AP- Saudi Arabia on Monday invited the newly elected Lebanese president to visit the oil-rich kingdom. Saudi Prince Khaled al-Faisal told reporters after meeting President Michel Aoun at Baabda Palace near Beirut that the president has accepted the invitation and agreed to visit after a new Cabinet is formed in Lebanon. Aoun was elected last month ...

Newspapers on Monday covered the glorious funeral ceremony held for the renowned filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami in Tehran. Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisals attendance and the speech he delivered in a meeting of MKO group in Paris also received great coverage. The reactions to his attendance and the criticisms against Saudi Arabias support for such a terrorist ...

Former Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal has died at the age of 75 two months after he was replaced by Adel bin Ahmed al-Jubeir. Family members and a Saudi Feign Ministry spokesman on Thursday confirmed the death of Faisal, the world's longest-serving foreign minister. May God accept him in paradise, the princes nephew, Saud Mohammed ...

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's new foreign minister, a U.S.-educated connoisseur of Washington's diplomatic scene and longtime adviser to the kingdom's rulers, is an articulate spokesman for his country's new assertive approach to the Middle East's growing conflicts. A well-known figure in Washington government circles and on U.S. television, Adel al-...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Wednesday removed his half-brother from the post of crown prince and named his nephew, the country's Interior Minister, in his place. The post of crown prince secures Prince Mohammed bin Nayef as the most likely successor to King Salman. He is widely known internationally as Saudi Arabia's ...

The Saudi foreign minister says the two Saudi officers behind the sexual abuse of two teenage Iranian pilgrims at Jeddah airport will receivethe maximum penalty. During a Monday meeting with Iranian Ambassador to Riyadh Hossein Sadeqi, Saud al-Faisal said the countrys judiciary would investigate the case in the quickest time possible, adding that ...

Riyadh has called on Iran not to interfere in the conflict in Yemen after Tehran repeatedly called for end to the Saudi-led airstrike campaign against embattled Yemen. "How can Iran call for us to stop the fighting in Yemen? ... We came to Yemen to help the legitimate authority, and Iran is not in charge of Yemen,"Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-...

US Secretary of State Kerry will also reportedly meet with the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Saud Faisal to inform him about the course of the talks. VIENNA, November 23 (Sputnik) US Secretary ofState John Kerry is currently holding talks withGerman Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier withinthe framework ofnegotiations betweenthe P5+1 ...

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal is due in Vienna later Sunday where U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will update him on nuclear talks with Iran, a senior U.S. official said. Kerry will "meet with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal to update him on the (Iran) negotiations," the senior State Department official said. By Naharnet  ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Minister: Iran considers security in Iraq as Iranian security Interior Minister on Saturday underlined necessity of campaign against terrorism in the region said that Iran considers Iraqi security in Iraq as the Iranian security.   Russian DM due in Iran for talks Russias ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Sunday and picked headlines from 19 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. The comments of First Vice-President Eshagh Jahangiri on the corruption case involving Babak Zanjani dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Sunday. Reformist ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 17 (MNA) Irans deputy-FM for Arab and African affairs has said Saud al-Faisals unexpected remarks postponed Zarifs planned meeting to Saudi Arabia. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian who was speaking to Al-Alam TV network program, responded to questions by the anchor about the latest developments in the region. In response to a question about ...

[caption id="attachment_112017" align="alignright" width="179"] Saudi Arabias Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal[/caption] Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif cancelled his planned visit to Saudi Arabia after his Saudi counterpart expressed baseless allegations against the Islamic Republic with regard to Syria, a top Iranian diplomat says. "We ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 19 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. The home stretch of ongoing nuclear talks ahead of an end-of-the-day deadline and the guesswork surrounding the results stayed in the front-page headlines Monday. A victory ...

Russia and Saudi Arabia have reportedly agreed to form a working team to fight terrorist groups operating in the Middle East. The agreement was reached during a meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Saudi counterpart Prince Saud al-Faisal on Friday. We appreciate regular contacts at the political level, where we may reach ...

A senior Iranian diplomat has criticized unconstructive remarks by the Saudi Arabias foreign minister against Iran amid ongoing negotiations between the two countries. Regarding the continuation of diplomatic talks, now it is Saudi Arabias turn to decide whether it would adheres to the course of negotiations or to unconstructive media statements, ...

A senior Iranian cleric has dismissed as false recent allegations by the Saudi foreign minister that Iran meddles in the internal affairs of regional countries, saying the Persian Gulf monarchy is the source of all problems as it sponsors terrorists in the region. Addressing worshippers at the weekly Friday Prayers in the Iranian capital, Tehran, ...

Tehran, Oct 14, IRNA Senior Iranian lawmaker Alaeddin Borouerdi on Tuesday reacted to anti-Iran remarks made by Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal and said his words had been caused by his old age. Boroujerdi, who is the head of the Majlis National Sejcurity and Foreign Policy Commission, said that every country, even the US, believes in Iran's ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:     Saudis stance on Iran conflicts with diplomatic talks: Amir-Abdollahian Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has strongly responded to remarks by Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal, saying they are at odds with the atmosphere ...

[caption id="attachment_112017" align="alignright" width="167"] Saudi Arabias Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal[/caption] (Reuters) - Senior Saudi and Iranian officials have renewed criticism of each other's interventions in the Middle East in a sign that tensions between the rival Gulf powers remain high despite top-level meetings this summer. Saudi ...