The continued detention of British-flagged tanker Stena Impero is "unacceptable and unjustifiable" and there are concerns for the welfare of the crew after 19 days in confinement, the vessel's owner said Tuesday. Iran's Revolutionary Guards on July 19 seized the Stena Impero in the Strait...

Israel has advanced plans for more than 2,300 settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, the latest in a surge of such approvals since US President Donald Trump took office, an NGO said Tuesday. A defence ministry planning committee issued the approvals while meeting over the past couple...

Iran unveiled three precision-guided missiles Tuesday, with the defense minister saying they show the country is ready to defend itself in the face of U.S. "viciousness and conspiracies." The new line-up of air-to-air missiles dubbed the "Yasin", "Balaban" and a new series of the "Ghaem"...

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that Tehran favours talks with Washington but the United States must first lift sanctions it imposed on the Islamic republic. "The Islamic Republic of Iran favours talks and negotiations and, if the US really wants to talk, before anything...