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Trump Criticises Allies Over Rejection of Hormuz Request, as Iran and Israel Trade Airstrikes
Analysis-Gulf States Press US to Neutralise Iran for Good as Hormuz Crisis Deepens
Canada, France, Germany, UK Warn Against Major Israeli Ground Offensive in Lebanon
Israel Says Lebanese Displaced Won't Return Until Its Own Citizens Are Safe
Iranian Families Weep as War Dead Are Buried in Tehran Cemetery
Date: March 16, 2026
By Maggie Michael TEHRAN, March 16 (Reuters) - As gravediggers prepared new burial plots for those killed in the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran, Marzia Razaei wept for her son Arfan Shamei, who died in a...
UN Report Says Israeli Airstrike on Iran Prison Is a War Crime
Date: March 16, 2026
By Emma Farge GENEVA, March 16 (Reuters) - The head of a U.N. investigation said on Monday that an Israeli air strike on a prison last year was a war crime, and warned of risks of further repression...
Exclusive-Hamas Holds Talks With Trump-Led Board as Iran War Strains Gaza Plan
Date: March 16, 2026
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Rami Ayyub CAIRO/JERUSALEM, March 16 (Reuters) - Envoys from U.S. President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" have met representatives of Hamas in Cairo in an effort to...
France's Macron Urges Iran to Cease Regional Attacks, Restore Hormuz Navigation
Date: March 15, 2026
March 15 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday he had asked Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to put an immediate end to attacks against countries in the Middle East whether...
Israel and Lebanon Expected to Hold Talks Soon, Israeli Officials Say
Date: March 15, 2026
JERUSALEM, March 15 (Reuters) - Israel and Lebanon are expected to hold talks in the coming days aimed at securing a durable ceasefire that would see Hezbollah disarmed, two Israeli officials said on...
Netanyahu Posts Video in Response to Iran Rumours That He Is Dead
Date: March 15, 2026
JERUSALEM, March 15 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a video of himself getting a cup of coffee and chatting with his aide on Sunday, after rumours that he was dead or...