Archives for August, 2026

FILE PHOTO: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi listens during a joint press conference with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi (not pictured) following their bilateral meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 18, 2024. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo

China says Middle East at critical point, calls for cooling tensions and dialogue

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: The Golden Gate Bridge during sunrise seen from Marin Headlands viewpoint in Marin County, California, U.S. October 5, 2024. REUTERS/Manuel Orbegozo/File Photo

Pro-Palestinian protesters sentenced over blocking Golden Gate Bridge traffic in 2024

Reuters

Lebanese Presidency

Large UAE delegation set to arrive in Lebanon in major investment push

A large Emirati delegation of around 70 business leaders and government officials is heading to Beirut, in the latest sign of thaw between the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. and Chinese flags are seen in this illustration taken March 20, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

China vows to protect its rights as US readies Iran sanction

Reuters

Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir looks on prior to a quadrilateral meeting between the United States, Iran, Pakistan and Qatar at the Burgenstock luxury hotel complex overlooking Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 21, 2026. FABRICE COFFRINI/Pool via REUTERS

Pakistan's Munir spoke to Trump ahead of Tehran visit, sources say

Reuters

Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, August 17, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Iran threatens 45 tankers with fines, confiscation in Hormuz escalation

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

Trump's Kim gambit deepens doubts over US reliability at a key moment for Asia

Reuters

South Korean Marines' Assault Amphibious Vehicles (KAAV) make their way through waves during U.S., and South Korea's marine corps combined amphibious landing drill called the 'Ssangyong' exercise, in Pohang, South Korea, September 2, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo

US cancels joint marine drills with South Korea over Iran war-related force constraints

Reuters

Oman’s Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 27, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Oman foreign minister to visit Tehran on Tuesday, Iranian foreign ministry says

Reuters

A vessel near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, August 17, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

US widens sanctions on Iran but withholds more punishing options

Reuters

An Israeli tank drives along the ceasefire line between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Syria, on its Israeli side August 20, 2026. REUTERS/Ayal Margolin

Syria, Israel hold US-mediated talks to ease tensions, Syria news agency says

Reuters

The talks come days after Israel bombed the disused Abu Duhur airbase in the Syria's northwest

Syria says Israel talks addressed de-escalation, staying out of Israel-Turkey tensions

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: A view shows boats that were used by migrants and seized by Tunisian coastguards, in Sfax, Tunisia April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui/File Photo

Eleven bodies recovered after boat carrying migrants sinks off Tunisia

Reuters

Palestinian Civil Defence firefighters work to extinguish a fire after an Israeli strike, carried out after the Israeli military warned residents to evacuate the area, Al-Zawayda, in the central Gaza Strip, August 23, 2026. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill two people, including 4-year-old boy, medics say

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 20, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

Iran says new sanctions threatened by 'desperate' US will fail

Reuters

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Damascus, Syria, August 22, 2026. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Israel strikes southern Syria; Damascus condemns attack

Reuters