Oil market analysts must make sense of a bewildering array of statistics about production, consumption and inventories, compiled and published with varying definitions and degrees of accuracy and timeliness....

Japan is working on a plan to send about 270 seamen to the Middle East to guard ships supplying Japan under a law that allows military deployments for research...

“I would like to continue working with President Abbas to further advance Japan’s unique initiatives,” Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has reiterated his country’s commitment to the two-state solution during a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Abe stated that his country’s support...

Since the attack on a Japanese-owned oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz in June, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has been under pressure to send a military force to...

Japan will not join the United States in a security mission to protect merchant vessels passing through key Middle Eastern waterways and will instead consider deploying its military independently,...

Japan will not send warships to join a US-led maritime force to guard oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz fearing a military response from Iran, but it may...

Kuwaiti athletes will compete at next year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympics under their country’s flag after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday lifted its suspension of the nations after...

US President Donald Trump last week defended his relationship with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, calling him a “friend of mine” who was doing a “spectacular job”. At...

The United Arab Emirates, UAE authorities have prevented Jordanian lawmaker, Dr Huda al- Atoum, from staying in their territories and asked her to leave Abu Dhabi Airport immediately. Sources...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe praised Saudi Arabia’s efforts to reduce its dependence on oil and promised Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman that Japan will help the kingdom with...

Ahead of his participation at the G20 summit in Japan, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince on Thursday visited the weapon development agency of South Korea, Anadolu Agency reports. Mohammed bin Salman “voiced...

The United States Navy on Wednesday displayed limpet mine fragments and a magnet it said it had removed from one of two oil tankers attacked in the Gulf of...

The attacks on two Japanese oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman last week have raised both concerns and exasperation in the region. Saudi Arabia, Britain and the US...

What exactly is happening in the Arab region? Events are running into each other with no end in sight. Everything is tangled and intertwined, as if there are invisible...

The two oil tankers crippled in attacks in the Gulf of Oman last week that Washington and Riyadh have blamed on Iran are being assessed off the coast off...

One of two oil tankers crippled in attacks in the Gulf of Oman last week that Washington and Riyadh have blamed on Iran is now anchored off the coast...

US President Donald Trump discussed with Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe Friday recent attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, Anadolu Agency reports. The telephone call follows the conclusion...

The Strait of Hormuz, the narrow shipping lane between Iran and Oman named after the fabulously wealthy ancient kingdom of Ormus, has fascinated oil traders since the Iranian revolution...

Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei stated that the US President Donald Trump “is not worth” exchanging messages with and that he has no answers or special messages to send...

There are heightened fears over the risk of conflict erupting in the Middle East following the attack on two crude tankers in the Gulf of Oman this morning. The...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said after meeting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tehran on Wednesday that Japan wants to keep buying Iranian oil, as tension between Tehran and...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Iran and meet Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei with the hope of mediating between Washington and Tehran, Japan’s Mainichi Shimbun newspaper reported yesterday....

A Saudi animation company owned by Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman has announced that it is launching its first feature-length film. Manga Productions, a subsidiary of the MiSK Foundation,...

US President Donald Trump said on Monday a deal with Iran on its nuclear programme was possible, crediting economic sanctions for curbing activities Washington has said are behind a...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering visiting Iran as early as mid-June, NHK national television said on Friday, as international concern grows about rising tension between Iran and...

Direct Arab investments in Morocco declined by 10.5 per cent during 2018, for the third year in a row. The share of Arab investments in total foreign direct investment...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and US President Donald Trump may soon have a face-to-face meeting, either in Turkey or on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Japan next...

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif confirmed that Iran is seeking no clashes in the region, but it has always been trying to defend and will keep defending its interests....

Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, yesterday arrived in the Japanese capital Tokyo as part of a diplomatic tour of the region, Iran’s Fars news agency reported. Earlier this...

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 government is considering additional sanctions against Iran that would target areas of its economy that have not been hit before, a senior Trump administration official told reporters...