The global effect of the coronavirus continued Wednesday as cases surpassed 905,200 globally, according to a running tally by US-based Johns Hopkins University, Anadolu reports. The COVID-19 virus, which...

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned Iran and its proxies against attacking US troops or assets in Iraq, citing a possible “sneak attack” but giving no other details,...

US Senator for Texas, Ted Cruz, said nine senators including himself have recently called the Saudi ambassador to Washington, Princess Rima Al-Saud, and “ripped into her” over the kingdom’s...

Missile defence batteries have intercepted a rocket attack on the Ain Assad base in the west of Iraq, which hosts US troops, an Iraqi army source said yesterday, reports...

The German Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday that France, Germany and Britain have sent medical equipment to Iran via the Instex trade mechanism set up to bypass the US...

The Palestine-Turkey Friendship Hospital in the occupied Gaza Strip has started operations in an effort to curb the novel coronavirus, the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s spokesperson announced yesterday. “The Palestinian...

The United States has allowed Russian, Chinese and European companies to continue their work at Iranian nuclear sites, renewing an exemption it granted them from the sanctions imposed on...

A Chinese envoy to the United Nations has called for the lifting of international sanctions against Syria, stressing that they will obstruct the country’s efforts to fight the coronavirus...

Turkey’s state-owned Halkbank on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in a federal court in Manhattan that it helped Iran evade US sanctions, in a case that has...

A UN human rights expert called on Tuesday for lifting international sanctions against countries ranging from Iran to North Korea and Venezuela to ensure that food supplies reach hungry...

American Singer Della Miles has donated to Turkey after President Erdogan’s national call to fight the coronavirus late Monday, Ihlas News Agency reported. Turkey’s president launched a National Solidarity...

Lebanese banks have suspended all dollar withdrawals until the airport reopens, AFP reported yesterday. The move comes more than two weeks after the government announced a nationwide shutdown to...

China is considering sending a medical convoy to Palestine, Chinese ambassador to the State of Palestine, Guo Wei, said yesterday, stressing that his country is doing its best to help...

Mohammad Mohi, a spokesman for the Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq (Kata’ib Hezbollah), has said that the US withdrawal from some of its military bases in Iraq is not real,...

Saudi Arabian Airlines will begin exceptional commercial flights this week to bring British nationals and their families back to the United Kingdom, and similar flights are being arranged for...

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases across the globe climbed to over 600,000 on Saturday, according to figures compiled by US-based Johns Hopkins University, Anadolu reports. The disease known...

Half a dozen US lawmakers accused Saudi Arabia of waging “warfare” against US dominance over the global energy market. In a letter that was signed and sent to the...

The minister of defence and support of the Iranian Armed Forces, Brigadier Amir Hatami, announced in a statement that major defence gear will be unveiled this year, noting that...

The Tehran government on Friday urged the United States to release Iranians held in US jails on sanctions-related issues due to fears about the coronavirus epidemic. The death toll...

US President Donald Trump on Friday congratulated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for moving towards forming a government, the Israeli premier said. “Trump called Prime Minister Netanyahu and congratulated...

The State Department has ordered some US government employees at diplomatic facilities in Iraq to leave the country, the Embassy in Baghdad said on Thursday. The move came hours...

A group of US Senators from the ruling Republican Party have urged Saudi Arabia to leave the Organisation of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (OPEC), claiming that the kingdom along with Russia...

Forces from the US-led coalition fighting Daesh in Iraq began withdrawing from an air base in the north of the country yesterday and handed over the territory to Baghdad...

The head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Major General Hossein Salami, has said his country is capable of helping the American people fight the coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19,...

Leaders of the G20 countries have committed to injecting more than $5 trillion into the global economy to minimise the social and economic damage of the coronavirus pandemic. The...

Members of the US Episcopal Church are urging support for Palestinian hospitals in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, in light of the coronavirus public health emergency. According...

A spokesman for the Iranian mission to the United Nations, Ali Reza Mir Yousefi, stressed that his country does not know the location of Bob Levinson, a former FBI...

The United States on Thursday blacklisted 20 Iran- and Iraq-based companies, officials and individuals, accusing them of supporting terrorist groups and ramping up pressure on Tehran even as the...

A perfect storm is brewing in the energy market that could send oil prices crashing to $10 a barrel. A combination of faltering demand resulting from the coronavirus outbreak...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has expressed concerns over instability in the global oil market in a call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. The Saudis triggered...

The terrorist group Daesh has claimed responsibility for an attack in northern Mozambique close to the site of gas projects worth $60 billion. On Monday, militants attacked the town...

US President Donald Trump has claimed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is ready to make a deal with Kurdish groups in Syria, in a confusing television exchange on...