Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds./ Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has announced the discovery of a field containing an estimated 53 billion barrels of crude oil./ A vast oil field containing an estimated 53 billion barrels of crude oil ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Mr Rouhani made the announcement as he delivered a speech in the central city of Yazd A new oil field that would increase Iran's proven reserves by about a third has been discovered, President Hassan Rouhani has said. The field, in the ...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the United States will never allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon; State Department correspondent Rich Edson reports./ in the country's south with over 50 billion barrels of crude, its president said Sunday, a find that could boost the country's proven ...
In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a public gathering at the city of Yazd, some 410 miles (680 kilometers) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. Iran has discovered a new oil field in ...
Discovery follows tense summer of mysterious attacks on oil tankers and Saudi oil facilities that US blamed on Iran/ Discovery comes after US sanctions have been damaging Iran's crude oil industry
Syrian military and security forces in Suweida. Photo: 15 July 2025/ The Syrian presidency says it will deploy a new force to halt the deadly sectarian clashes between Bedouin and Druze fighters in the south of the country. Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa's office urged "all parties to ...
Dozens of bodies recovered from homes and streets in Suweida city were brought to a local hospital on Thursday/ The UN human rights chief says his office has received credible reports indicating widespread violations and abuses, including summary executions and arbitrary killings, during the ...
A medic and other men walk past the bodies of those killed in the fighting at a hospital in Suweida city/ Over the last five days, Rima says she has witnessed "barbaric" scenes. The 45-year-old Druze woman has lived in the southern Syrian city of Suweida her whole life, and never thought her ...
The fighting was sparked by a dispute between the Bedouin and Druze communities/ A monitoring group says 594 people have been killed during the recent violence in southern Syria that took on a sectarian dimension. The UK-based Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR) documented a significant ...
Several people were injured, including the parish priest, and three killed after an Israeli strike hit the Holy Family Church/ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country "deeply regrets that a stray ammunition" hit Gaza's only Catholic Church, killing three people sheltering ...
Father Gabriele Romanelli was among those who needed medical treatment/ Pope Leo XIV has renewed his call for a Gaza ceasefire after three people sheltering in the Catholic church in Gaza City were killed in an Israeli strike. A telegram said the Pope was "deeply saddened to learn of the loss of ...
A fire that tore through a five-storey shopping centre in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut has left at least 61 dead, local officials said. The blaze at the mall, which opened seven days ago, broke out on Wednesday night and has since been brought under control. Videos posted on social media showed ...
BBC Middle East correspondent Lina Sinjab reports from Damascus, Syria showing the damaged Ministry of Defence headquarters following airstrikes by Israeli forces on Wednesday. Israel's military struck ministry in Damascus and government forces in southern Syria for a third day on Wednesday, as ...
The Syrian president says government forces had expelled "outlawed groups" in Suweida city/ Syria's interim president has said it is his "priority" to protect the country's Druze citizens, after Israel vowed to destroy government forces it accused of attacking members of the religious minority ...
A fresh wave of deadly sectarian violence has rocked Syria, putting into focus the country's fragile security landscape as the new government attempts to impose its authority over the fractured territory. On Sunday 13 July, the reported abduction of a merchant from the Druze minority sparked ...