Iran was to revive maritime security talks Tuesday with officials from traditional foe the United Arab Emirates (UAE) amid worsening frictions between the Islamic Republic and the West in the Gulf region, Iranian media reported. The talks had been off since 2013, but the UAE wants to help...

An Israeli military court jailed a prominent Palestinian lawyer for 13 and a half years on Tuesday for shooting at Israeli vehicles in the occupied West Bank, the army said. Tareq Barghout, a Ramallah-based lawyer who represented Palestinians accused by Israel of security-related offences,...

The annual conference of Socialist International (SI) opened in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday with the participation of political parties from 25 countries.  Speaking during the opening session, Rawhi Fattouh, Commissioner for International Relations of Palestinian group...

An internal ethics report has alleged mismanagement and abuses of authority at the highest levels of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees even as the organisation faced an unprecedented crisis after US funding cuts. The allegations included in the confidential report by the agency's...

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah II met Monday to discuss efforts to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, reaffirming their support for a two-state solution, Sisi's office said. The meeting comes ahead of an expected visit to the region by US President...

The head of the UN special probe into Islamic State group crimes has called for trials like those at Nuremberg of Nazi leaders to ensure the jihadists' victims are heard and their ideology "debunked". For a year, British lawyer Karim Khan has travelled around Iraq with a team of almost 80...

Iran’s foreign policy is to confront American hegemony and protect multilateralism, Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri said on Monday, adding that its reduction of commitments under a nuclear deal could be reversed if other parties upheld their side of the agreement. Iran and the United...

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

 Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard published footage Monday purportedly showing the Guards warning off a British warship during their July 19 seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Tasnim news agency. "You are required not to interfere in...

Britain Monday rejected the idea that it could release a Iranian tanker in exchange for a British-flagged vessel seized by the Islamic Republic in the Gulf. Tensions have spiked between Iran and Britain since after Iranian commandos seized a British-flagged tanker earlier this month. That...

Iran plans new steps cutting the Iran nuclear deal in early September, according to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov.  Following a meeting of the Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in Vienna, Ryabkov told reporters on Sunday that Iran plans...

Oman and Iran were cooperating on navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, Oman’s minister in charge of foreign affairs said on Sunday after meeting Iranian officials in Tehran. Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah added that there is a need for all parties to maintain contact to avoid more...

The presence of foreign forces would be the main source of tension in the Gulf, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday in a meeting with Oman’s foreign minister in Tehran, according to the official presidency website. France, Italy and Denmark gave initial support for a British...

Parties to Iran's 2015 nuclear deal met in Vienna Sunday for emergency talks called in response to an escalation in tensions between Iran and the West that included confrontations at sea and Tehran's breaches of the accord. Britain, France, Germany, Russia, China and Iran have been trying...

The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, told lawmakers on Sunday that Iran will restart activities at the Arak heavy water nuclear reactor, the ISNA news agency reported. ISNA cited a member of parliament who attended the meeting. Heavy water can be employed in...

A controversial US plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace could spell the demise of Jordan and turn it into a "Palestinian state", Jordanians and analysts warn. The initiative launched by US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner at a June conference in Bahrain dangles the prospect...

The owners of Stena Impero, a British-flagged oil tanker seized by Iran this month, said on Saturday that Indian, Russian and Philippine embassy officials met crew members from their respective countries and reported that they were in good health. “We hope this situation can be resolved...

Iran's missile tests are part of the country's defensive needs and are not directed against any country, and Tehran does not need any power's permission, the semi-official news agency Fars on Saturday quoted an Iranian military source as saying. A U.S. defense official said Thursday that...

Hazem Tahsin Bek on Saturday succeeded his late father as prince of the Yazidi religious minority that was brutalised by the Islamic State group in northern Iraq. He was enthroned in a ceremony in Lalish, the Yazidis' holiest site in Iraq's mountainous northwest, after having been named by...

The Hamas resistance group praised China on Saturday for its stance on the Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes in the holy city of Jerusalem. In a written statement, Hamas said Beijing once again demonstrated its commitment to peace and stability in the Middle East. The group called...