US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sought to reduce heightened trade tension with India on Wednesday, promising a renewed focus on negotiating better ties, but giving few specifics of how they would ov
Russia will make first delivery of the S-400 missile systems to Turkey in July, Russian news agencies cited the head of Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport saying on Wednesday (June 25), in ac
Oman said on Wednesday (June 26) it was planning to open a new diplomatic mission in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and that a delegation from its foreign ministry would go to Ramallah for that purpos
The foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday (June 26) that “clear, scientific and convincing” evidence was required on recent attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf region.
Iran will speed up enrichment of uranium after a deadline given to European countries to prevent this ends on Thursday, the spokesman for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said on Wednesday (June 26),
Shares in German chemicals distributor Brenntag dropped 4.4% on Wednesday (June 26) with traders citing a media report that the company sold substances to Syria that could go into chemical weapons, am
Turkey’s Defense Ministry said one soldier was killed and five were injured during clashes with People’s Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria on Wednesday (June 26).
The Trump administration sought on Wednesday (June 26) to win support for an economic plan it says will be the foundation for Israeli-Palestinian peace but which Palestinians and many Arabs have dismi
Murat Abi found employment in construction after moving to Istanbul from eastern Turkey four years ago, including at the city’s new airport, which the government heralded as a pillar of the country’s
On the eve of the first Democratic presidential debate, US Senator Elizabeth Warren, rising in public opinion polls, slammed President Donald Trump’s posture toward Iran at a raucous town hall on Tues
US Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who issued a report in April on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, will testify in open session before the House of Representatives Judiciary and In
Saudi special forces have captured the leader of the Yemeni branch of the Islamic State militant group, the Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen said on Tuesday (June 25).
The United States would not dare violate Iranian soil, the head of the Revolutionary Guards’ aerospace division said on Wednesday (June 26), according to the semi-official Mehr news agency.
Prominent Turkish businessman Osman Kavala was remanded in custody on Tuesday, accused of trying to overthrow the government by organizing protests six years ago, his lawyer said.
The US House of Representatives will vote next month on billions of dollars’ worth of arms sales to Saudi Arabia already rejected by the Senate despite a veto threat from President Donald Trump.
A US Middle East peace plan is stirring anger and apprehension in Palestinian refugee camps around the region by raising the prospect that a long-cherished dream of returning to former homes in what i
US President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to obliterate parts of Iran if it attacked “anything American” after Tehran said the latest US sanctions had scuttled any chance of diplomacy, calling W
Iran will take new steps to reduce its commitments under its nuclear deal with world powers on July 7, the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, said on Tuesday, according
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he believed the number of Syrians returning from Turkey to their homeland will reach one million once a safe zone is established in northeast Syria along thei
The United States will stop Turkish forces flying and developing its F-35 stealth jets if Ankara goes ahead with the purchase of a Russian air defense system, the US envoy to NATO said on Tuesday (Jun