LONDON: The owner of a British-flagged tanker detained in Iran has met the country’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, to make the case for the ship and its crew to be released. Erik Hanell,

JEDDAH: Iran ramped up its threats against shipping on Wednesday, warning that international waterways can not be secure if the regime’s oil exports are halted by sanctions. The ominous comments by the president and

President Donald Trump's decision to call off a planned visit to Denmark after its refusal to sell Greenland to the United States has been met with condemnation and mockery by politicians and the public

Politicians, activists and other Americans are tweeting how they are proudly "disloyal to Trump" after the US president said on Tuesday that any Jewish person who votes for Democrats shows "either a total lack of

London (CNN)The UK seems to be obsessed with the man at the heart of its new government.He is widely regarded as a political genius. His name is in the papers every day. Some believe

Hong Kong (CNN)An employee of the British consulate in Hong Kong who has been missing for almost two weeks has been detained in mainland China, the country's foreign ministry confirmed Wednesday. Simon Cheng, a

BEIRUT: Russia has military servicemen stationed on the ground in Syria's region of Idlib and is following the situation there closely, Interfax news agency cited Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Tuesday.Lavrov was

BEIRUT: Extremists and allied rebels withdrew from a key area of northwestern Syria Tuesday, a war monitor said, as President Bashar al-Assad's forces pressed an offensive against the militant-run Idlib region.Turkey warned Damascus "not to

A blast has hit an arms depot belonging to Iranian-backed paramilitaries north of Baghdad, according to media reports. The site struck on Tuesday is close to the Balad Air Base, which hosts US forces and

UAE-backed separatist fighters have seized a number of military camps in Yemen's southern Abyan province, as fresh clashes with forces loyal to the country's internationally recognised government caused multiple deaths and injuries. The two sides