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Crew members of targeted Norwegian-owned tanker now in Dubai

Crew members from a Norwegian-owned oil tanker apparently attacked in the Gulf of Oman landed Saturday in Dubai after two ...

The Latest: Yemen's Houthi rebels launch Saudi drone attack

The Latest on developments in the Persian Gulf (all times local): 7 a.m. Yemen's Houthi rebels say they've launched a new ...

UN court rejects UAE request in Qatar dispute

The highest U.N. court on Friday rejected a request by the United Arab Emirates for interim measures to be imposed on Qatar ...

Tankers struck near Strait of Hormuz; US blames Iran

The U.S. blamed Iran for suspected attacks on two oil tankers Thursday near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, denouncing what ...

AP Explains: Mideast tensions threaten key global oil route

The suspected attacks on two tankers near the Strait of Hormuz, between Iran and Oman, has renewed concerns about the ...

Shinzo Abe, Hassan Rouhani

The Latest: Japanese leader seeks to cool US-Iran tensions

The latest on Mideast developments amid rising tensions in the Persian Gulf region (all times local): 12:25 a.m. The leader ...

Japan premier warns US, Iran 'accidental conflict' possible

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe traveled to Tehran on Wednesday to warn that an "accidental conflict" could be sparked ...

Hassan Rouhani, Shinzo Abe

Japan premier hopes to ease US-Iran tensions in Tehran visit

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's trip to Tehran represents the highest-level effort yet to de-escalate tensions between ...

The Latest: Brazil soccer chief backs Neymar in rape case

The Latest from the FIFA meetings ahead of the Women's World Cup (all times local): ___ 6:30 p.m. The head of Brazil's soccer ...

Qatar to host next 2 Club World Cups to prepare for 2022

Qatar will host the next two editions of the Club World Cup in a major test of the Gulf nation's preparedness to stage the ...

Saudi king slams Iran's 'terrorist acts' at Islamic summit

Saudi Arabia's King Salman slammed Iran over recent attacks targeting the kingdom, describing the incidents on Saturday in ...

Alaa Abdel-Fattah, Mona Seif

Saudi King Salman urges international effort to thwart Iran

Saudi Arabia's King Salman opened an emergency summit of Arab leaders in Islam's holiest city of Mecca on Friday with a call ...

Trump adviser warns of 'strong response' to any Gulf attack

President Donald Trump's national security adviser warned Iran on Wednesday that any attacks in the Persian Gulf will draw ...

Jared Kushner

Trump team faces tough audiences as it sells Mideast plan

President Donald Trump's top Mideast advisers face skeptical audiences as they visit several locations in the region and in ...

Saudis, Bahrain, UAE join to bid for FIFA's U-20 World Cup

Middle East neighbors Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates are jointly bidding to host the Under-20 World Cup ...

Supreme leader criticizes Iran's politicians amid US tension

Iran's supreme leader publicly chastised the country's moderate president and foreign minister Wednesday, saying he disagreed ...

Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa

Bahrain defends decision to host White House Mideast meeting

Bahrain on Tuesday defended its decision to host a White House-engineered conference to address the Israeli-Palestinian ...

Bomb-laden drone from Yemen rebels targets Saudi airport

Yemen's Iranian-allied Houthi rebels attacked a Saudi airport and military base with a bomb-laden drone Tuesday, an assault ...

Saudis say they will defend themselves, as Trump warns Iran

Saudi Arabia does not want war but will not hesitate to defend itself against Iran, a top Saudi diplomat said Sunday after ...

South Korean, 3 Filipinos freed after captivity in Libya

A South Korean and three Filipinos have been freed following months of captivity in Libya, Seoul and Abu Dhabi said Friday.