Iran rejected Friday allegations it was interfering in Yemen by backing Shiite rebels there, accusing Saudi Arabia of seeking to absolve itself of responsibility in the war-torn Arabian Peninsula country. Riyadh's new Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir on Thursday criticised what he called Iran's...

Iran is a destabilising force that must not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon, top US diplomat John Kerry said in Saudi Arabia Thursday, aiming to calm Riyadh's worries. Saudi Arabia and its Gulf neighbours fear Tehran might be able to develop an atomic bomb despite an international accord...

Turkey on Wednesday arrested four prosecutors and a gendarme officer for trying to carry out a search of Syria-bound trucks belonging to the state intelligence agency that they suspected of illegally carrying arms for rebels fighting Syria's government. Local media said the arrests were...

The Egyptian military Wednesday shot dead three Palestinian gunmen who infiltrated through a smuggling tunnel in the Sinai town of Rafah on the border with Gaza, security officials said. They said the "armed Palestinians" and the military clashed in a buffer zone established along the border....