- The American side has verbally accepted the two demands from Iran, said Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. "If our opinion is accepted, we...
Iran may accept a final compromise worked out in Vienna to save the landmark 2015 deal, which is aimed to curb its nuclear programme in return for sanctions relief.
The deal has been moribund since the 2018 withdrawal of the United States under then president Donald Trump.
- Recent media reports had said that Eisenkot, chief of staff from 2015 to 2019, was being courted by political parties...
The election, set for November 1 after parliament was dissolved on June 30, will be the country's fifth in less than four years
Lawmaker Matan Kahana, of former premier Naftali Bennett's right-wing Yamina party, has also joined hands with Benny Gantz
- Three days after the assault on Salman Rushdie, Iran has denied any link with the attacker who stabbed British writer...
Hadi Matar, the suspected assailant from New Jersey, was wrestled to the ground by staff and other audience members before being taken into police custody
Salman Rushdie had spent years under police protection after Iranian leaders called for Rushdie's killing over his portrayal of Islam and the Prophet Mohammed in the novel
- Kuwait recalled its ambassador and the United Arab Emirates downgraded relations with Iran after Saudi Arabia that year cut ties...
Badr Abdullah al-Munikh, Kuwait's new ambassador, has presented his letter of credence to Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian
Saudi Arabia and Iran have had no diplomatic relations for six years, but have held talks, hosted by Iraq, since April last year in a bid to mend ties
- Witnesses to the fire Sunday morning described people rushing into the multi-storey house of worship to save those trapped, but...
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi directed the Armed Forces Engineering Authority to "take over the reconstruction and renovation" of the church
A statement from the office of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres offered his "deepest condolences" to the families of the victims
- Russia has come under increasingly tough sanctions since its February invasion of Ukraine, while Iran has faced stringent sanctions reimposed...
The two countries have responded to the sanctions by boosting cooperation in key areas to help prop up their economies.
"We are going to pay special attention to the Russian market, and we are also thinking of partnering with Russian investors," said Iran Khodro CEO Mehdi Khatibi.
- Large parts of the United Arab Emirates were hit by dust and sandstorms on Sunday as authorities urged caution on...
Homes and landmarks in major cities were caked in a fine layer of brown dirt and visibility plunged in the latest adverse weather following a series of such storms in Middle East.
Forecasts of rainstorms this week, unusual in high summer in the desert state, follow the deaths of seven Asian migrants in flash flooding last month.
- Foreign Direct Investment into Oman increased by 19 percent in the first quarter of 2022, according to a report by...
There has been an increase in non-oil exports in 2021 that also saw the sultanate organize several conferences, including the “Oman Renewable Energy” investment conference.
Oman was able to achieve its economic growth goals through the "Medium-Term Financial Balance Plan 2022/2024", which provided revenues of $780 million in 2021.
- A statement said the House of Representatives had approved "all the nominations set forth in a letter from President Abdel...
Sisi's official Facebook page said the president had urged parliament to discuss the changes in the more than 30-strong cabinet
The reshuffle does not include the key defense, interior, finance or foreign ministries
- Iraq has been ravaged by decades of conflict and endemic corruption. It is blighted by ailing infrastructure, power cuts and...
Political deadlock has left Iraq without a new government, president or prime minister following general elections 10 months ago
Coordination Framework says it wants a new government as quickly as possible, and its supporters on Friday began their own sit-in to press for that demand





















