(Recasts, adds details) LONDON, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Britain on Tuesday sanctioned oil pipeline giant Transneft among nearly 300 other Russian targets, in what it said was its largest package of measures since the early months of the Ukraine war. Announcing the sanctions on the fourth anniversary of the war, the government said Transneft…
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (File photo) Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday warned the United States’ Middle East allies that any potential US attack on the Islamic Republic would trigger a regional war, amid heightened tensions between the two countries following deadly domestic protests in Iran.Speaking at a legislative session, Khamenei told Iranians they…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday that Tehran is not seeking a conflict with the United States, warning that a wider clash would harm all sides. He made the remarks during a phone call on Saturday with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, according to a statement from the Iranian presidency.“The Islamic Republic of Iran has…
Russia on Thursday invited Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to come to Moscow for the peace talks as the war between the two countries is about to enter its fifth year, news agency Reuters reported citing a Kremlin statement.Any meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy would need to be well prepared and results-oriented, Kremlin foreign policy aide…
Scott Bessent is often held up as one of the saner and more sober members of the Trump administration. His appointment in November 2024 piqued more than a few eyebrows, given he is openly gay, co-hosted a fundraiser for Al Gore in 2000, and even worked for many years at Soros Fund Management, an investment…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has warned that any attack on the country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would amount to a declaration of war against Iran, as tensions with the United States intensify amid deadly nationwide protests.In a post on X on Sunday, Pezeshkian said Iran’s economic hardships were largely the result of “long-standing hostility…
Rescue workers put out a fire at a residential building damaged by a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine (AP photo) Russia’s defence ministry said on Friday that its forces struck “strategic targets” in Ukraine overnight using Oreshnik hypersonic missiles. The ministry did not provide further details on the locations or extent of the strikes, but…
US President Donald Trump on Monday said Venezuela will not hold new elections within the next 30 days and that the country must first be stabilised following the capture of its leader, Nicolás Maduro. Speaking to NBC News, Trump insisted the United States is not at war with Venezuela, even as it deepens its involvement…
Russia’s overnight strikes on Kyiv province killed two people on Monday after air raid alerts were issued across the country, Ukrainian authorities said. One person was killed in the capital Kyiv, according to Tymur Tkachenko, head of the city’s military administration. Another victim, a man in his 70s, died in the neighbouring city of Fastiv,…
US secretary of war Pete Hegseth (AP) US secretary of war Pete Hegseth said Washington’s midnight military operation in Venezuela on Saturday, which also led to the capture of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife was the “exact opposite” of the 2003 Iraq invasion and would not result in prolonged conflict or American casualties.Addressing concerns…