Several major airlines said on Wednesday they were re-routing flights to avoid airspace over Iraq and Iran after the Federal Aviation Administration banned U.S. carriers from the area following an Iranian missile attack on U.S.-led forces in Iraq. Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles from its territory at at least two Iraqi military […]

SINGAPORE (REUTERS) – Singapore Airlines said on Wednesday (Jan 8) it was diverting all flight routes from Iranian airspace. The move comes after Iran said it launched a missile attack on US-led forces in Iraq in the early hours of Wednesday in retaliation for a US drone strike on an Iranian commander whose killing has […]

At least two airbases housing US troops in Iraq have been hit by more than a dozen ballistic missiles, according to the US Department of Defence. Iranian state TV says the attack is a retaliation after the country’s top commander Qasem Soleimani was killed in a drone strike in Baghdad, on the orders of US […]

BEIRUT (BLOOMBERG) – After more than a year away from the cameras and microphones, Carlos Ghosn is set to face the media again, this time not as a legendary auto executive, but as the world’s most famous fugitive. While reams have been written about the former chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co. and Renault […]

Some of the biggest crowds ever seen for a funeral in Iran turned out for that of Qasem Soleimani, the top commander killed in a US air strike last week. In scale, it was second only to the funeral in 1989 of Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic revolution. These scenes are perhaps surprising […]

The assassination by the US of Iran’s most powerful general caused tensions between the two countries to soar, raising fears of an all-out war. But what lies at the root of the crisis? Here are the basics. The US and Iran have long been foes. Problems can be traced to at least 1979, when Iran’s […]

Iran promised there would be “severe revenge” after Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike. If there is retaliation Soleimani’s long-term deputy, Esmail Qaani, will be the one leading it. Following the assassination Mr Qaani became the new chief of Iran’s elite Quds force. Quds is the overseas arm of […]

US President Donald Trump has faced growing criticism over his threats to attack Iran’s cultural sites. Mr Trump made the threats amid fallout from the US assassination of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani. The president said cultural sites were among 52 identified Iranian targets that could be attacked if Iranians “torture, maim and blow up our […]

President Trump has threatened severe sanctions against Iraq after its parliament called on US troops to leave the country. “We have a very extraordinarily expensive air base that’s there. It cost billions of dollars to build. We’re not leaving unless they pay us back for it,” he told reporters. Tensions are high after the US […]

TEHERAN (AP) – A new Iranian general has stepped out of the shadows to lead the country’s expeditionary Quds Force, becoming responsible for Teheran’s proxies across the Middle East as the Islamic Republic threatens the United States with “harsh revenge” for killing its previous head, Major-General Qassem Soleimani. The Quds Force is part of the […]