Stability and security of the Strait of Hormuz are Iran’s red line, Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri said on Monday, according to Iran’s Young Journalists Club (YJC) news agency, reports Anadolu Agency. Speaking...

A US delegation has arrived in Turkey’s southern province of Sanliurfa to start work on the establishment of a joint operations centre to coordinate a planned safe zone in...

German exports to Iran fell by nearly half in the first six months of 2019, data showed on Monday, suggesting companies are scaling back business ties with Tehran to...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused the United States on Monday of turning the Gulf region into a “matchbox ready to ignite”, according to Al Jazeera television, reports...

US House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer on Sunday dismissed assertions that support for Israel is waning among members of his Democratic Party, reports Haaretz. Speaking in Jerusalem, he noted...

John Bolton, US President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, arrived in London on Sunday for talks at which he is expected to urge Britain to toughen its stance on...

Jeffrey Epstein, the US financier facing federal sex trafficking charges, committed suicide yesterday night in his lower Manhattan jail cell, reported by Reuters. Epstein, who was arrested on July...

A US court on Thursday sentenced Lebanese businessman Kassim Tajideen to five years in prison and a $50 million fine over claims of financing Lebanon’s Hezbollah. In a statement...

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Abbas Mousavi yesterday stressed that any Israeli role in a maritime alliance in the Gulf is a “clear threat” to Iran’s national security, stressing that...

Canadian Kristian Lee Baxter, detained while travelling in Syria last year, was freed on Friday, the second Westerner released by the Syrian government in two weeks with help from...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Twitter on Friday that any military presence in the Gulf from outside the region would be a “source of insecurity” for...

France does not need the permission of other states to try to defuse tensions with Iran, its foreign minister said on Friday after US President Donald Trump accused President...

Iran’s Defence Minister has warned that if there is any involvement by Israel in the formation of a naval coalition led by the United States (US) it will only...

Saudi oil has continued to flow into Canada as usual despite relations between the two turning rocky after Ottawa criticised Riyadh’s human rights record last year. Details revealed by...

Pakistani doctors working in the Gulf are facing the sack following Saudi Arabia’s decision not to recognise Islamabad’s postgraduate medical degree programs. Several Arab states have followed suit including...

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said no one is authorized to speak to Iran on behalf of the United States, and he accused French President Emmanuel Macron of...

Argentinian authorities have taken measures to freeze the funds of seven Iranians, including the International Relations Advisor of Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei, Ali Akbar Velayati, on charges...

The US has called on the merchant ships passing through the Persian Gulf: “to send their plans in advance to Washington and London, and not to resist any Iranian...

A US court has convicted Lee Elbaz, former CEO of Israel-based Yukom Communications, of three counts of wire fraud and one of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection...

Two Israeli-made drones have been found downed over Libya, raising questions about Israel’s potential arming of Libyan factions in the country’s eight-year civil war. The two drones – Orbiter-3...

An American judge has ordered federal agencies to disclose thousands of documents related to the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in his country’s consulate in Turkey, the Associated Press...

Turkey and the United States agreed on Wednesday to establish a joint operation centre in Turkey to coordinate and manage a planned safe zone in northeast Syria, a move...

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif criticized the United States’ continued support for Saudi Arabia despite the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. This came in a speech by Zarif broadcast...

The United States said on Wednesday the case of a deadly shooting in Lebanon should be handled in a way that achieves justice “without politically motivated inflammation” of tensions,...

A Turkish attack on Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria would spark a “big war” if US efforts fail to block Ankara’s plans, a top Kurdish official told Reuters on...

The United States still needs to resolve longstanding issues with Sudan before it can consider removing it from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, a senior State Department...

France has dismissed claims that President Emmanuel Macron had invited Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to the G7 summit scheduled to be held later this month in the southwestern French...

The US State Department has revised its definition of anti-Semitism and included “drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis” to its growing list of examples...

Israel will join the US-led mission to secure shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, a move likely to provoke Iranian outrage. The revelation was disclosed yesterday by Israel’s...

Daesh is allegedly resurgent in Syria less than five months after US President Donald Trump announced that the group was defeated, according to a new report released yesterday by...

Head of Iranian Shura Council Ali Larijani yesterday warned that US military bases in the region could be targets for the Iranian army in response to any aggression against...

A New York judge has ruled that Fordham University “must recognize a chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine as a university-sanctioned club”, declaring that the university’s decision...