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...

The United States aims to cut Iran’s crude exports by about 20 percent to below 1 million barrels per day (bpd) from May by requiring importing countries to reduce...

The Government of Japan contributed an additional $7 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on Sunday. In a...

Japan’s second-largest automaker Nissan Motor Co has signed a joint venture agreement with an Algerian private partner to build a car assembly plant at a cost of $160 million,...

Qatar’s victory in the Asian Football Confederation tournament was not just about winning a football match; it was a victory for free will and Qatar’s independence and sovereignty, which...

Egypt’s economy is slated to surpass Russia, Japan and Germany as the world’s seventh largest economy in 2030, according to a new long-term forecast released by Standard Chartered Plc....

All countries that were granted waivers from the United States to continue buying a certain amount of Iranian oil imports are complying with US sanctions, a senior Iranian energy official said, noting...

Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza yesterday announced the arrival of the first batch of medicines donated by the Japanese government in Gaza Strip, Quds Net News reported. In...

The Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said on Monday that its budget deficit for 2018 has been reduced from $446m to $21m. Pierre Krähenbühl made...

A Japanese journalist believed to have been captured in Syria three years ago has reportedly been released, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced earlier today. Last night, the government said...

Saudi Arabia is unlikely to employ its so-called “oil weapon” in the diplomatic crisis over the disappearance of a journalist after visiting the country’s consulate in Istanbul. Experience from...

US President Donald Trump has questioned the feasibility of his country’s military aid to “armies of rich countries” naming Saudi Arabia, Japan and South Korea. “Why do we provide...

Transgender women should have the same rights as other women, according to a global poll of women across five continents published on Friday amid a growing – and sometimes...