Iran has confirmed that US reports on the seizing of Iranian fuel cargoes aboard ships bound for Venezuela are false, Iranian media reported on Friday. Press TV reported informed...

Palestinian-American groups and organisations on Friday rejected and condemned the Israel-United Arab Emirates (UAE) normalisation deal brokered by the US, Quds Press reported. These groups and organisations signed a...

Time is running out to prevent a decaying tanker stranded off the coast of Yemen from dumping its load of 1.1 million barrels of oil into the Red Sea,...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed with his Greek counterpart the “urgent need” to soothe tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, the State Department said Friday, Anadolu Agency reported. Pompeo met...

US President Donald Trump on Friday reiterated his call on the Syrian regime to work with Washington “to find and return” Austin Tice, a freelance American journalist who was...

Pakistan on Friday cautiously reacted to the controversial deal between the UAE and Israel to normalize ties, declaring the development with “far-reaching implications.” “We have noted the Joint Statement announcing...

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) condemned the agreement reached by the United Arab Emirates and Israel, under US sponsorship and at the expense of the Palestinian...

Iran and Turkey have accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of abandoning the Palestinians, following the country’s controversial peace deal with Israel. The Iranian foreign ministry denounced the deal...

The Palestinian government has recalled its ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in protest over the country’s agreement to normalise ties with Israel. Palestine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs...

Bahrain is likely to follow the UAE in signing a peace agreement with Israel, an Israeli official said yesterday. The Hebrew Kan channel quoted the unnamed official as saying “Bahrain is expected to...

The controversial American journalist who sued the US government for putting him on a “kill list” in war-torn Syria, was arrested yesterday by a Sunni Islamist militant group in...

Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar roundly beat her pro-Israel opponent in the Democratic primaries on Tuesday, making her the official nominee for Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District. Omar was challenged by...

The United States has seized the cargo of four Iranian fuel tankers transporting supplies to Venezuela, continuing to step up its campaign of maximum pressure on Iran and sanctions...

Two bombs have hit convoys supplying US-led coalition forces in Iraq’s southern governorate of Dhi Qar, security sources reported on Wednesday. “A bomb has targeted a convoy carrying logistical...

A team of North Korean hackers breached Israel’s security and penetrated its computer system, according to the international cybersecurity firm ClearSky. Though Israel downplayed the incident claiming that the attack...

Pakistan’s army chief, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, will visit Saudi Arabia on Sunday in an effort to calm escalating diplomatic tensions between the two countries over the unrest in...

On 4 August 2020, 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate exploded in Beirut Port, sending a mushroom cloud above the city, and lighting a touch paper at one end of...

The Commander of the United States Central Command, General Kenneth McKenzie, said on Wednesday that his country intends to reduce the number of its forces in Iraq and Syria...

On Thursday 6 August, we were preparing to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. But on Tuesday, we were...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Tel Aviv has successfully tested the Arrow-2 ballistic missile interceptor, developed in collaboration with the United States. “I commend the defense establishment...

The notion that ‘Canada is better’, especially when compared with US foreign policy, has persisted for many years. Recent events at the United Nations have, however, exposed the true...

US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that his administration had achieved a “historic breakthrough” deal that would witness the United Arab Emirates (UAE) exchange official and overt diplomatic...

A top US diplomat said on Thursday the FBI would join a probe of the massive Beirut explosion that killed at least 172 people, urging change in Lebanon to...

Israel’s defense minister on Thursday thanked the leaders of the US and United Arab Emirates for his country’s controversial peace deal announced today with UAE, Anadolu Agency reported. “I would like...

Israel and the UAE today reached an historic peace deal that will lead to a full normalisation of diplomatic relations

The Iranian navy boarded and briefly seized a Liberian-flagged oil tanker near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a US military official said today. The US Military’s Central Command (CENTCOM)...

Key members of the US Congress have been found to have subtly frozen and blocked all of the country’s major arms sales to Turkey over almost two years, in...

The United States Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, arrived in Ankara yesterday, where he discussed the Libyan conflict with senior Turkish officials, the US Embassy in Libya said. According...

Israel delivered artificial intelligence (AI) powered technology and equipment to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi on Tuesday, reported the Jerusalem Post. Developed in Israel,...

The US’ Trump administration is planning to impose sanctions on Hezbollah allies in Lebanon, including on prominent politicians and businessmen tied to the Iranian-backed Shia militia in an attempt...

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has temporarily suspended flights from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Philippines and Sri Lanka starting from 17 August after several passengers...

Israel tried to expel 60,000 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Uruguay after reaching understandings with the government of the South American state in 1969, Israeli Public Broadcaster (Kan)...