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US President Joe Biden on Tuesday called Xi Jinping a dictator, a day after top US diplomat Antony Blinken visited Beijing to stabilize bilateral relations that China says are at their lowest point since formal ties were established. Biden also said Xi was very embarrassed when a suspected...

Abortive act of piracy: IRGC Navy foils US attempt to steal Iranian oil in Oman Sea Wednesday, 03 November 2021 9:36 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 03 November 2021 11:41 AM ] This file picture shows members of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy during a ceremony in...

LONDON (Reuters) - Iranian oil exports have risen sharply in September in defiance of U.S. sanctions, three assessments based on tanker tracking showed, throwing a lifeline to the Islamic Republic and its collapsing economy. FILE PHOTO: Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1, previously named...

Israeli official says countries are lining up to normalize ties with Israel, with Bahrain at the top of the list. Bahrain and Israel are working to finalize an agreement to normalize ties between the two countries, Channel 12 News reported on Sunday. According to the report, Mossad chief...

A fire broke out on the U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard at the U.S. Naval base in San Diego on Sunday, the Navy said. Eleven sailors were being treated for injuries, said Brian O’Rourke, a Navy spokesman. An explosion occurred after the fire started and the ship was evacuated. Smoke was billowing from...

China’s trade with Iran has reached a stunning new low. Data released Thursday by the Chinnese customs administration show that declared imports of Iranian oil in March amounted to just $80 million, down 92%, year on year. The last time the value of Iran’s declared monthly oil exports to China...

SKIP TO CONTENTSKIP TO SITE INDEX SUBSCRIBE NOWLOG IN Opinion The Iranian Missile Strike Did Far More Damage Than Trump Admits Hundreds of our troops suffered brain trauma. We need to reconsider the costs of military interventions. By Loren DeJonge Schulman and Paul Scharre Ms. DeJonge...

The Trump administration’s threat to impose auto tariffs on Europeans if they failed to call out Iran on nuclear deal underscores the tumult in the transatlantic relationship. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) By John Hudson and Souad Mekhennet Jan. 15, 2020 at 10:00 p.m. GMT+3:30 A week before...

Peace Now says settlement building has increased under PM Benjamin Netanyahu and ally US President Donald Trump. 21 hours ago Israeli settlements are deemed illegal under international law and widely seen as the main obstacle to peace [File: Amir Levy/Getty Images] MORE ON OCCUPIED WEST BANK...

Kingdom’s decision follows surprise move by Yemen’s Houthi rebels to declare a unilateral cease-fire days after claiming an attack on Saudi oil industry A Yemeni Red Crescent staffer tries to pull a body from the rubble at a detention center hit by alleged Saudi-led airstrikes in Dhamar...

President Michel Aoun says Lebanon has a legitimate right to fight off any act of aggression threatening its territorial integrity, warning that the Israeli regime will bear all the consequences in such a case. “Any aggression against Lebanon and the safety of its territories will be met with...

Detective tells court the deposed president was handed the money by Mohammed bin Salman's envoys Sudan's ousted president Omar al-Bashir sits in a defendant's cage during the opening of his corruption trial in Khartoum. (AFP) By MEE and agencies Published date: 19 August 2019 10:12 UTC | Last...

saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates may be close partners with a common goal defeating a rebel group in Yemen, but their diverging interests have come to a violent head as heavy clashes erupted between their respective allies in the war-torn nation. Violent skirmishes between the...

Iran is quietly building up an arsenal of locally-produced drones that it is exporting to its allies in the region and testing against enemies in Iraq, Israel and Saudi Arabia. On July 10, Iranian drones reportedly were used to attack a Kurdish dissident group in northern Iraq, after Iran...

U.S. to Send About 500 More Troops to Saudi Arabia A broader tranche of forces have been sent to the Middle East this year after tensions between the United States and Iran escalated.CreditTech. Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady/U.S. Air Force Image A broader tranche of forces have been sent to the...

Yemen has successfully targeted an attack drone belonging to Saudi Arabia, as the country continues to develop a deterrence against Riyadh's continued drone raids and surveillance flights over cities and civilian targets. The Yemeni Army and Popular Committees downed the drone on Thursday...

US President Donald Trump speaks to his supporters at a MAGA rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin [Darren Hauck/AFP] US President Donald Trump has reiterated his support for Saudi Arabia at a 'Make America Great Again' (MAGA) rally where he described a negotiation tactic he used to get more money...

Beirut, Lebanon (CNN)Long before Saudi Arabia announced it had carried out one of the largest mass executions in its history earlier this week, some of the men condemned to death had made impassioned pleas to the courts in a bid to save their lives. Many said they were totally innocent, that...

A carnival float depicts President Donald Trump as an angel of peace behind Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with a bloody chain saw prior to the traditional carnival parade in Duesseldorf, Germany, on Monday, March 4, 2019. The foolish street spectacles in the carnival centers of...

Yellow Vest demonstrators have marched through the streets of the French capital, Paris, and other cities on the 13th weekend of rallies against political elite and the economic policies of President Emmanuel Macron. Protesters and police scuffled outside the grounds of the National Assembly...