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Created in 1989 in Paris on the initiative of the Western industrial powers, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) includes the European Union, members of... Comment

The missiles were launched towards the city of Yanbu on the Red Sea coast, where the state-owned Saudi Aramco oil refinery is located, although it... Comment

After Iranian top general Qasem Soleimani and senior members of the Iranian-backed militia in Iraq were assassinated at the behest of US President Donald Trump... 1 Comment(s)

A Trump administration report to Congress on the US assassination of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani makes no mention of earlier claims by President Donald... Comment

A new round of Astana-format peace talks on Syria will be held in Tehran in the near future, Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Majid... Comment

Saudi Arabia has denied visas to the Iranian delegation to the extraordinary meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) that is set to convene... Comment

Iran launched retaliatory strikes targeting US military bases in Iraq on January 8 in response to the US drone strike assassination of Revolutionary Guard Quds... 1 Comment(s)

A new report citing the US Department of Defense revealed that an estimated 50 US military personnel were diagnosed with either traumatic brain injury (TBI)... 2 Comment(s)

A new poll has found more than a quarter of Americans believe that US President Donald Trump should face war crimes charges in the International... 4 Comment(s)

The World Economic Forum, hosted in Davos on Tuesday and Wednesday, saw the world's top entrepreneurs, scientists, corporate and political leaders come together to discuss... Comment

Moscow accuses Washington of misinforming the international community about Iran's right to enrich uranium, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. Last Friday, US Special... Comment

Earlier, Iranian Foreign Ministry's spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi said that Tehran continues to adhere to the 2015 nuclear deal, adding that the European powers' claims... Comment

Earlier in the day, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, while leading Friday prayers in Tehran for the first time since 2012, noted that the assassination... 2 Comment(s)

According to a Wednesday report by The Washington Post, the Trump administration quietly threatened last week to impose tariffs on key European nations, just before... 2 Comment(s)

Officials at the White House, the State Department and the Pentagon have repeatedly pointed to the ‘threat’ to US interests posed by Quds Force commander... Comment

In an eventful week, even by high Middle Eastern standards, the United States killed a powerful Iranian commander, and Iranian air defence systems unintentionally shot... Comment

US President Donald Trump in an interview with Fox News said that top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani was plotting attacks on four American embassies in... 1 Comment(s)

Mike Pompeo has reportedly long cherished plans to take the Iranian general off the Middle East battlefield, as he is said to have for quite... 2 Comment(s)

US President Donald Trump earlier claimed that Washington had eliminated the top Iranian military commander to halt Tehran's plans to blow up the US Embassy... Comment

Iraqi media outlets reported in September 2019 that the country's authorities had expressed interest in acquiring Russian air defence systems, citing anonymous sources within the... Comment

Iran launched a missile strike on US positions in Iraq in retaliation for the assassination of its IRGC General Qasem Soleimani. According to US statements,... Comment

US Ambassador Kelly Craft wrote a letter to the UNSC on Wednesday, saying that the United States stands "ready to engage without preconditions in serious... 1 Comment(s)

Two US military bases in Iraq were attacked early on 8 January with Iranian missiles in an act of retaliation for Washington's operation that killed... 1 Comment(s)

Reports citing military sources say several rockets have been fired at the Ayn al-Asad Air Base in western Iraq, which houses a large US air... 1 Comment(s)

In a Monday letter to Iraqi military leaders, the US-led coalition in Iraq announced it was preparing to "move out" of the country out of... 3 Comment(s)

The Iraqi parliament voted on Sunday to support the expulsion of all foreign troops from the Iraqi territory and cutting off ties with the US-led... Comment

This comes amid an ongoing escalation of tensions between Iran and the US following the death of Iran's top military commander Qasem Soleimani in a... 2 Comment(s)

The United States carried out an airstrike in Baghdad, Iraq in the early hours of Friday in order to "protect US personnel abroad". As a... 1 Comment(s)

The US Department of Defence confirmed on Thursday that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander, Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani was killed in the airstrikes... 4 Comment(s)