Facebook said it had removed four networks from its social networking platforms that were run by Iranian and Russian groups seeking to influence elections in the run-up to the...

“In case black gold can no longer be transferred across the Gulf Region, large volumes will flow from the global oil markets,” predicted Nitesh Shah, director of research at...

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday, with tensions simmering between Washington and Tehran, and Russia seeking to boost its influence in the Middle East...

A fire broke out on Saturday at Iran’s Abadan oil refinery located in the southwest of the country, although state media has reported that the fire was brought under...

The UAE has released $700 million in previously frozen funds to Iran, in a bid to improve relations between the two countries. A member of the parliament in Tehran...

Iranian newspapers addressed the ongoing protests in Lebanon describing what is going on “as an extension of the plot in Iraq,” referring to the recent demonstrations in Baghdad and...

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Saturday that all of the nearly 1,000 troops withdrawing from northern Syria are expected to move to western Iraq to continue the...

Sources in Israel have revealed that Israeli intelligence officers in the reserve army are working in private companies, some of which are linked to the UAE’s intelligence services, and...

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...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said yesterday his country had received support from neighbouring countries – without naming them – in the fight against US sanctions. This came in a...

Member of Iranian Parliament’s National Security Commission Abolfazl Hassan Beigi accused the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia of targeting his country’s oil tanker in the Red Sea, local news...

Iran-backed militias deployed snipers on Baghdad rooftops during Iraq’s deadliest anti-government protests in years, two Iraqi security officials told Reuters. The deployment of militia fighters, which has not been...

The way that history has a tendency to repeat itself is intriguing. In Alfred Lilienthal’s The Other Side of the Coin, published in 1965, he said that the “Soviet...

Egyptian journalist Jamal Sultan revealed yesterday that the UAE had arrested an opposition Iranian journalist in Dubai and deported him to Tehran. On Twitter, Sultan, the chief editor of...

A second French national is being detained in Iran and has been imprisoned since the summer, Le Figaro newspaper reported on Wednesday, which is likely to complicate France’s efforts...

The United States carried out a secret cyber operation against Iran in the wake of the September 14 attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities, which Washington and Riyadh blame...

Iran’s economy is expected to shrink by 9.5 per cent this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said, as the country feels the impact of tighter US sanctions, Reuters reported. The...

When Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, announced the launch of Operation Peace Spring on Wednesday, he faced criticism from almost all countries over the world; however, he is clearly...

Suddenly, the Arab League came back to life after being buried for years, unmoved by the grave events and bloody tragedies that have befallen the nation since the US...

The value of Iranian exports to neighbouring countries amounts to $24 billion, including $16 billion to Arab states, an official has reported. Director General of Trade Promotion Organization of...

Agents of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have captured and returned to Iran an exiled journalist who allegedly fuelled anti-government street unrest across the country early last year using social media,...

Former Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army and senior leader in Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) party, Gabi Ashkenazi, has said that the biggest threat to Israel is the...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said before his first visit to Saudi Arabia in more than a decade that Moscow could play a key role in easing regional tensions given...

A Saudi minister said on Sunday that Riyadh was not behind a suspected strike against an Iranian-owned oil tanker in the Red Sea, which Iranian state-run television said was...

Pakistan will do its utmost to enable talks between arch regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday in Tehran, adding that he...

Oil major Saudi Aramco hopes to fix by the end of November the last four key pieces of equipment damaged during attacks last month, in a move to allow...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia can play a key role in the Middle East as it has good relations with Iran and the Arab world, Reuters reports. He was speaking...

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards on Sunday to develop more advanced and modern weapons, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, amid rising regional tensions, Reuters reports....

The Iranian government’s spokesman, Ali Rabei, confirmed on Friday that Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan reported a letter from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman to Pakistan, requesting dialogue...

The United States is planning to send a large number of additional forces, possibly thousands, to Saudi Arabia following the September 14 attack on its oil facilities, which Washington...

More than 3,500 women attended a football match in Iran for the first time in nearly 40 years

The Sabiti tanker was set ablaze and suffered heavy damage and was leaking crude about 96 kilometres from the Saudi port city of Jeddah.