The Kremlin said yesterday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Donald Trump could meet briefly at the G20 in

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman accused arch-rival Iran of attacks on oil tankers in a vital Gulf shipping channel, adding he “won’t hesitate” to tackle any threats to the kingdom, according to an interview published yesterday.

Iran will continue scaling back compliance with a nuclear deal unless other signatories to the pact show “positive signals”, the Iranian president said yesterday as tensions with the United States escalated over tanker attacks in the Gulf region.

At least 10 civilians and 35 combatants, mostly pro-regime forces, were killed yesterday in clashes and air strikes that erupted at dawn in northwestern Syria, a war monitor said.

The United States has blamed Iran for attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday that drove up oil prices and raised concerns about a new US-Iranian confrontation, but Tehran has bluntly denied the allegation.

At least nine people, including four security personnel and five civilians were killed and 12 others injured by a suicide bomber in the eastern

Israeli warplanes bombed bunkers at a Hamas base in Gaza early yesterday following the first rocket fire from the territory since early

Two oil tankers were attacked in the Gulf of Oman yesterday, leaving one ablaze and both adrift, shipping firms said, driving oil prices as much as 4% higher over worries about Middle East supplies.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has warned of unintended clashes in the crisis-hit Middle East after meeting the Iranian president in Tehran, amid a brewing confrontation between Iran and the United States.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday landed in Tehran on a mission to ease tensions between the US and Iran, just hours after Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen launched an attack on an airport in Saudi Arabia, wounding 26 people.

Iran’s foreign minister warned the US yesterday that it “cannot expect to stay safe” after launching what he described as an economic

Fierce clashes between Russia-backed government forces and jihadists have left 83 combatants dead in northwestern Syria in the past 24 hours, a Britain-based war monitor said yesterday.

At least four people were killed yesterday when a bomb tore through a bus in Kabul, an official said, marking the second day straight that

Iran’s president yesterday ruled out negotiations with Washington until it acts “normal”, after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the US

Ten people were killed and 20 wounded Saturday in a suicide car bomb attack in Raqa, a former stronghold of the Islamic State group (IS)

Israel carried out air strikes in Syria yesterday in response to rare rocket fire from the neighbouring country, its military said, with a

Algeria cannot hold a presidential election planned for July 4 due to a lack of valid candidates, its constitutional council said yesterday,

One person was killed and 17 others wounded yesterday in three successive blasts in Kabul, Afghan officials said, capping a murderous

A Saudi-hosted Islamic summit yesterday threw its support behind Palestinians ahead of a US-led peace plan suspected to be skewed in favour of Israel, as Muslim states rallied around Saudi Arabia over tensions with Iran.

Gulf and Arab allies rallied around Saudi Arabia yesterday as it ratcheted up tensions with regional rival Iran after a series of attacks, drawing accusations from Tehran of “sowing division”.