Iran's Revolutionary Guard have seized a foreign oil tanker accused of smuggling oil with a crew of 12, Iran's state TV reported Thursday, just days after an oil tanker based in the United Arab Emirates disappeared off trackers in Iranian territorial waters. The Panamanian-flagged oil...

A small oil tanker from the United Arab Emirates traveling through the Strait of Hormuz entered Iranian waters and turned off its tracker three days ago, leading the U.S. to suspect Iran seized the vessel amid heightened tensions in the region. Iranian state media quoted its Foreign...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least  31 Civil Defense facilities were hit by the Syrian regime and allied Russian forces in the 2-month-old offensive on northwestern Syria,  according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR). The London-based monitoring group said in a 26-page...

U.S. President Donald Trump has the authority to waive sanctions on Turkey for its purchase of Russian air defense systems and should find a “middle ground” in the dispute, President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Sunday. Erdogan’s comments came two days after NATO member...