Iraqi Defence Minister Juma Inad yesterday warned that his country would be dragged into "civil war" if missile attacks on diplomatic missions did not stop. "Targeting the Green Zone...

The Chinese embassy in Baghdad has responded to US accusations that China is committing human rights abuses against religious minorities in the Xinjiang region, accusing the US of "interference...

The Somali opposition has warned US oil firms not to sign deals with the Somali government, according to a statement posted on the Twitter account of one of the...

At least four people died on or near the US Capitol as President Donald Trump's supporters rioted and besieged the federal legislature, police said Wednesday, Anadolu reports. Police had...

US officials are investigating a menacing message that was sent to air traffic controllers in New York. The ominous message threatened to attack Capitol Hill on Wednesday, in retaliation...

The announcement of the state of the vote by the President of the Senate shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons elected president and vice president of the United States.

Sudan on Wednesday quietly signed on to the Abraham Accords, US-brokered agreements which have ushered in public rapprochements between Israel and several Arab states, Reuters reports. While Sudan and...

The new chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington announced yesterday that the US will consider the resumption of aid to Palestine through the UN Relief and...

Images and footage of a paralysed and severely malnourished Yemeni boy, Faid Samim, have circulated on social media and highlighted the growing humanitarian cost of the US-backed, Saudi-led coalition's...

US President-elect Joe Biden has appointed a Jordanian-American woman as his senior legal affairs adviser. Dana Shubat, a legislative aide to Colorado Senator Michael Bennet, was named for the...

An official delegation from the Afghan government headed to Qatar yesterday to resume the second round of peace talks with the Taliban, government spokesman Nader Naderi said. According to the...

Mauritanian MPs called to enact legislation criminalising the normalisation of relations with the Israeli occupation. In a joint statement the Union of Forces of Progress (UFP), People's Progressive Alliance (APP),...

A South Korean delegation is heading to Iran on Wednesday to seek the release of a chemicals tanker and its 20-member crew seized in Gulf waters by Iranian forces,...

The United States on Tuesday blacklisted a Chinese company that makes elements for steel production, 12 Iranian steel and metals makers, and three foreign-based sales agents of a major...

Veteran whistle-blower Daniel Ellsberg has said that there is "very little doubt" that Donald Trump has a secret plan to trigger a military conflict with Iran, and urged government...

The General Secretariat of Morocco's Justice and Development Party has decided to support King Mohammed VI's decision to normalise relations with Israel. The Islamist party said that the Western...

Iran is monitoring the "undeclared" moves made by the United States in Iraq and the region and will not hesitate to defend itself against any aggression, spokesman for the...

Saudi Arabia is re-opening its air, land and sea borders with Qatar after a 3-year embargo

Iran today seized a South Korean-flagged tanker which was reportedly heading for the UAE, media sources in the country reported. Local news sources said the vessel had been seized...

Falih Al-Fayyadh, chairman of the Iranian-backed Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), yesterday called for the need to implement the parliament's decision to withdraw foreign forces from Iraq. This came in a speech...

The United States' Special Envoy to Syria Joel Rayburn is set to travel to the United Arab Emirates and Jordan for discussions on the ongoing Syrian conflict, a statement by...

The official website of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has used a map which shows Morocco included with the Western Sahara region. The publication of the "undivided" map...

Lebanese officials have been slammed for allowing a notorious Israeli blogger into the country after failing to recognise her at customs. American-Israeli blogger Alyne Tamir entered Lebanon on a US passport...

Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah, a pro-Iran militia, yesterday pledged not to attack the US embassy in Baghdad on the first anniversary of the assassination of top Iranian military commander, Qasem...

An Israeli official on Sunday dismissed as "nonsense" an allegation by the Iranian foreign minister that Israel was trying to trick the United States into waging war on Iran,...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urged US President Donald Trump on Saturday not to be "trapped" by an alleged Israeli plan to provoke a war through attacks on...

Soleimani, leader of an elite overseas unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, was killed on 3 January 2020

The UN General Assembly approved a $3.2 billion annual budget by a vote of 167-2 with Israel and the US voting "no" in protest over alleged anti-Semitism. Negotiations are...

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas hopes to resume unconditional talks with Israel as soon as possible, a senior PA official informed Israel Hayom. On Friday, the Israeli outlet...

Esmail Ghaani, commander of the Quds Force in Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), has threatened to avenge Qasem Soleimani's death "in the US' own home." This came in a...

Pakistan's prime minister on Friday inaugurated a 100-bed shelter home constructed by Turkey's state-run aid agency for people in poverty near the capital Islamabad, Anadolu Agency reports. The "model" shelter...

The week-long commemoration of Iranian top military commander Qasem Soleimani after his assassination last year kicked off with a massive gathering in Tehran Friday, Anadolu Agency reports. Speakers at the event in Tehran...