Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has announced that he has instructed diplomats to pursue negotiations with the United States, signalling a...
Friday's visit by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi comes after US President Donald Trump threatened a military strike on Iran...
After a US military operation that seized Nicolas Maduro, President Donald Trump said he wants to allow American oil companies...The country has the largest proven reserves in the world, with 303.221 billion barrels, according to OPEC.
Sanctions imposed in 2019 by Trump during his first term contributed to production plunging to a historic low of 350,000 b/d the following year.
At least 152 members of the UAE-backed STC forces were wounded and 130 were taken captive, a military official from...Saudi-backed forces began on Friday operations to retake swathes of territory seized by the UAE-backed STC.
Yemen's presidency on Saturday announced the retaking of resource-rich Hadramawt, following an apparent retreat of the STC.
The US president's announcement followed a lightning pre-dawn attack in which commandos grabbed Maduro and his wife while air strikes...Trump said he was "designating people" from his cabinet to be in charge in Venezuela, but gave no further details.
In another surprise, Trump indicated US troops could be deployed, saying Washington is "not afraid of boots on the ground."
Sydney, Australia -- England and Australia's cricket teams honoured at the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney on Sunday emergency service...The on-field guard of honour ahead of the clash was accompanied by loud applause from the sold-out crowd.
The biggest cheer came when hero Ahmed al Ahmed, who ran towards one of the attackers and wrestled the gun from him, walked out.
- Iran has been rocked this week by protests that started in Tehran and have spread to other cities, with at...
The protests began on Sunday in Tehran, where some shopkeepers went on strike over high prices and economic stagnation
Iran's economy has been battered by years of crushing international sanctions over its nuclear programme, with raging inflation and a collapsing currency
- Yemen's UAE-backed separatists on Friday announced the start of a two-year transitional period towards declaring an independent state after their...
The Southern Transitional Council (STC), whose forces came under fire from deadly Saudi-led coalition airstrikes on Friday, said the process would include dialogue and a referendum
SCT forces seized large swathes of Yemen's south, run by a fractious government with competing agendas, in a lightning and largely unopposed offensive last month
Following the strikes, a military spokesman for the STC said it was in a "decisive and existential" war with Saudi-backed...Saudi Arabia and the UAE have for years supported rival factions in Yemen's government-run territories, but the STC's offensive has angered Riyadh and left them at loggerheads.
The air raids came shortly after pro-Saudi forces launched a campaign to "peacefully" take control of military sites in Hadramawt.
- The breakaway region of Somaliland on Thursday denied allegations by the Somali president that it would take resettled Palestinians or...
Israel last week became the first country to recognise Somaliland as an "independent and sovereign state", triggering protests across Somalia
Somaliland unilaterally declared independence in 1991 and has enjoyed far more peace than the rest of conflict-hit Somalia, establishing its own elections, currency and army
- Zohran Mamdani, the young upstart of the US left, was sworn in Thursday to take over as New York mayor...
After the clocks struck midnight, bringing in 2026, Mamdani took his oath of office at an abandoned subway stop to begin managing the United States' largest city
Mamdani's private swearing-in to start his four-year term was performed by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who successfully prosecuted Trump for fraud
- A surprise STC offensive seizing resource-rich Hadramawt and Mahra has pushed the UAE and Saudi Arabia, officially allies in Yemen,...
On Tuesday, the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen struck what it said was a shipment of Emirati weapons destined for the separatists.
But a source close to the Saudi government told AFP on Thursday that Saudi Arabia's security needs would only be met if the STC "move out of Hadramawt and Mahra".
