TOKYO (AP) — It’s officially named the World Baseball Classic. But for the Group C games in Japan, simply call it the world according to Shohei Ohtani. Ohtani’s life-size image is all over the Tokyo Dome, and racks of Ohtani jerseys — about $125 each — dominate the adjacent merchandise center. Japan begins play on […]
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez once again criticized the U.S. and Israel’s military actions in Iran, standing firm Wednesday against fresh trade threats from Washington and warning that the Iran war risked “playing Russian roulette” with millions of lives. President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to end U.S. trade with Spain because […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has long been considered a contender to the post of the country’s next paramount ruler — even before an Israeli strike killed his father at the start of the war last week and despite the fact he’s […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Explosions sounded in Iran’s capital city Wednesday as its war with the U.S. and Israel entered a fifth day following earlier strikes on an Iranian nuclear site and retaliatory strikes by the Islamic Republic across the Gulf region. The explosions around Tehran came as dawn broke, according to Iran […]
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares fell further on Wednesday after the global sell-off for stocks hit Wall Street, while oil prices climbed even higher. Worries over the widening war with Iran have hammered most world markets. Higher oil prices and how much they might worsen inflation are among the central fears for investors. More spikes […]
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica (AP) — The prime minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines said Tuesday that his government did not give the U.S. authorization for a recent strike on an alleged drug boat in local waters that killed three people. Prime Minister Godwin Friday said at a press conference that his administration found […]
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday ordered France’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to move from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean to help protect allied assets during the ongoing war in the Middle East. Macron said the Charles de Gaulle will be escorted by its air wing, and its escorting frigates. In a […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — The unfolding war in the Middle East has ricocheted across the region, with nearly every country sustaining damage from missile hits or shrapnel, many reporting casualties, and key embassies, economic engines and passageways closing down. Foreign governments are urging their citizens to leave on any available commercial flight as Gulf airspaces largely […]
BEIRUT (AP) — The killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in U.S.-Israeli strikes over the weekend did not just shake Iran. It has reverberated across the Shiite Muslim world, raising the specter of a broader backlash in the Middle East and beyond. For the Muslim world’s Shiite minority, 86-year-old Khamenei was more than […]
BEIJING (AP) — The day the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, China waited several hours before taking its first official position. It said it was “highly concerned” and called for an immediate halt to military operations and the resumption of dialogue. The next day, Foreign Minister Wang Yi condemned the strikes as unacceptable and again […]
LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Tuesday that Britain is sending a warship and helicopters to Cyprus after a drone hit a U.K. base there. Starmer said he had told the island’s president that the U.K. is deploying helicopters with counter-drone capabilities and the air-defense destroyer HMS Dragon to the region. It comes […]
BERLIN (AP) — Tens of thousands of people, from Romanian religious pilgrims to tourists and diplomats’ family members, are stranded across the Middle East as the Iran war spreads throughout the region. Major airlines have canceled flights to and from the region, and airspace across the Gulf is closed. Some of those who are stuck […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran hit the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia’s capital with a drone strike early Tuesday as it kept striking targets around the region, while the United States and Israel pounded Iran with airstrikes in what U.S. President Donald Trump suggested was just the start of a relentless campaign that […]
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly declined and oil prices surged higher Tuesday as investors eyed risks to the region’s energy supply because of the Iran war. Shares in South Korea sank 4.8% as markets reopened after a holiday on Monday, to 5,946.06. Benchmark U.S. crude rose 77 cents to $72.00 a barrel. Brent crude, […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The explosion was so loud and strong, the elderly resident of northern Tehran said she felt it in her heart, describing the U.S.-Israeli airstrikes that boomed across the Iranian capital and raised columns of smoke. Streets were largely empty in Tehran on Monday, the third day of the U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign. […]
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The United States on Monday imposed sanctions against Rwanda’s defense force and top military officials, the U.S. Treasury Department said, accusing Rwanda of supporting the M23 rebel group in eastern Congo, as fighting in the region continues. “The Rwandan Defense Force is actively supporting, training, and fighting alongside the March 23 […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Oil prices jumped Monday as the widening war in Iran disrupted tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, highlighting how important the passageway is to the world’s oil supply. The Strait of Hormuz is the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which about a fifth of the world’s […]
GENEVA (AP) — Iran’s place at the men’s World Cup in three months’ time was put in doubt Monday amid an escalating Middle East conflict sparked by the soccer tournament’s co-host the United States. Iran is due to play its three group-stage games in the U.S. — two in Inglewood, California, then in Seattle — […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — As U.S. and Israeli forces pounded Iran, and Tehran and its affiliates retaliated by firing missiles at targets across the Mideast on Monday, the international legal order was caught in the crossfire. At the heart of the post-World War II global order — United Nations headquarters in New York — […]
LONDON (AP) — Governments scrambled Monday to help travelers get home after the attack on Iran by the United States and Israel shut down flights through the Middle East. Tourists and business travelers found themselves stuck unexpectedly in hotels, airports and on cruise ships, with no word on when many airports would reopen or when […]
GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) — Zahra Ghanbari and her Iran team stood while their national anthem played at the Women’s Asian Cup soccer tournament on Monday, a long way from the war that started on the weekend with a major attack by Israel and the United States. Before the opening loss against South Korea, Iran […]
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Oil prices rose sharply Monday as disruptions in tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint raised uncertainty about how U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran would affect supply to the world economy. US oil traded 7.4% higher at $71.97 per barrel, while international standard Brent was up 7.7% at $78.46 […]
LONDON (AP) — Britain is not at war, the government said Monday, despite saying it would allow the U.S. to use British bases during its war with Iran and after a Royal Air Force base in Cyprus was struck by an Iranian-made drone. Sirens sounded again at RAF Akrotiri on Monday and British warplanes were […]
VIENNA (AP) — Iran’s Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday alleged that airstrikes by the United States and Israel targeted the Natanz enrichment facility in his country. That contradicts an assessment by the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi who said that “up to now” the agency has “no indication” that nuclear […]
