3 rockets fired at US embassy in Iraqi capital: security source
Three out of five rockets fired on Sunday directly hit the US embassy in Iraq's capital, a security source told AFP, including one that...
Iraqis apprehensive ahead of cleric’s anti-US rally
Supporters of volatile Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr prepared on Friday for a "million-strong" march in Baghdad to demand the ouster of US troops, putting...
Vessels are going into the Strait of Hormuz Over the Tension with Iran
South Korea will send a naval destroyer and 300 troops to the Strait of Hormuz, its defence ministry said Tuesday, after pressure from its...
Iraq to ‘stop’ Iran gas transfers if US waiver ends: bank
The bank through which Iraq pays for Iranian gas imports to power its grids said Tuesday it would stop processing payments if a crucial...
Baghdad’s Green Zone hit by 3 rockets: Wake up call for the US?
Three rockets hit near the US embassy in the Iraqi capital's high-security Green Zone, security sources said, with no immediate reports of casualties. At least...
Iran at the crossroads: Internal challenges vs. Regional ambitions
Opinion | It seems as if the Middle East has been in a constant state of war and uncertainty since forever. There are multiple conflicts,...
Can Qatar and Pakistan defuse tensions between Tehran and Washington?
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi met with his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha, Qatar wherein he called for a...
German-Afghan army adviser on trial for spying for Iran
A German-Afghan translator for the German army goes on trial Monday along with his wife on charges of treason for allegedly spying for Iran. Abdul...
Hawkish Trump warns Iran’s Supreme Leader to be ‘careful with his words’
Despite overwhelming calls for de-escalation from all sides of the world, Trump has once again threatened Iran, putting the chances of peace with the...
Pakistan FM, after visits, says Iran wants to de-escalate
Pakistan's foreign minister, who has shuttled between Washington and Tehran in the course of a week, voiced confidence Friday that Iran was seeking to...
Iran’s Ali Khamenei delivers Friday prayer sermon in Tehran
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is delivering a Friday sermon in Tehran for the first time in almost eight years, as the Islamic...
“Plane tragedy should not overshadow loss of commander”, Iran’s Khamenei
Iran's supreme leader said on Friday that even though the accidental downing of the Ukrainian airliner was a "bitter" tragedy, it should not overshadow...