Photo (IRNA) An Iranian oil tanker carrying over 1 million barrels of fuel oil suffered a malfunction in the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia, authorities said Thursday, raising concerns that the vessel could be leaking. The incident involving the Happiness I came as U.S. oil exemptions for Iranian crude oil purchases expired,

Hulusi Akar meets with James Jeffrey in Istanbul, discusses latest developments, situation east of Euphrates Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar met late Wednesday with the U.S. special envoy to Syria in Istanbul. Akar and James Jeffrey discussed the latest developments in Syria, particularly the situation east of the Euphrates, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said in a

Photo (AP) New Zealand’s major media organizations pledged Wednesday not to promote white supremacist ideology when covering the trial of the man charged with killing 50 people at two mosques. The five organizations that signed the agreement said they were aware that accused gunman Brenton Tarrant might try to use the trial as a platform

Photo Reuters Iranian President Hassan Rouhani signed a bill into law on Tuesday declaring all U.S. forces in the Middle East terrorists and calling the U.S. government a sponsor of terrorism. The bill was passed by parliament last week in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s decision this month to designate Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards a

Police officers and vehicles are seen behind police cordon, in Christchurch, New Zealand in this still image taken from video April 30, 2019. TVNZ via Reuters TV New Zealand police said on Tuesday a man was arrested and bomb disposal officers found a package with a suspected explosive device at a vacant property in Christchurch,

2 suspects were arrested earlier this month in Turkey on charges of spying for UAE One of the suspects, who was arrested on charges of spying for the UAE, committed suicide by hanging himself in Istanbul’s Silivri prison.Body of the suspect, identified as Zaki Y. M. Hasan, was found hanging from the bathroom door in

Ibrahim al-Senoussi, a former aide to ousted President Omar al-Bashir, right, speaks at a press conference a day after a meeting of the Popular Congress Party, an Islamist party close to al-Bashir, was attacked by protesters, in Khartoum, Sudan, Sunday, April 28, 2019. The leader of the party says 64 members were wounded in clashes.

Photo AFP / OSCAR DEL POZO Polls predict the far-right Vox party could take more than 10 percent of the vote Spain voted Sunday in an uncertain snap general election marked by a resurgence of the far-right after more than four decades on the outer margins of politics. Opinion polls give outgoing socialist premier Pedro

Royal court ex-adviser Qahtani, who is allegedly involved in Khashoggi’s killing, not present at trials, officials say. One of the two top Saudi royal officials linked to journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s killing has been absent in the closed-door trial of 11 suspects, multiple sources have told the AFP news agency. Saudi prosecutors have said that deputy

Two people hug as another talks to a San Diego County Sheriff’s deputy outside of the Chabad of Poway Synagogue Saturday, April 27, 2019, in Poway, Calif. Several people have been shot and injured at a synagogue in San Diego, California, on Saturday, said San Diego County authorities. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy) POWAY, Calif. (AP) —