Russia is estimated to have supplied North Korea with more than a million barrels of oil since March this year, according to satellite imagery analysis from the Open Source Center, a non-profit research group based in the UK.
The oil is payment for (...)
RIYADH — The second meeting of the Saudi-Chinese-Iranian Tripartite Joint Committee to Follow Up on the Beijing Agreement welcomed the continuous progress in Saudi-Iranian relations. It also called for an immediate end to the Israeli aggression on (...)
Hezbollah's media chief Mohammed Afif has been killed in an Israeli strike in central Beirut, the Lebanese militant group has confirmed.
A strike hit the headquarters of the Baath political party in the densely populated Ras al-Naba neighborhood on (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Eng. Walid Al-Kheraiji received Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Dr. Majid Takht-Ravanchi at the ministry's headquarters in Riyadh on Monday.
During the meeting, they discussed (...)
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has warned that the "space for negotiation and diplomacy...is getting smaller" over Iran's advancing atomic program as conflicts in the Middle East rage on and Donald Trump gears up to return to the (...)
The Justice Department has charged a man for allegedly leaking highly classified US intelligence about Israel's plans for retaliation against Iran, according to court documents and a person familiar with the case.
Asif W. Rahman was indicted last (...)
The United Nations has accused Israel of "severe violations" of a 50-year-old agreement with Syria, saying it has engaged in "engineering groundwork activities" that encroach on a key buffer zone in the Golan Heights.
"Violations of the 1974 (...)
RIYADH — Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref emphasized that improved relationship with Saudi Arabia is important and necessary for the people of the two countries and the region as well. "Strengthening these relations is irreversible," (...)
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Rep Michael Waltz, a Florida Republican, to serve as national security adviser, two sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
A veteran of the war in Afghanistan and a long-time Trump supporter, (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he and US President-elect Donald Trump see "eye to eye on the Iranian threat".
Netanyahu revealed that he had spoken with Trump three times in recent days, describing their discussions as (...)
RIYADH — The Extraordinary Arab-Islamic summit, which concluded in Riyadh on Monday, underlined the need to mobilize international support to freeze Israel's participation in the United Nations General Assembly and its affiliated bodies. It also (...)
RIYADH — Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman reaffirmed his country's absolute rejection of the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza and Lebanon.
Inaugurating the Extraordinary Arab-Islamic Summit in Riyadh on Monday, he also called on (...)
The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog, Mariano Grossi, announced on Sunday that he will travel to Iran in the coming days to discuss the country's nuclear program. The visit takes place amid rising tensions in the Middle East due to the (...)
Iran has strongly rejected allegations that it was involved in a plot to assassinate former and current US officials, including President-elect Donald Trump, calling the claims "completely unfounded."
In a statement issued on Saturday, Iranian (...)
Ukraine has officially terminated its air traffic agreement with Iran, a government official announced on Friday.
Taras Melnychuk, a representative of Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers in the Verkhovna Rada, confirmed the decision on Telegram, stating, (...)
For over two millennia, the Roman temples at Baalbek in eastern Lebanon have stood as some of the finest examples of Roman architecture anywhere in the world.
On Wednesday, a car park just meters away from the Unesco World Heritage site was hit by (...)
France condemned the brief detention of two consulate members after it said Israeli police forced their way into a French-owned holy site in Jerusalem, in what is the latest diplomatic spat in a series of events that have sent relations between the (...)
Donald Trump will be America's 47th president, CNN projected Wednesday, after mounting the most momentous comeback in political history that will hand him massive, disruptive power at home and will send shockwaves around the world.
Four years after (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant after months of clashes over domestic politics and Israel's war efforts.
In a recorded statement Tuesday evening, Netanyahu said that "trust between me and the (...)
RIYADH — Aleksandar Mitrovic starred with a hat-trick as Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal moved closer to the knockout stage after a 3-0 win over Esteghlal FC of Iran in their AFC Champions League Elite 2024/25 tie on Monday.
This victory keeps Al Hilal at (...)
Israeli police have arrested a top aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over allegedly leaking classified information to foreign media.
Opposition leaders say the intelligence was "faked," and part of a ruse to thwart a ceasefire and hostage (...)
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued a sharp warning to the US and Israel on Saturday, pledging a "crushing response" for actions against Iran.
In a speech delivered in Tehran, Khamenei stated, "The enemies – whether the Zionist (...)
Germany ordered the closure of all three Iranian consulates in the country on Thursday following Tehran's execution of Iranian-German dual citizen Jamshid Sharmahd, who had spent four years in an Iranian prison on terror charges.
Sharmahd, 69, a (...)
Israeli strikes have killed 19 people, including eight women, around Lebanon's eastern city of Baalbek, the country's health ministry has said.
It came hours after tens of thousands of residents fled in response to evacuation orders issued by the (...)
RIYADH — Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said that Saudi Arabia is working to diversify its international partnerships. Speaking at a dialogue session in the 8th Future Investment Initiative (FII8) conference in Riyadh on Thursday, he said (...)
