Kuwait has increased security measures near oil installations and territorial waters amid rising tension between the United States and Iran in the Gulf region, local media said. The new...

Tehran has started suspending some of its obligations under the nuclear deal “in fulfilment of the decision of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council,” Iranian media reported on Wednesday. “The...

Iran is committed to its obligations under an international nuclear deal despite the US withdrawal from the landmark agreement, its foreign minister said on Thursday, calling the reimposition of...

The relationship between Hamas and Saudi Arabia is not the best at the moment and is experiencing estrangement that has lasted for several years. Perhaps the main reason for...

The US State Department has issued a security alert and ordered staff to evacuate Iraq amid escalating tensions with neighbouring Iran. The alert posted on the US embassy in...

Iran’s experience with the international community provides a rare opportunity to understand the network of international relations and identify determinants and balances of the global system. Washington unilaterally withdrew...

Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah on Monday evening called on the country’s armed forces to take the highest level of caution amid the “dangerous...

Iran on Tuesday called for a “referendum” in the occupied Palestinian territories – to include Muslims, Christians and Jews – to decide on a viable system of governance, reports...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday denied a New York Times report that US officials were discussing a military plan to send up to 120,000 troops to the Middle East...

The attacks come one day after two Saudi oil tankers were struck near the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

The head of the Iranian navy, Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, has said that his country is “ready for all possibilities including a confrontation with the US.” He called on...

European leaders appear to be losing patience with their American ally over its Iran policy. Already feeling abandoned by the US following President Donald Trump’s decision to unilaterally withdraw...

Some Gulf States like to hide behind the US and Israel and claim that Washington and Tel Aviv can confront the threat to the region posed by Iran. They...

The top US defence official has presented an updated military plan to President Donald Trump’s administration that envisions sending up to 120,000 troops to the Middle East should Iran...

When Iran’s President Rouhani announced last week that his country would be partially withdrawing from the the nuclear deal, also known as JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, he...

Iran said today that it had sentenced an Iranian national to ten years in prison for spying for Britain, Reuters reported. “An Iranian who was in charge of Iran...

The US Embassy in Baghdad has warned its nationals against travelling to Iraq due to “heightened tensions” in the Middle East, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the embassy advised...

Iran’s parliament on Sunday passed a bill that would allow children born to an Iranian mother to apply for citizenship. The bill was backed by 188 lawmakers, while 20...

An Iranian court on Sunday upheld a prison sentence for female journalist Hengameh Shahidi on charges of making anti-regime propaganda, insult and fake news, local media reported. Shahidi’s lawyer, Mostafa...

The United States has started a psychological war in the region, the commander of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards said in a parliament session on Sunday, according to a parliamentary...

President Hassan Rouhani called on Saturday for unity among Iran’s political factions to overcome conditions which he said may be harder than those during the 1980s war with Iraq...

An Israeli cabinet minister warned on Sunday of possible direct or proxy Iranian attacks on Israel should the stand-off between Tehran and Washington escalate, according to a Reuters report....

US commercial ships including oil tankers sailing through key Middle East waterways could be targeted by Iran in one of the threats to US interests posed by Tehran, the...

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Friday Tehran will not negotiate with the United States and denied any US attack was likely, a day after US President Donald Trump urged...

A senior Iranian cleric said in a Friday prayers sermon that the United States’ navy fleet could be “destroyed with one missile”, as a US aircraft carrier headed to...

In the latest chapter in the on-going saga following Trump’s unilateral withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, the US president has asked the Islamic Republic to call him in...

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European countries said, Thursday, they wanted to preserve Iran’s nuclear deal and rejected “ultimatums” from Tehran, after Iran relaxed restrictions on its nuclear programme and threatened moves that might...

The European Union will defend the Iran nuclear accord despite Tehran’s decision to backtrack on its commitments in response to US sanctions, diplomats believe, but European powers expect it...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is skipping a planned trip to Greenland, his second such cancellation of a foreign visit this week, the State Department announced Thursday, Anadolu...

The US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, deployed by President Donald Trump’s administration to the Middle East as a warning to Iran, passed through Egypt’s Suez Canal on Thursday, the...

Russia yesterday said that Iran was provoked to roll back some of the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal “due to pressure from the United States (US).” Iran yesterday...