US renews waivers for Iran nuclear deal despite pressure
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday said it will allow Russian, Chinese and European companies to continue work at Iranian nuclear sites, arguing...
Russia stood by Iran in showdown with US
The US President Donald Trump first said there were ‘no casualties’ in the Iranian missile attack on the Ain al-Asad military airbase in Iraq...
Iraq weighs larger NATO role to replace US-led coalition
Iraq is considering a larger role for NATO at the expense of the US-led coalition, Iraqi and Western officials told AFP, after an American...
Iran’s Rouhani underscores importance of upcoming elections, calls for ‘massive’ turnout
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declared on Tuesday that Iran’s upcoming parliamentary elections in February will have an effect on regional and international politics. President Rouhani...
Iranian plane overshoots runway, stops in highway leading to casualties
An Iranian passenger plane overshot a runway as it landed Monday in the southwestern city of Bandar-e Mahshahr, barrelling into an adjacent highway without...
3 rockets fired at US embassy in Iraqi capital: security source
Three out of five rockets fired on Sunday directly hit the US embassy in Iraq's capital, a security source told AFP, including one that...
Iraqis apprehensive ahead of cleric’s anti-US rally
Supporters of volatile Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr prepared on Friday for a "million-strong" march in Baghdad to demand the ouster of US troops, putting...
Vessels are going into the Strait of Hormuz Over the Tension with Iran
South Korea will send a naval destroyer and 300 troops to the Strait of Hormuz, its defence ministry said Tuesday, after pressure from its...
Iraq to ‘stop’ Iran gas transfers if US waiver ends: bank
The bank through which Iraq pays for Iranian gas imports to power its grids said Tuesday it would stop processing payments if a crucial...
Baghdad’s Green Zone hit by 3 rockets: Wake up call for the US?
Three rockets hit near the US embassy in the Iraqi capital's high-security Green Zone, security sources said, with no immediate reports of casualties. At least...
Iran at the crossroads: Internal challenges vs. Regional ambitions
Opinion | It seems as if the Middle East has been in a constant state of war and uncertainty since forever. There are multiple conflicts,...
Can Qatar and Pakistan defuse tensions between Tehran and Washington?
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi met with his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha, Qatar wherein he called for a...