Iran’s naval presence in Caspian Sea reveals little-known rivalries

Iranian naval activity in the Gulf and Turkish maritime expansion in the Eastern Mediterranean have hogged the limelight, but Russian and Gulf policymakers are...

US and Iran prisoner exchange: Iranian scientist released

An Iranian scientist returned home Monday after his release from a US jail in what the Islamic republic said was a prisoner exchange it...

Netanyahu offers condolences to martyred Palestinian Iyak Hallak’s family

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the recent police killing of an autistic Palestinian man was unjustified and a "tragedy", offering his...

Silicon Wadi: Palestinians fear expulsion from Jerusalem

Palestinian business owners in occupied east Jerusalem are worried they will be forced to shut up shop by Israeli authorities over plans to build...

16,000 Libyans displaced in recent battles: UN

More than 16,000 Libyans have been displaced during recent battles that saw forces of the UN-recognised government wrest back control of western Libya from...

US-Iran nuclear deal: Ball back in US court

Iran's foreign minister Friday threw the ball back into the US president's court on reaching a new nuclear agreement, after the two countries carried...

Afghan citizens burned in Iran by police shooting

Afghanistan has called for a probe into the burning to death of three of its citizens in Iran, weeks after an alleged drowning of...

Iran denies IAEA inspection: ‘serious concerns’ aired by UN watchdog

Iran has now accumulated enriched uranium at nearly eight times the limit of a 2015 deal and has for months blocked inspections at sites...

Israel’s West Bank annexation will spark Palestinian uprising

Most Israelis think their government's plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank will spark a Palestinian uprising but around half favour going...

Israel attacks Syria: Defence system responds to air strikes

Syrian forces fired anti-aircraft systems in response to a deadly Israeli attack in the western province of Hama, a monitor reported Thursday. The Syrian Observatory...

Iranian President slams Trump posing with Bible

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has criticized US President Donald Trump’s handling of the protests against police violence raging across the country, also condemning the...

China & the uncertain security situation in Gulf

China and the Gulf states are in the same boat as they grapple with uncertainty about regional security against the backdrop of doubts about...