Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh on Thursday accused the United States of using oil as a “weapon” and said that balance in the oil market would be restored “soon”. “The United States is now using oil as a weapon; oil is not a weapon,” Zangeneh was quoted as saying by the...

Israeli forces rounded up 23 Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the occupied West Bank, according to the military on Thursday. A military statement said the individuals had been arrested for “suspected involvement in popular terror activities", without elaborating about...

Saudi Arabia's envoy to London described the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last fall as a "stain" for the kingdom. "What happened in Istanbul almost a year ago, was a stain on Saudi Arabia, stain on our culture, our people, our...

The United Arab Emirates followed Saudi Arabia Thursday in joining a US-led force to protect Gulf shipping as tensions with Iran soared following twin attacks on key Saudi oil facilities. The United States has pushed for the creation of the International Maritime Security Construct to...