Morocco will play their final World Cup match with a big chip on their shoulders, with their coach taking a few early parting shots at referees and officials on...

Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it intercepted two missiles launched by Yemen’s Houthi militia over the capital Riyadh, as a Saudi-led coalition moved to wrest control of Yemen’s main...

Portugal coach Fernando Santos has dismissed the suggestion that his team relied too much on Cristiano Ronaldo and said they worked hard to function as a unit as they...

Iran said on Saturday the world will see little extra oil reaching the market if OPEC and its partners adhere properly to a supply pact, underlining a disagreement with...

Nasrin Sotoudeh recently represented a number of women who have removed their headscarves, or hijab, in public to protest against Iran's mandatory Islamic dress code for women

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday warned Iran not to pursue nuclear weapons, saying it would face the “wrath of the entire world” if it did so,...

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and prominent Shia cleric and politician Muqtada al-Sadr sealed an alliance to form a new government late Saturday. Announcement came in two leaders’ joint...

The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) looks to have agreed to a 1 per cent increase in world oil production after believing that it has overcome differences...

A Dutch state TV station has apologised twice following complaints from Jewish groups that its coverage was biased against Israel. According to Israeli sources, NOS, Netherlands’ main public broadcaster,...

Syria is ready to establish a railway link with Iraq and Iran, the country’s Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade, Mohammad Samer Al-Khalil, said. The proposal came during a...

Iran has sent a naval destroyer and a helicopter carrier to the strategic Gulf of Aden after fighting escalated in the port city of Hudaydah ​​in Yemen. The local...

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have indicated they would be willing to hand over management of Hudaydah port to the United Nations, a potential breakthrough in a conflict that has caused...

OPEC scrambled on Thursday to agree on raising oil output, with Saudi Arabia warning of shortages but Iran holding out against a deal amid the prospect of lower exports...

The Iranian authorities decided this week to allow women to watch the FIFA World Cup match between Iran and Spain in two local stadiums. The tournament is taking place...

China will maintain normal relations with Iran, the Commerce Ministry in Beijing said on Thursday. Ministry spokesman Gao Feng made the comment when asked at a regular news briefing...

Iran’s dream of reaching the knockout stage of the World Cup survived Wednesday’s loss to Spain and coach Carlos Queiroz promised his team would give their absolute all to...

Generals from Syria, Iran and Russia convened at the joint-intel centre (JIC) inside Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone last week to discuss matters of national security and cooperation. The meeting...

Following the arrest of former Knesset Member and Cabinet Minister Gonen Segev on charges of spying for Iran, ex-security officials in Israel have said that they suspect that there...

Lebanese ministers will review a security agency’s decision to allow Iranians to enter at the airport without having their passports stamped, an interior ministry source said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. The...

Iran’s representative to the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said that his country as well as Iraq and Venezuela will reject any proposal from Saudi Arabia and...

The commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, said yesterday that resistance forces in Yemen have defeated European and Saudi forces in the...

The United States withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday accusing it of a “chronic bias against Israel,” a move that activists warned would make advancing...

UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths left Sanaa on Tuesday, wrapping up a four-day visit during which he spoke with leaders of the Shia Houthi rebel group. Griffiths...

Iran currently has no plans to increase the range of its missiles, the head of the Revolutionary Guards said today, noting that the current 2,000 kilometre missile range was...

After all the hype the Singapore summit turned out to be damp squib. Apart from the spectacular photo opportunities, the meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un produced no...

Israel has indicted a former Israeli cabinet minister on suspicion of spying for Iran, Israel’s Shin Bet internal security service said on Monday. In a statement, the Shin Bet...

Iraq’s Muqtada Al-Sadr has disappointed many of those who considered the success of his candidate list in the recent national elections to be a defeat for Tehran. After all,...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will visit neutral European neighbours Switzerland and Austria next month, the Swiss and Austrian governments said, on a trip overshadowed by the looming imposition of...

Houthi forces fought to keep control of the airport in Yemen’s main port city of Hudaydah on Sunday as Saudi-led coalition air strikes struck the compound, in an offensive...

Syrian state media, citing a military source, reported early on Monday that US-led coalition aircraft had bombed “one of our military positions” in eastern Syria, leading to deaths and...

The UN envoy for Yemen arrived in the rebel-held capital Sanaa on Saturday for talks on the key aid port of Hudaydah where rebel fighters are battling a regional...

Iranians celebrate their victory after they won 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Group B match against Morocco