The United States on Monday demanded that buyers of Iranian oil stop purchases by May 1 or face sanctions, a move to choke off Tehran’s oil revenues which sent...

Iran has renewed threats to close the Strait of Hormuz if it is prevented from using the strategic Persian Gulf waterway to export oil. “Under international law, the Strait...

At least 372 irregular migrants were held across Turkey on Monday, according to security sources. Some 261 irregular migrants who had entered Turkey illegally were held by gendarmerie forces in the...

Saudi Arabia said on Monday it had arrested 13 individuals in connection with planning attacks in the kingdom, a day after security forces said they had thwarted an attack...

The United States is expected to announce on Monday that all buyers of Iranian oil will have to end their imports shortly or face sanctions, a source familiar with...

Forces loyal to Libya’s internationally recognised government have pushed their eastern opponents back on parts of the frontline south of Tripoli, despite the attackers flying overnight air strikes on...

Iran’s top authority Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has replaced the head of the influential Revolutionary Guards Corps, state TV reported on Sunday, days after the United States designated...

The Baloch insurgents who killed 14 people along Pakistan’s coast this week are based in neighbouring Iran, Pakistan’s foreign minister said on Saturday, heightening tensions ahead of Prime Minister...

The United States and Russia both said on Friday they could not support a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Libya at this time, diplomats...

Two Saudi sisters who fled their country and appealed for international protection earlier this week saying their lives would be at risk if they were to return to the...

The US State Department on Thursday called on Sudan’s military to step aside and make way for a peaceful civilian-led transition, as protesters in Khartoum kept up demands for...

President Hassan Rouhani said Iran’s armed forces did not pose a threat to its neighbours as he addressed a display on Thursday of Iran’s latest military equipment, including domestically...

Oil prices rose to a record high for 2019 reaching above $72 a barrel yesterday, thanks to China’s economic growth and an unexpected decline in US inventories. By 11.30...

Areas under the control of the Syrian regime are facing a serious fuel crisis after an Iranian credit line was halted six months ago, intensifying the impact of international sanctions and opposition blockages

US Congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, has proposed the US cut military and economic aid worth $3 billion a year from Israel in response to the re-election of Benjamin Netanyahu as...

A new Trump administration report on international compliance with arms control accords provoked a dispute with US intelligence agencies and some State Department officials concerned that the document politicizes...

During their stay in Georgia, two Saudi sisters sought help, after running away from their family in Saudi Arabia, in the latest escape case from the Kingdom. The two...

Saudi Arabia will be hosting the G20 summit next year, state news agency SPA said WednesdayAnadolu reports. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host the 15th annual G20 Leaders’ Summit...

The US flew a plane full of military equipment to Lebanon yesterday in ongoing efforts to bolster the army’s capabilities. A tweet from the US embassy in Beirut said...

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Mohamed Bin Salman has notched up two awards in his latest tour of Pakistan where the Crown Prince was honoured for championing key humanitarian issues during a trip in...

The US has issued a new map showing the occupied Syrian Golan Heights as Israeli territory, just three weeks after US President Donald Trump announced he would recognise the...

An Israeli court has upheld a deportation order against regional Director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), Omar Shakir, citing Israel’s anti-BDS law. The Jerusalem District Court yesterday rejected Shakir’s...

US Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism, Nathan Sales, recently visited Israel and toured areas around the Gaza fence, Ynet News reported yesterday, noting that Iran is the mastermind of terror in...

United Arab Emirates Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash hailed President Donald Trump’s veto of a congressional resolution that sought to end US involvement in the Saudi-led war...

President Donald Trump has vetoed a congressional resolution that sought to end US involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen, the White House said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. “This resolution...

The United Nations on Wednesday described the latest series of rocket fire in Libya’s capital Tripoli as the “heaviest fighting” since the outbreak began, and strongly condemned the shelling

Turkey expects President Donald Trump to use a waiver to protect it if the US Congress decides to sanction Ankara over a planned purchase of a Russian missile defense...

A former New York police commissioner has said that Muslim Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is “infatuated” with “terrorists” including Al-Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah and that she should be removed from office....

Turkish Finance Minister Berat Albayrak said on Monday he held very productive meetings in Washington with international financial institutions, following the unveiling last week of Turkey’s economic turnaround plan....

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met US Central Command commander General Kenneth McKenzie in the capital Riyadh to discuss cooperation between the two countries, especially in the military arena,...

The United States officially designated Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization, according to a notice published in the US Federal Register on Monday, says...