Yemen’s separatist STC refuses to withdraw from provinces near Saudi Arabia
STC to maintain presence, but agrees to deployment of Riyadh-backed National Shield government forces in the areas.

STC to maintain presence, but agrees to deployment of Riyadh-backed National Shield government forces in the areas.









Incident in strategic waterway said to be ‘not security related’ despite potential effects of conflict.
Iran vows to build new enrichment facility, upgrade nuclear centrifuge at Fordow after IAEA censure.
Southeast Asian regional bloc holds its first-ever three-way summit with China and six Gulf countries.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says talks were ‘one of the most professional rounds of negotiations’ yet.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has confirmed there will be a technical delegation at the Iran-US talks on Sunday.
US and Iranian officials say nuclear talks will resume next week after third round of indirect discussions in Oman.
The expert-level technical talks could determine the specifics of nuclear and sanctions commitments by the two sides.
Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said is visiting Russia ahead of a third round of talks between Tehran and Washington.

US-Iran talks on the nuclear issue and sanctions have ended with Iran describing the discussions as “constructive”.