Middle East

The United States sanctioned Iran’s central bank and sovereign fund on Sept. 20 in response to the drone strikes on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, which Washington and Riyadh blame ...

LONDON—Saudi Arabia's ability to avert a global oil supply crunch will only become clear in a few weeks ...

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said the Islamic regime will go for "all-out war" if the ...

The political rival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sept. 19 swiftly rejected Netanyahu’s offer to form ...

News Analysis President Donald Trump said there are avenues other than war that can be employed to punish ...

Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo said in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Sept. 18 that Iran is responsible for ...

News Analysis Drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities are costing China another $97 million a day as ...

JERUSALEM—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at Facebook on Sept. 17 after the social network blocked a ...

Israel's Netanyahu Fails to Win Majority in Close Election.

KABUL—Taliban suicide bombers killed 48 people in two separate attacks in Afghanistan on Sept. 17, the deadliest taking ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said on Sept. 17 that more than half of the country’s ...

The Pentagon has identified the Green Beret killed in action in a combat operation outside Kabul on Sep. ...

UNITED NATIONS—The United Nations Security Council unanimously agreed on Sept. 17 to extend a U.N. political mission in ...

An explosion near an election rally attended by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani killed at least 24 people and ...

Iran captured a ship in the Persian Gulf for allegedly smuggling diesel to the United Arab Emirates, said ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Iran rejected accusations by the United States that it was behind attacks on Saudi oil plants ...

NEW YORK—Oil prices surged more than 15 percent to their highest level in nearly four months at the open ...

Two senior Taliban leaders were killed by U.S.-backed Afghan forces in joint airstrikes, Reuters reported. About 40 other ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—Saudi stocks fell sharply on Sunday, after attacks on two plants at the heart of the ...

Several Iranian officials responded on Sept. 16 following a remark by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who ...

MELBOURNE—A British-Australian woman jailed in Iran has been identified as Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a specialist in Middle East politics ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched drone attacks on the world’s largest oil processing facility in Saudi ...

The son of infamous terrorist Osama bin Laden is dead, President Donald Trump confirmed on Sept. 14. Reports ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Drones attacked the world's largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia and a major oilfield ...

DUBAI—The United States has raised its concerns with Gulf allies over a possible security risk in using Huawei's ...

ISLAMABAD–In a small office at the Pakistani Television Corporation (PTV) headquarters in Islamabad, producers are preparing to air ...

The U.S.-led coalition battling the ISIS terror group has released a video showing the carpet-bombing of an island ...