Yemen war intensifies amid mounting regional tension
Saudi-led air strikes targeting Iranian-allied Houthi forces intensified in Yemen on Tuesday, residents said, an escalation of a nine-month-old war that follows a rise...
Turkish authorities find bodies of 27 migrants, search for survivors
Turkish authorities said they found the bodies of 27 migrants, at least three of them children, at two separate locations on the Aegean coast...
Turkish PM urges diplomacy, offers help in Saudi-Iran crisis
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Tuesday called on Saudi Arabia and Iran to use diplomatic channels to calm tensions following the execution of...
Saudi-Iranian tensions can't halt slide in oil prices
Even the escalating tension between Iran and Saudi Arabia, two big oil-producing countries, can't halt the slide in energy prices.
Oil futures spiked briefly on...
UN Security Council condemns attack on Saudi embassy in Iran
The UN Security Council on Monday strongly condemned an attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran by protesters angered by Riyadh's execution of a...
Kuwait recalls envoy from Iran over Saudi row
Kuwait became Tuesday the latest Gulf Arab state to recall its ambassador from Iran to protest attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in the Islamic...
'We are not natural-born enemies of Iran,' Saudi UN envoy says
Saudi Arabia said on Monday it would restore ties with Iran when Tehran stopped meddling in the affairs of other countries and pledged that...
Isis video suspect thought to be Briton Siddhartha Dhar
The chief suspect in the latest propaganda video by so-called Islamic State (Isis) is thought to be British man Siddhartha Dhar, according to press...
Executions of Sunni preachers, activists continue in Iran
International human rights groups believe that Iran executed over 1,000 people last year - well above the 2014 tally - including preachers and activists...
Saudi Arabia recruits Sunni allies in row with Iran
Saudi Arabia rallied Sunni allies to its side in a growing diplomatic row with Iran on Monday, deepening a sectarian split across the Middle...











































