World Sep 18 Five Americans detained in Iran released as part of deal for $6 billion in frozen assets Americans held for years in Iranian custody walked arm-in-arm off a plane into freedom.
World Sep 15 Delegation from Yemen’s Houthi rebels flies into Saudi Arabia for peace talks A delegation from Yemen's Houthi rebels has flown into Saudi Arabia for talks with the kingdom on potentially ending the yearslong war tearing at the Arab world's poorest nation.
World Sep 05 Oil prices spike as Saudi Arabia, Russia extend 1.3 million barrel a day oil cut through December The dual announcements from Riyadh and Moscow on Tuesday said the two countries would trim 1.3 million barrels of crude out of the global market.
World Aug 18 Iranian and Saudi dignitaries meet, a sign of easing tensions between longtime rivals Saudi state television aired images of Prince Mohammed sitting with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah.
World Aug 17 Iran’s foreign minister visits Saudi Arabia for first time in 8 years Iran's foreign minister has traveled to Saudi Arabia, the first by Tehran's top diplomat in years after the two nations reached a détente earlier this year.
World Aug 12 The tentative U.S.-Iran deal involving prisoners and frozen funds, explained The U.S. and Iran reached a tentative agreement this week that will eventually see five detained Americans in Iran and an unknown number of Iranians imprisoned in the U.S. released from custody after billions of dollars in frozen Iranian assets are transferred…
World Aug 12 Shippers warned to avoid Iranian waters amid elevated U.S.-Iran tensions Western-backed maritime forces in the Middle East on Saturday warned shippers traveling through the strategic Strait of Hormuz to stay as far away from Iranian territorial waters as possible to avoid being seized.
World Aug 10 Iran moves 5 Iranian-American prisoners to house arrest, U.S.-based lawyer says The move comes as Tehran for months has suggested a prisoner swap was possible between it and Washington.
World May 27 Iran, Taliban exchange heavy gunfire in conflict over water rights on Afghan border The Taliban and Iran exchanged heavy gunfire Saturday on the Islamic Republic’s border with Afghanistan, sharply escalating rising tensions between the two nations amid a dispute over water rights.
Politics May 22 As tensions with Iran escalate, U.S. military posts photos of bomb capable of destroying underground bunkers As tensions with Iran have escalated over its nuclear program, the U.S. military this month posted pictures of a powerful bomb designed to penetrate deep into the earth and destroy underground facilities that could be used to enrich uranium.