 2026
The EU Council on Thursday imposed sanctions on four entities and three individuals for abuses against Palestinians in West Bank, it said in a statement.
May 28, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes opened flat on Thursday as investors processed key inflation data, while intensifying tensions between the U.S. and Iran kept optimism surrounding a peace
May 28, 2026
European shares closed lower on Thursday, though they pared steeper losses after a report on news outlet Axios said the United States and Iran
May 28, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart Hunter Stocks tumbled in Asia, oil surged and the dollar gained strength as the U.S. and Iran renewed attacks on each other
May 28, 2026
The Trump administration has placed additional sanctions on Iran as part of a sprawling economic pressure campaign during the war, this time targeting the country’s newly created agency that is trying to control shipping through the Strait of Hormuz
May 28, 2026
The United States has re-added Francesca Albanese, a U.N. expert on the Palestinian territories, to a list of sanctioned individuals, according to a notice posted to the U.S.
May 28, 2026
Dozens of Palestinians carried the body of Hamas' armed wing chief through the streets of Gaza City in a
May 28, 2026
The Israeli military has told residents across southern Lebanon to leave as it expands its operations there
May 27, 2026
Hamas is confirming that Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City killed the new leader of Hamas' military wing
May 27, 2026
Israel's military on Wednesday declared a new swathe of southern Lebanon as a combat zone and said residents in the area should move north, warning it would act "with great
May 28, 2026
About a third of Palestinians killed by Israel since an October truce were in areas near the military's armistice line with Hamas, raising concerns that troops
May 27, 2026
Abercrombie & Fitch and Bath & Body Works beat quarterly profit estimates, sending their shares up more than 12% on Wednesday, and signaled that economic
May 27, 2026
The Netherlands will send a minesweeper to the Mediterranean Sea as part of NATO operations to allow a possible rapid deployment to the Strait of Hormuz, should a mission
May 27, 2026
An Iranian anti-ship missile was likely involved in an attack on a cargo ship operated by local shipper HMM in the Strait of Hormuz earlier this
May 27, 2026
The reinstated chair of Turkey's main opposition party Kemal Kilicdaroglu said on Wednesday the party will hold a congress once legal conditions are met, after a court
May 27, 2026
South Korea's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that an attack on a cargo ship operated by local shipper HMM in the Strait of Hormuz earlier this
May 27, 2026
An Australian government inquiry has heard that a state police force has worked to form a heavily armed rapid response team since the Bondi Beach shooting
May 27, 2026
The U.S.
May 27, 2026
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday he hoped parties in the Iran conflict can stay committed to pursuing a ceasefire and continue to meet each other halfway.
May 27, 2026
Israel said on Tuesday it had attacked Hamas’ new armed wing chief, who it said was appointed just days earlier after Israel
May 27, 2026
Israel pounded Lebanon with more than 120 air strikes on Tuesday in one of the heaviest days of bombing in weeks, Lebanese security sources said, as Israeli Prime
May 26, 2026
Iran has denounced the most recent U.S. strikes as a sign of bad faith as negotiations press on toward a possible deal to end the war
May 26, 2026
U.S.
May 26, 2026
Ukraine's ambassador to Turkey said he expects NATO to discuss financial support for Kyiv at its summit in July, suggesting each member contributes a small
May 26, 2026
British retailers reported lower sales in May against a backdrop of weak demand, but not the record downturn they had reported a month earlier, according to figures released
May 26, 2026
Ireland aims to pass a law curbing goods trade with settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank by mid-July with Israel, some U.S. lawmakers and business groups opposing
May 26, 2026
The European Central Bank will likely revise its inflation and growth forecasts next month reflecting the darkening outlook from the Middle East conflict, its chief economist
May 26, 2026
The U_S_ military said Monday that it carried out “self-defense” strikes in southern Iran, including on missile launch sites and boats placing mines, even as President Donald Trump said on social media that negotiations were “proceeding nicely.”
May 25, 2026
Human Rights Watch reports that the United Arab Emirates trained Colombian mercenaries to fight alongside a paramilitary group in Sudan's war
May 26, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday that the treatment of activists detained by Israel had been "appalling" and described the
May 26, 2026
Israel's opposition leader Yair Lapid says the U.S.-Iran deal fails to meet Israel's goals and is criticizing Prime Minister Netanyahu for allowing Washington to negotiate with little Israeli input
May 25, 2026
Australian state police did not prepare a threat assessment for the event where the Bondi Beach mass shooting occurred and denied a request from the Jewish
May 25, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday the U.S. will either have a good agreement with Iran or deal with the country "another way."
May 25, 2026
In a cluster of villages in Pakistan's largely rural Chakwal district, more than 100 Shi'ite Muslims have returned from the
May 25, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee The ever-inching prospect of a deal to end the Iran war and open the Strait of Hormuz paved the way for investors to put on
May 25, 2026
Police have stormed the offices of Turkey’s main opposition CHP party, using tear gas and rubber bullets
May 24, 2026
An Israeli airstrike on an apartment in a refugee camp in central Gaza on Sunday left three people dead, including a six-month-old
May 24, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S.
May 24, 2026
Turkish riot police fired tear gas and broke through the gates of the main opposition party's headquarters to evict its ousted leadership on Sunday, a Reuters witness said.
May 24, 2026
A bomb blast hit a shuttle train carrying Pakistani security personnel and their families in the southwestern
May 24, 2026
A bomb blast hit a shuttle train carrying Pakistani security personnel and their families in the southwestern
May 24, 2026
The U.S. and Iran are close to signing a deal involving a 60-day ceasefire extension, during which the Strait of Hormuz would be reopened, Iran would be able to freely sell oil and
May 24, 2026
President Donald Trump says a deal with Iran, including opening the Strait of Hormuz, has been “largely negotiated.”
May 23, 2026
South African activists detained while trying to breach Israel's blockade of Gaza have alleged abuse by Israeli soldiers
May 23, 2026
Trump meets with national security officials as he weighs next steps on Iran
May 23, 2026
Turkish comedian sent to jail to await trial on charges of insulting Erdogan
Source speaks out after woman's death at senior living facility, Milwaukee woman convicted
Better growth won't help European stocks, BofA says
'Vanishingly rare' copy of U.S. Declaration of Independence unearthed in UK archives
US equity funds draw inflows as tech buying resumes
In riposte to Trump, Merz says Germany can defend its military spending push
911 calls released after high school student was stabbed and killed in classroom