Middle East
Iran seizes third foreign ship in less than a month
Iran has seized a "foreign vessel" in the Gulf, state media said, in what would be the third such seizure in a ...Israel, US successfully test ballistic missile interceptor
Israel and the United States have successfully carried out tests of a ballistic missile interceptor that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said provides ...More than 400,000 displaced in northwest Syria in 3 months: UN
More than 400,000 people have been displaced in northwestern Syria over the past three months, the UN said, as the government presses ...Iraqi forces clear farmland near Baghdad of IS militants
Iraqi security forces were sweeping villages and farmland north of Baghdad as part of an operation aimed at clearing remnants of the ...Militants bomb, derail phosphate train in central Syria
Syria\'s transport ministry said a freight train carrying phosphate derailed and caught fire after getting hit by explosives planted on the tracks ...European powers urge Iran to release British-flagged tanker
European powers urged Iran to release a British-flagged tanker it seized in the Strait of Hormuz in what Britain called a "dangerous" ...Workers recover hundreds of bodies from Syrian mass grave
In an open field on the outskirts of the Syrian city of Raqqa, workers in black uniforms, surgical masks and red hardhats ...UK says seized Iranian oil tanker could be released
Britain will facilitate the release of a seized Iranian tanker if Iran can provide guarantees the vessel would not breach European sanctions ...EU holds Iran nuclear crisis talks as Tehran issues fresh threats
European foreign ministers held crisis talks on saving the beleaguered Iran nuclear deal as Britain warned the "small window" for success was ...Britain sending destroyer to Gulf amid Iranian threats
Iran demanded the British navy release an Iranian oil tanker seized last week off Gibraltar, accusing London of playing a "dangerous game" ...




