Middle East

For US President Donald Trump, the deal, if it happened, could address his most urgent political problem allowing ships to flow again

Donald Trump has declared Iran has a ‘last chance’ to reach a nuclear agreement, claiming talks ‘are going on right now’.

Donald Trump has announced talks with Iran will resume on Monday after he said he called off a ‘massive attack’ on the nation.

Donald Trump claims a last-minute deal with Iran has halted a planned US military strike and reopened hopes for diplomacy.

There were no US strikes on Iran overnight, but Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said it had struck another two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.

US President Donald Trump has struck a cautious tone on the possible granting of licences to Ukraine to manufacture Patriot interceptor missiles.

The lieutenant-colonel has published a memoir celebrating danger in military life and the many ways he almost died during a career that has lasted two decades.

Donald Trump said the agreement envisioned Hamas disarming in stages, with the Israeli military pulling out of the territory gradually and being replaced by an international stabilisation force.

A ⁠diplomat says talks in Egypt are making progress towards a road map where all heavy and light weapons in the Gaza Strip will be ​decommissioned.

Saudi Arabia's government says an international coalition has been created tasked with ensuring the security of routes in the Red Sea.

In a ‘powerful response’ to attempted Iranian attacks on American forces based in the Middle East, the United States has launched a new attack on Iran.

US forces  launched waves of airstrikes against Iran today, one night after Tehran launched a ballistic missile attack on US military positions that were thwarted by air defences, US defence officials said.

Donald Trump has unleashed a foul-mouthed threat against Iran after Tehran launched ballistic missiles at a US airbase in Jordan, prompting a joint American and Saudi response. 

The rare joint operation in Iraq underscores the risk that the Iran conflict could expand. It came after Iran fired missiles at a US base in Jordan.

Israeli Prime Minister meets with President in the White House with the question of how to manage the war hanging over them five months since the first missiles were launched.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sat down in a closed-door meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington for the first time since the war kicked off.