More than 300 people have been injured after magnitude 5.8 earthquake hits 22km north of Jhelum. At least 20 people have been killed and more than 300 injured after a magnitude 5.8 earthquake rattled Pakistan-administered Kashmir and areas in Punjab province. Tuesday’s quake hit 22 kilometres (14 miles) north of the city of Jhelum along the […]

NEW YORK (REUTERS) – France’s foreign minister has said that his country’s main aim at this week’s United Nations General Assembly meeting is to de-escalate tensions between the United States and Iran and that a meeting between their presidents was not the top priority. “The meeting between (US) President (Donald) Trump and (Iranian) President (Hassan) […]

RIYADH (REUTERS) – If an investigation shows that last week’s attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities was launched from Iranian territory, the kingdom would consider it an act of war, but Riyadh is currently seeking a peaceful resolution, a senior Saudi official said. “We hold Iran responsible because the missiles and the drones that were […]

For a little more than three years, Yemen has been locked in a seemingly intractable civil war that has killed nearly 10,000 people and pushed millions to the brink of starvation. The conflict has its roots in the Arab Spring of 2011, when an uprising forced the country’s long-time authoritarian president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to […]

Yemen, one of the Arab world’s poorest countries, has been devastated by a civil war. Here we explain what is fuelling the fighting, and who is involved. How did the war start? The conflict has its roots in the failure of a political transition supposed to bring stability to Yemen following an Arab Spring uprising […]

Saudi Arabia says it will respond with “necessary measures” to attacks on two oil facilities as it reiterated the accusation that Iran was behind them. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir said the weapons used were Iranian and vowed to release the full findings of the investigation. Iran denies involvement in the attacks. […]

WASHINGTON — President Trump is sending a modest deployment of American troops to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, along with air and missile defense systems, in response to the attacks on Saudi oil facilities, which the administration blames on Iran. Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper called the decision, which came on Friday during […]

ISTANBUL (DPA) – An Istanbul court on Friday (Sept 20) rejected the acquittal request of two reporters from US news agency Bloomberg standing trial over a story in 2018 about Turkey’s currency crisis. Kerim Karakaya and Fercan Yalinkilic have been accused of trying to undermine Turkey’s economic stability, Bloomberg said in June when the court […]

DUBAI (REUTERS) – The United States said on Thursday (Sept 19) it was building a coalition to deter Iranian threats following a weekend attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. Iran has warned US President Donald Trump against being dragged into a war in the Middle East and said it would meet any offensive action with […]

The oil rich monarchies of the Persian Gulf have relied for decades on the promise of protection by the United States military, a commitment sealed by the rollback of the 1990 invasion of Kuwait and reinforced by a half dozen American military bases that sprung up around the region. Now that commitment is facing its […]