Middle East
Snow shuts schools, delays flights in Iran capital
Heavy snow covered the streets of Tehran on Sunday, causing major flight delays and forcing the closure of schools, authorities in the ...More than 80 soldiers killed in Yemen missile, drone attack
More than 80 Yemeni soldiers have been killed and scores injured in a missile and drone attack blamed on Huthi rebels in ...Khamenei plays down protests, says Iran foes exploiting plane tragedy
Iran’s supreme leader said Friday that demonstrations at home over its accidental downing of a Ukrainian airliner were unrepresentative of the Iranian ...Iran accuses EU of abandoning nuclear deal for fear of ‘bully’ Trump
Iran accused European governments Thursday of sacrificing a troubled 2015 nuclear deal to avoid trade reprisals from US President Donald Trump who ...Iran’s Rouhani calls for ‘national unity’ after jet downing
President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday called for “national unity” and flagged the need for changes to the way Iran is run after ...EU states launch process disputing Iran’s nuclear compliance
Three EU countries on Tuesday launched a process charging Iran with failing to observe the terms of the 2015 deal curtailing its ...Rouhani says Iran must ‘punish’ all responsible for air disaster
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that everyone responsible for the accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner last week must ...Trump warns Iran not to kill protesters, door still open to talks
US President Donald Trump warned Iran Sunday against killing protesters who have risen up over the regime’s downing of a civilian airliner ...Iran says it ‘unintentionally’ shot down Ukraine passenger jet
Iran said Saturday it “unintentionally” shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 people on board, in an abrupt about-turn after ...Oman’s Sultan Qaboos dies; cousin Haitham named successor
Oman’s culture minister Haitham bin Tariq has been sworn in as royal ruler after the death of his cousin Sultan Qaboos, who ...














