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Pompeo says US mission is to avoid war with Iran but measures in place to deter
Tensions between Washington and Tehran have further escalated after an attack last weekend on Saudi oil facilities that initially disrupted half of the oil production from the kingdom, the world’s largest oil exporter, and was blamed on Tehran by the United States and Saudi Arabia.
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Trump sees many options short of war with Iran after attacks on Saudis
Trump said on Twitter that he had ordered the US Treasury to “substantially increase sanctions” on Iran, which denies carrying out the attacks, and told reporters the unspecified, punitive economic measures would be unveiled within 48 hours.
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Saudi to announce oil attacks findings as US weighs retaliation
Riyadh, which is bogged down in a five-year war against Tehran-aligned rebels in neighbouring Yemen, has said that the weapons used were Iranian-made, but has not directly blamed its arch rival.
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Pompeo heads to Saudi Arabia after US blames Iran
Vice President Mike Pence announced that Pompeo was on his way to the kingdom to 'discuss our response.'
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Iran leader rules out US talks as tensions rise over Saudi attacks
Tensions between Iran and the US and its allies have threatened to boil over since May last year when President Donald Trump abandoned a 2015 nuclear deal and began reimposing sanctions in its campaign of 'maximum pressure'.
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Saudi oil facility attacks to hit SA economy, warns economist
Standard Bank economist Elna Moolman said that the effects would be felt here at home.
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US blames Iran for Saudi oil attack, Trump says 'locked and loaded'
Earlier in the day, a senior US official told reporters that evidence from the attack, which hit the world’s biggest oil-processing facility, indicated Iran was behind it, instead of the Yemeni Houthi group that had claimed responsibility.
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More than 100 killed in air strike on Yemen prison - ICRC
The Saudi-led military coalition said it targeted a facility run by the Huthi rebels that 'stores drones and missiles', but the rebels said the attack had levelled a building they used as a prison.
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UN finalises accord with Yemen rebels to resume food aid
The UN had suspended deliveries of food aid to rebel-held areas on 20 June following accusations of "diversion of food" meant for Yemeni civilians.
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Houthi attack on military parade in Yemen kills more than 30 - sources
The attack killed at least 32 people, a medical and a security source told Reuters. Medecins Sans Frontieres tweeted that tens of wounded were hospitalised.
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Saudi intercepts five Yemen rebel drones in new airport attack: coalition
Huthi-run Al-Masirah TV reported earlier that the Iran-aligned rebels had carried out drone attacks on Abha Airport.
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Yemen rebel attack wounds 26 at Saudi airport
The Huthi rebels said earlier that they had launched a missile at the airport in the Saudi mountain resort city.
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Rebels set to begin pull-out from Yemen aid port
The head of the rebels' Supreme Revolutionary Committee said the rebels had been forced to act unilaterally after the Saudi-backed government repeatedly delayed a parallel pullback from parts of the city of Hodeida.
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Fact file on the world's worst humanitarian crisis
A map and fact file on the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
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After school, Yemen's children seek work at the cemetery
Ahmed is among millions of children struggling to stay in school in Yemen, where war, poverty and disease have brought the Arab world's poorest country to its knees.
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Yemeni militiamen suspected of child rape - Amnesty
Amnesty said it had documented evidence of the rape of three boys and the sexual assault of a fourth in the southwestern city of Taez, controlled by pro-government forces and surrounded by Yemeni rebels.
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Pope condemns Yemen war ahead of historic Gulf visit
The pope has urged all sides to implement a fragile peace deal and help deliver aid to millions of hungry people.
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Yemen truce, prisoner swap timelines pushed back: UN
Envoy Martin Griffiths hosted hard-won peace talks between the Saudi-backed Yemeni government and rival Iran-aligned Huthi rebels in Sweden last month.
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South African, European demining experts killed in Yemen
A state-run relief centre said two South Africans, a Croatian, a Bosnian and a Kosovan were killed when a vehicle carrying mines to be destroyed exploded in Marib.
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In Yemen, world's worst cholera outbreak traced to eastern Africa
Nearly four years of war between a Saudi-led coalition and the Iranian-aligned Houthi group have crippled healthcare and sanitation systems in Yemen.
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[OPINION] The biggest security threats in 2019
Peter Apps says 2019 may offer no shortage of strategic surprises.
