Iraq on Sunday said it has no links with the oil tanker seized by Iran in the Persian Gulf for allegedly smuggling fuel. In a statement, Iraq's Oil Ministry said the ship seized in the Persian Gulf is a small vessel which the ministry does not deal with in the process of oil marketing....

Israeli forces rounded up 13 Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the occupied West Bank, according to the military on Monday.  A military statement said the individuals had been arrested for suspected involvement in "popular violent activities", without elaborating about...

The United States is unable to build a naval coalition to escort tankers in the Gulf because its allies are too "ashamed" to join it, Iran's foreign minister said Monday. "Today the United States is alone in the world and cannot create a coalition. Countries that are its friends are too...

Iran said Sunday that an oil tanker sized by its elite forces in the Gulf for smuggling fuel was an Iraqi ship, the official IRNA news agency reported. "The oil tanker that was captured on Wednesday for smuggling Iran's fuel to other countries was an Iraqi ship," IRNA said, quoting...