Persian Gulf

Iran is pushing back against US demands that it directly negotiate over its nuclear program or be bombed, warning neighbors that host US bases that they could be in the firing line if involved, a s…

A political earthquake shook Gaza this week. Its tremors continue to reverberate. Protests demanding the end of Hamas's governance of Gaza and holding it responsible for the destruction of the...

Satellite photographs likely signal the Iran soon plans to use replica for live-fire drills amid heightened tensions with the U.S.

President Trump returned to office facing a weakened defense industrial base, strained by the Ukraine war and threatened by China's grip on critical inputs. Dependence on competitors like China...

Researchers have identified an extensive Mesopotamian canal network that supplied ancient farms in the Eridu region with water from the Euphrates river before the first millennium B.C.

China is flexing its military muscle in the region to show that it will not wait for the Trump administration to decide how hard it wants to counter Beijing.

As President Donald Trump's whims reverberate across the world, one particular Chicago group — globe and mapmakers — rise to meet the challenge.

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said Thursday that the oil-rich kingdom stands by Lebanon, but stressed that the war-ravaged, crisis-ridden country needs to adopt necessary reforms.

Top administration officials seek to bolster allies and shore up Ukraine in their final swings through Europe and the Indo-Pacific.

He brought human rights to forefront in foreign policy, laid security foundations that have endured.

The two Mideast powerhouses have been trying to block the rise of Islamist groups in the region for two decades. The rebel takeover in Damascus will test that approach.

The unthinkable in the troubled Middle East happened in 2024, with a major geopolitical shift after the stunning collapse of the Syrian regime at the hands of Islamist rebels.

Hungary is the first ICC member state to openly flout the decision, with Prime Minister Viktor Orban inviting the Israeli leader to visit.

At COP29, trillions of dollars are riding on whether major emerging economies like China will have to step up climate aid.

CARACAS, Oct 24 (IPS) - Migration, trade, the defence of democracy, the confrontation with China and the collapse of multilateralism are issues that shed more doubts than certainties on Latin America's expectations of the imminent presidential elections in the United States.

Energy analysts have questioned whether oil markets are being too complacent about the risk of a widening conflict in the Middle East.

For months, traders have largely dismissed the risk of a supply disruption in the Middle East, but the threat is growing.

The tiny emirate of Qatar—a former British protectorate in the Persian Gulf—is where the Evil Empire narrative, used by Western Liberals to admonish themselves and their voters, finally co