There will be "serious consequences" if Iran does not release a British-flagged tanker seized in the Gulf, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said. The Stena Impero's owners say they have been unable to contact their vessel, which had 23 personnel on board and was "heading north towards...

Syrian activists and their supporters around the world have been on a rolling hunger strike to protest the Assad regime and Russia's continuing assault on the Idlib province, which has left hundreds of people dead and displaced over 350,000 people since it began in April 2019. The...

A senior UN adviser on Friday voiced concern over the ongoing violence in northwestern Syria, decrying a distressing rise. "An alarming intensification of daily violence continues in northwestern Syria. At least 350 civilians are reported to have been killed in recent hostilities in the...

Iran's state television on Friday aired footage it said disproved U.S. President Donald Trump's assertion that the U.S. Navy has destroyed an Iranian drone in the Gulf. The video published by the Revolutionary Guards showed aerial views of warships. The television station said the drone had...