RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has detained 10 more people in a spying case it announced in March that it said was linked to Iran, state television reported on Tuesday. ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranians are struggling with slower Internet speeds and limited access ahead of an unpredictable presidential election that has put hardline Islamist authorities on alert for possible unrest. ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranians are struggling with slower Internet speeds and limited access ahead of an unpredictable presidential election that has put hardline Islamist authorities on alert for possible unrest. ...

SHANNON, Ireland (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry flies to Oman on Tuesday for Raytheon Co's signing of an estimated $2.1 billion arms deal and to consult on Syria and Iran, U.S. officials said. ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's electoral watchdog said on Monday it would bar physically feeble candidates from running for president, in an apparent hint that it could disqualify 78-year-old former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from the rac ...

Iranian officials say two men have been executed after they were convicted of spying for Israel and the US. ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities executed two men on Sunday convicted of working for Israeli and U.S. spy agencies, Iran's Fars news agency reported. ...

CANNES (Reuters) - A film about baby-switching by Japan's Kore-eda Hirokazu that ponders nature versus nurture premiered at the Cannes film festival on Saturday, joining an Iranian challenger as contenders for the top prize. ...

CANNES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi premiered his latest tightly wound family drama at Cannes on Friday, confirming critics' advance buzz it would prove a contender for the film festival's top prize. ...

MADRID (Reuters) - Atletico Madrid stunned city rivals Real to win their 10th King's Cup when Miranda's extra-time header secured a 2-1 comeback win in an action-packed and ill-tempered clash at the Bernabeu on Friday in which Real coach Jo ...

MADRID (Reuters) - Atletico Madrid won their 10th King's Cup when defender Miranda scored in the first half of extra time to secure a 2-1 victory against city rivals Real Madrid in a bad-tempered clash on Friday. ...

Iran's powerful Guardian Council rules out the participation of women as candidates in the country's presidential election. ...

CANNES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi premiered his latest tightly wound family drama at Cannes on Friday, confirming critics' advance buzz it would prove a contender for the film festival's top prize. ...

As Bradford's National Media Museum celebrates 100 years of Indian cinema, Iran Qureshi looks back at how immigrant mill and foundry workers from across the north used to come to the city to catch a Bollywood film on their day offRemember t ...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Islamabad has authorised the export of 100,000 tonnes of wheat to Iran in trade not jeopardised by Western sanctions, to settle dues for electricity supplied to Pakistan's energy-starved border areas, the Commerce Mini ...

Drew Milne pictured himself with his motorcycle in a variety of far flung locations - from Iran (pictured) to India - during the epic adventure which began in March 2011. ...

A constitutional body in Iran rules that women cannot run in presidential polls scheduled for 14 June, despite 30 women registering as candidates. ...

The candidate many consider the supreme leader's favourite says his experience at the negotiating table will help him fight off international pressure ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Tehran is ready to continue nuclear diplomacy with world powers before or after the June presidential election in Iran, its chief negotiator said on Thursday. ...

VIENNA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The United Nations' nuclear agency failed to persuade Iran on Wednesday to let it resume an investigation into suspected atomic bomb research, leaving the high-stakes diplomacy in deadlock. ...

VIENNA (Reuters) - Talks between the U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran about Tehran's nuclear programme failed to clinch an accord and no date has been set for more meetings, a senior U.N. official said on Wednesday. ...

VIENNA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Iran faces international pressure over its nuclear programme in two separate meetings on Wednesday, but no breakthrough is expected at a time when the Islamic state is focused on next month's presidential electio ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Some 100 legislators are demanding a ban on two top independent candidates including ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from Iran's June presidential election in what may be a further move to thwart any brewing challeng ...

VIENNA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Iran faces international pressure over its nuclear programme in two separate meetings on Wednesday, but no breakthrough is expected with the Islamic state focused on next month's presidential election. ...

VIENNA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Iran faces international pressure in two separate meetings over its nuclear programme on Wednesday, but with the Islamic state focused more on a June presidential election no breakthrough is expected in the dispu ...

VIENNA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Iran faces international pressure in two separate meetings over its nuclear programme on Wednesday, but with the Islamic state focused more on a June presidential election no breakthrough is expected in the dispu ...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday defended its election as the rotating chair of the world's sole multilateral disarmament forum after the United States announced that its ambassador to the U.N. Conference on Disarmament would boyc ...

ABOARD THE USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy made aviation history on Tuesday by launching an unmanned jet off an aircraft carrier for the first time, taking an important step toward expanded use of drones by the American milit ...

ABOARD THE USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy made aviation history on Tuesday by launching an unmanned jet off an aircraft carrier for the first time, taking an important step toward expanded use of drones by the American milit ...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States, Iran and Russia may be at odds over issues including Syria's civil war and Tehran's nuclear ambitions, but on Tuesday their wrestling teams formed an unlikely coalition at the United Nations to ...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday defended its election as the rotating chair of the world's sole multilateral disarmament forum after the United States announced that its ambassador to the U.N. Conference on Disarmament would boyc ...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States on Monday said it was "highly inappropriate" for Iran to take over the rotating chair of the U.N. Conference on Disarmament this month and vowed that its ambassador would boycott any meeting led ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may face charges for accompanying an ally to register for the June presidential vote, the electoral watchdog said, in a possible move by rival conservative hardliners keen to pre-empt ...

LAGOS, May 13 - A Nigerian court sentenced an alleged member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard and a Nigerian accomplice to five years in prison on Monday over an illegal shipment of mortars and rockets seized in the main port of Lagos in 2010. ...

An Iranian businessman is found guilty of smuggling weapons into Lagos and sentenced to five years in prison by a Nigerian court. ...

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran expects progress will be made in talks this week with the United Nations' atomic agency, Tehran's nuclear envoy said on Monday, but Western diplomats held out little hope of an end to the deadlock. ...

UK Prime Minister David Cameron is in Washington for talks with President Obama on Syria, Iran, trade and the forthcoming G8 summit. ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - After the huge protests that followed the 2009 election, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may have hoped June polls would quietly install a loyal conservative president, but the surprise candidacies of two majo ...

Afghanistan summons the Iranian ambassador in protest at an alleged fatal shooting of illegal migrants by Iranian border guards. ...

Reformists say tensions with west over nuclear programme and a purge of experienced officials have led to tough sanctions and runaway inflation ...

Reformists say tensions with west over nuclear programme and a purge of experienced officials have led to tough sanctions and runaway inflation ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it would be a good idea to send experts to check the safety of Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor, a day after Iran said its facilities were safe following a nearb ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it would be a good idea to send experts to check the safety of Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor, a day after Iran said its facilities were safe following a nearb ...

HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Iranian guards fired on a large group of Afghan migrants illegally crossing the border overnight, killing at least nine people, Afghan officials said on Saturday. ...

Iran ex-President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani registers for the June elections, in what could be a challenge to the country's conservative leadership. ...