Middle East

Iran’s armed forces are prepared for any renewed U.S. attacks, state media quoted army spokesperson Mohammad Akraminia saying on Sunday, after US President Donald Trump said he rejected ...

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end fighting in the Middle East. Iran raised the initiative ...

Iran on Saturday awaited an official US response to its proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end fighting in the wider Middle East war after the Wall Street ...

Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani military chiefs are to discuss help for Saudi Arabia as it faces attacks by Yemen’s Houthis, while Iraq further curtailedIranian flights on Friday in line ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed plans for another tripartite summit with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides when they met on the sidelines of the ...

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan will hold an urgent, high-level meeting under a joint defence pact to discuss ways to support the kingdom amid attacks by Yemen’s Houthis, while ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “illegally occupies northern Cyprus” in his address to the United Nations general assembly. “The latest country ...

Palestinian villagers wailed over the mangled remains of their olive trees on Wednesday after Israel’s military uprooted them with bulldozers, days ahead of the annual olive harvest, normally a ...

Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to use his UN address on Thursday to berate New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani for calling him a war criminal, a feud that highlights the Israeli ...

US officials in Jerusalem and Washington drafted a statement in early September attributed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemning plans by the UK, France and Canada to block imports ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi agreed on Wednesday to a gradual transfer of a Turkish military base in northern Iraq to Baghdad, alongside joint efforts ...

President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace unveiled a $2.45 billion plan on Wednesday to begin rebuilding Gaza, but officials acknowledged it faces an uncertain future as Israel and Hamas remain ...

Palestinian villagers wailed over the mangled remains of their olive trees on Wednesday after Israel’s military uprooted them with bulldozers, days ahead of the annual olive harvest, normally a ...

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a speech at the UN on Wednesday that Tehran would never surrender to the US but still believes in diplomacy, a day after President ...

US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace will unveil a six-month, $2.45 billion recovery plan for Gaza at a meeting of its members on Wednesday, Axios reported. The 66-project proposal ...

The first shuttle talks between the United States and Iran for months raised hopes on Wednesday that the adversaries could make some progress towards ending the Middle East war, although ...

US President Donald Trump warned that he could annihilate Iran if there is no deal to end the war, but also suggested an agreement could come soon amid a diplomatic ...

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for complete economic isolation of Iran, showing no intention to resume talks at the UN General Assembly but saying he believed a deal ...

Iran and the United States hinted on Tuesday at the prospect of reviving negotiations to end their conflict, with the presidents of both countries due at the UN General Assembly ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he would use his speech at the United Nations this week to defend Israel’s military actions against the Palestinians, while accusing ...

Iran can reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the United States eases military pressure and lifts its blockade on Iranian ports, a senior Iranian official told Reuters ...

Hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza returned to in-person teaching on Saturday for the first time in nearly three years, albeit in damaged or makeshift school buildings and tents, ...

Houthi fighters pushed to seize strategic heights in Yemen on Monday to cut off the Red Sea coast from remaining areas held by Saudi-backed forces, after a report that US ...

Houthi fighters were pushing to seize strategic heights in Yemen on Monday to cut off the Red Sea coast from remaining areas held by Saudi-backed forces, after a report that ...