Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey signed a joint defense agreement in Mecca on Friday, with the three countries declaring that an attack on one will constitute an attack on all three. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Turkish President Recep...

Iran has ruled out Oman’s proposal for regional joint management of the Strait of Hormuz, a senior Iranian official said on Wednesday, hitting hopes of a swift diplomatic breakthrough in the war. The plan had no chance of success, the official told Reuters. Iran and Oman must manage...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that Iran will continue to pay a high price until it comes back to its “senses,” adding that the Iranians didn’t seem to ready to make a deal again. His comments come as the United States continues consecutive nights of attacks on...

US President Donald Trump praised  Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday  as he welcomed him to the White House, making Aoun Lebanon’s first head of state to visit since 2009. “He’s handsome also,” Trump quipped to reporters during comments from the Oval Office. “And...