Category: 3. Middle East

Some Gulf countries, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are calling on US President Donald Trump to continue his military campaign against Iran.

This is reported by the Associated Press, citing unnamed…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — People accused of spying or cooperating with “hostile states” could face the death penalty and confiscation of all assets under a recently enhanced law, an Iranian judiciary spokesperson said, a month…

A commission of the Iranian parliament has approved a preliminary draft law on the Strait of Hormuz, said Mojtaba Zarei, a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament.

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By Kate Abnett

BRUSSELS, March 31 (Reuters) – European Union governments should prepare for a “prolonged disruption” to energy markets as a result of the Iran war, the bloc’s energy chief has told countries’ ministers ahead of an emergency meeting…

BEIJING, March 31 (Reuters) – China’s foreign minister and his Pakistani counterpart will discuss the situationin Iran during the latter’s visit to China on Tuesday, China’s foreign ministry said.

The two countries have similar positions on major…

A month into the US-Israeli war with the Islamic Republic, one Iran-backed armed group that had been noticeably absent from the fighting finally joined the fray.

On Saturday, Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired a ballistic missile at what they…

WASHINGTON (AP) — US President Donald Trump is threatening to deploy ground troops to seize critical oil infrastructure on Iran’s Kharg Island, a military gambit that experts say would risk American lives and could still fail to end the…

Iran fired missiles across the Middle East on Tuesday as its capital was hit by fresh explosions, after US President Donald Trump threatened the country’s key oil export hub, power stations and desalination plants.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…