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Kerry in Riyadh as Saudi-Iran tensions simmer

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday hoping for an easing of tensions between the ...

China fears regional conflict as Saudi Arabia cuts ties with Iran

China said on Monday it was concerned about the prospect of an intensification of conflict in the Middle East after ...

US urges Mideast leaders to take `steps to calm tensions`

The United States on Sunday urged Mideast leaders to take measures to soothe tensions in the region after Saudi Arabia ...

Sudan cuts diplomatic ties with Iran

Sudan said Monday it is cutting diplomatic relations with Iran after Gulf ally Saudi Arabia did the same amid mounting ...

ISIS eyeing Indonesia for `distant caliphate`: Australia

The Islamic State (IS or ISIS) group is working to boost its presence in Indonesia with dreams of creating a "distant ...

Saudi reopens Baghdad embassy after 25 years

Saudi Arabia reopened its embassy in Baghdad Tuesday, a quarter of a century after relations were broken over Iraqs ...

Militants seize more Iraq towns as U.S. presses unity

Sunni militants advanced in western Iraq and killed 21 people after security forces left several towns, while Americas ...

Militants seize more Iraq towns as U.S. presses unity

Sunni militants advanced in western Iraq and killed 21 people after security forces left several towns, while Americas ...

Australia sends troops to protect Baghdad embassy

Australia on Friday said it has sent a small detachment of soldiers to protect its embassy in Baghdad in the face of ...

Iraqi militants seize former chemical weapons factory

Sunni radicals in Iraq, who have overrun a swathe of territory north of Baghdad in a lightning offensive, have taken ...

Pakistan police shoot dead `two sectarian killers`

Pakistani police shot dead two people allegedly involved in sectarian violence in the troubled southwestern province ...

Gunmen kill four Shi`ite farmers in Baghdad attack

Gunmen killed four Shi`ite farmers in the northern outskirts of Baghdad on Monday, police and hospital sources said, ...

Iraq Kurd leader accuses PM Maliki of `dictatorship`

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is monopolising power and preparing the ground for a return to dictatorship, ...

Iran ex-president urges better ties with Saudi Arabia

Iran should forge better ties with regional rival Saudi Arabia to counter Western sanctions on Iranian oil, a former ...

Two UN workers, four Shiites killed in Pakistan: police

Gunmen separately killed four Shiite Muslims and two local UN employees Thursday in Baluchistan, a Pakistani province ...