Middle East

Rasha Al Ameer had been hard at work. It wasn’t until just after 7PM before she realised that she had not heard from her brother all day. She sent him...

After a positive first round of negotiations aimed at resurrecting the 2015 agreement scuttled by Donald Trump, Iran‘s push towards enrichment levels needed for military use “puts pressure on everyone,”...

Authorities in Egypt have impounded the huge cargo ship that for six days last month blocked a chunk of global trade and captured the world’s attention. The 400-metre-long MS Ever...

BEIRUT – Lebanese citizens are accustomed to government dysfunction on a level that borders on dystopian.  It has been eight months since thousands of tons of improperly stored ammonium nitrate...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s foreign minister warned Tuesday that an attack on its main nuclear enrichment site at Natanz affects ongoing negotiations in Vienna over its tattered atomic...

Foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh “strongly condemned” the sanctions and said Iran is “suspending all human rights talks and cooperation resulting from these talks with the EU, especially in (the...

WASHINGTON — The attack on Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility is casting a major shadow over the resumption of indirect talks between the U.S. and Iran over resurrection of the international...

Iran’s principal nuclear facility has suffered a major blackout, just as indirect talks with the US over a major nuclear deal were due to resume. Iranian officials blamed Israel for...

“Of course the Zionist regime, with this action, tried to take revenge on the people of Iran for their patience and wise attitude regarding the lifting of (US) sanctions,” Iranian...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran on Monday blamed Israel for a sabotage attack on its underground Natanz nuclear facility that damaged the centrifuges it uses to enrich uranium there,...