Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday that the country’s vaccination campaign against the coronavirus pandemic is likely to roll out in February with imported vaccines. Speaking at a meeting in the capital Tehran, Rouhani said it is “necessary” to use foreign-manufactured...

As the world awaits steps by new US President Joe Biden to end the bloodshed in war-ravaged Yemen, UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths has come under fire from both rebel Houthis and President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi’s government. Both parties accuse Griffiths, a former British diplomat, of...

Saudi Arabia intercepted a "hostile target" over Riyadh on Saturday, said state media in the kingdom which has come under repeated attack from Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels since 2015. An explosion was heard in the Saudi capital at around 11:00 am (0800 GMT), AFP correspondents...