Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday that its Hajj organisations services had completed their preparations to provide services to pilgrims during the pilgrimage season this year. The official Saudi Press...

An emergency meeting with parties to Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with major powers was “constructive”, Iranian official Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday, but said Tehran would continue to reduce...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday foreign forces pose a threat to regional security, according to the official IRNA news agency, Anadolu Agency reports. “Iran has always tried to help ensure...

Iran on Sunday described European plans for a maritime mission to ensure safe passage around the Persian Gulf as “provocative”, Anadolu Agency reports. “We heard that they intend to send a...

Boris Johnson’s father has told Press TV that his son could resolve the tanker dispute “easy peasy”, hours after Johnson himself attacked the leader of the opposition for appearing...

Labor Party chair Amir Peretz “is trying to project a business-as-usual attitude”, reported Haaretz, following the election merger between Meretz, Ehud Barak’s Israel Democratic Party (Yisrael Demokratit), and former...

A major Irish charity has renewed calls for the government to pass legislation banning the import of produce made in illegal West Bank settlements. Trócaire made the call as...

Iran granted India consular access to 18 Indian crew members of the detailed British vessel Stena Impero, the Iranian ambassador to Britain said. Reuters reported Hamid Baeidinejad saying: “Indian...

US President Donald Trump provoked outrage recently when he launched a blisteringly racist attack against courageous American Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib, during which...

Arsenal players Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac were targeted by an armed carjacking gang in north London

British Airways, part of International Airlines Group, will resume flights to Cairo following a week-long suspension over security concerns, the airline said on Friday, Reuters reports. “Following a thorough...

We know him for Boris bikes, dubious messages on the side of a bus and distinctive hair style choices -but what can we expect from Boris on the Middle East?

Foreign Minister Heiko Maas did not tell lawmakers that Germany wants to take part in a British plan for a European-led naval mission to ensure safe shipping through the...

Britain has started sending a warship to accompany all British-flagged vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, a change in policy announced on Thursday after the government previously said it...

The owners of a British-flagged oil tanker seized last week by Iran said crew members had been able to talk directly to their families for a limited time and...

With a special screening of Jeremy Hardy versus the Israeli Army, a packed hall at London’s Greenwood Theatre paid a fitting tribute on Tuesday to the late Jeremy Hardy,...

The UK’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed Priti Patel as Home Secretary despite the fact that she was forced to resign two years ago after holding secret,...

UK ordered Lebanese development bodies to ban both the political and military wings of Hezbollah in order to continue receiving economic aid, Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported yesterday. In a...

Iran’s Strait of Hormuz is not a place for “mischief or manipulation of international maritime laws,” the Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, warned yesterday. Speaking at a government meeting at...

Saudi Arabia’s influence over British media has become a security concern, a UK court was told yesterday. Papers part owned by the kingdom through a series of “unconventional, complex...

Dame Margaret Hodge MP is one of Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s most vocal critics. She is also now the subject of a formal complaint in which the Right...

The crew of British tanker seized by Iran are safe, the vessel’s owner said today. The Stena Impero and its 23 crewmembers were captured by Iranian forces last Friday...

Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, yesterday warned the United Kingdom (UK) against “starting a conflict,” adding that he was not seeking “a confrontation.” Iran was reported last week...

Vegan chain Humpit is introducing an alternative protein shake...

Saudi Arabia’s cabinet said on Tuesday that Iran’s interception of commercial vessels in Gulf waters, including its seizure of a British tanker, violated international law and must be prevented,...

Former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has today been named the UK’s new prime minister, replacing Theresa May who stepped down two months ago. Johnson received 92,153 votes to...

The Egyptian businessman, Naguib Sawiris, yesterday criticised the British and German authorities for their recent suspension of flights to Egypt’s capital of Cairo. “Terrorism happens all over the world,...

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt on Monday accused Iran of state piracy for illegally detaining a British ship in the Persian Gulf, urging it to release the vessel and its...

Oil prices rose more than 1% on Monday, as investors worried about possible supply disruptions in the energy-rich Middle East after Iran’s seizure of a British tanker last week,...

The UK licensed £648 million ($810 million) worth of arms to Saudi Arabia during the six months that followed the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The sale, uncovered in...

Despite a court ruling that UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia are unlawful, the British government has invited representatives from Riyadh to the world’s largest arms fair scheduled to...

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdil-Mahdi will visit Tehran today, heading a government delegation to meet with Iranian officials. According to Iranian media, Abdil-Mahdi is visiting Tehran today accompanied by...