Spain has recalled a frigate accompanying a US aircraft carrier to the Middle East because of rising tensions between Washington and Tehran, the defence ministry said Tuesday. "For the moment the frigate Mendez Nunez has left the combat group of the USS Abraham Lincoln," a ministry...

Sri Lankan soldiers in armored vehicles on Tuesday patrolled towns hit by sectarian violence this week as residents recalled how Muslims had hid in paddy fields to escape mobs attacking their homes and shops. Authorities said the situation in the worst-affected northwestern parts of the...

The tanker attacks off the coast of the United Arab Emirates were "Israeli mischief," an Iranian parliamentary spokesperson said on Tuesday, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). "The events that took place in the Emirates were Israeli mischief," Behrouz Nemati said, without...

A television station run by Yemen's Houthi group said Tuesday the Iran-aligned movement had launched drone attacks on Saudi installations, without identifying the targets or time of the attacks. Saudi Arabia offered no immediate confirmation of the report, which comes a day after Riyadh...