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Saudi crown prince softens Iran rhetoric in balancing act
Middle East
April 29, 2021
Saudi crown prince softens Iran rhetoric in balancing act
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has taken a more conciliatory public stance towards Iran, trying to balance long-held animosity with economic…
Top Iran diplomat offers regret over leak of frank comments
Middle East
April 28, 2021
Top Iran diplomat offers regret over leak of frank comments
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s top diplomat expressed regret Wednesday that a recording leaked out of him making frank comments…
US Navy fires warning shots in new tense encounter with Iran
Middle East
April 28, 2021
US Navy fires warning shots in new tense encounter with Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An American warship fired warning shots when vessels of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard came…
Explosive-laden ‘drone’ boat targets Saudi port of Yanbu
Middle East
April 27, 2021
Explosive-laden ‘drone’ boat targets Saudi port of Yanbu
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A remotely piloted boat packed with explosives targeted the Saudi port of Yanbu in…
Iran, US warships in first tense Mideast encounter in a year
Middle East
April 27, 2021
Iran, US warships in first tense Mideast encounter in a year
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — American and Iranian warships had a tense encounter in the Persian Gulf earlier this…
Lawyer: Iranian-British woman gets another year in prison
Middle East
April 27, 2021
Lawyer: Iranian-British woman gets another year in prison
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian-British woman long held in Tehran has been sentenced to another year in…
Leaked recording of Iran’s top diplomat offers blunt talk
Middle East
April 26, 2021
Leaked recording of Iran’s top diplomat offers blunt talk
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A recording of Iran’s foreign minister offering a blunt appraisal of diplomacy and the…
Fire extinguished on oil tanker off Syria after suspected drone attack
Middle East
April 25, 2021
Fire extinguished on oil tanker off Syria after suspected drone attack
Syria’s oil ministry said firefighters on Saturday put out a fire on an oil tanker off the Baniyas refinery after…
Iran cuts number of centrifuges enriching uranium to 60% purity, IAEA report says
Middle East
April 23, 2021
Iran cuts number of centrifuges enriching uranium to 60% purity, IAEA report says
Iran has reduced the number of centrifuges enriching uranium to up to 60 percent purity at an above-ground plant at…
Israel says Syrian missile was not aimed at nuclear reactor
Middle East
April 23, 2021
Israel says Syrian missile was not aimed at nuclear reactor
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Thursday that a Syrian missile that reached deep into Israeli territory and set…