Iran's Khamenei: 'Divine vengeance will befall Saudi politicians'
Iranian protesters stormed the Saudi embassy in Tehran early on Sunday and Shi'ite Muslim Iran's top leader predicted "divine vengeance" for Saudi Arabia's execution of a prominent Shi'ite...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia is severing diplomatic ties with Iran
Saudi Arabia will cut all diplomatic ties with Iran, the Saudi foreign ministry said on Sunday.Saudi officials said that Iranian diplomats have 48 hours to leave the country, according to CNN.Foreign...
View ArticleIRAN: Saudi Arabia is looking for an excuse to fuel tensions
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia used an attack on its embassy in Tehran as a pretext to fuel tensions, Iran's foreign ministry said on Monday after Riyadh severed diplomatic relations.Iran was committed...
View ArticleChina is worried about Iran and Saudi Arabia
BEIJING — China said on Monday it was concerned about the prospect of an intensification of conflict in the Middle East after Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic relations with its rival regional power...
View ArticleBahrain is severing diplomatic ties with Iran
A Bahraini government minister says the tiny island kingdom is severing its diplomatic ties with Iran.Isa al-Hamadi, Bahrain's minister of media affairs, made the announcement Monday.Bahrain's decision...
View ArticleSaudi Arabian police shot an 8-year-old boy at a protest over the execution...
Saudi Arabian police have killed at least one person, and injured a child during a fire fight in the eastern town of Awamiya, after a protest in the hometown of a prominent Shia cleric executed at the...
View ArticleOil is going bananas
Oil traders can't make their minds up.The price of Brent and crude spiked overnight amid escalating tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Saudi Arabia has cut off diplomatic relations with Iran,...
View ArticleMore countries in the Middle East are cutting diplomatic ties with Iran
More Middle Eastern countries are following Saudi Arabia and cutting ties with Iran.Saudi Arabia severed all diplomatic ties with Iran on Sunday."The move comes after Iranian protesters attacked the...
View ArticleBREMMER: 'Saudi Arabia is in serious trouble, and they know it'
Saudi Arabia's growing international isolation and Iran's rising regional influence have led the kingdom to "double down" on protecting its interests, according to a new analysis of the world's top...
View ArticleThe next casualty in Saudi Arabia's oil price war might be its own economy
The next casualty in Saudi Arabia's oil price war might be its own economy.That's because, with oil revenues drying up, Saudi Arabia is about to make the same mistake that Europe has over and over and...
View ArticleOil investors are underestimating the seriousness of the Saudi Arabia-Iran...
On Saturday, Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shi'ite cleric, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.He was considered a terrorist by the Saudis "but hailed in Iran as a champion of the rights of Saudi Arabia's...
View ArticleThe differences between Shia and Sunni Muslims are at the center of the...
The Middle East is in the midst of ever-increasing tension, as conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia is spiraling to involve more countries in the region.Saudi Arabia severed all diplomatic ties with...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Iran must 'act like a normal country'
Saudi Arabia widened its rift with Iran on Monday, saying it would end air traffic and trade links with the Islamic republic and demanding that Tehran must "act like a normal country" before it would...
View ArticleSunni mosques in Iraq attacked in apparent retaliation for Saudi execution
At least two Sunni Muslim mosques have been attacked in Iraq and two people killed in apparent retaliation for the execution of a senior Shi'ite cleric in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia, officials and police...
View ArticleAmateur video shows Bahraini F-16 already in flames before hitting the ground...
The Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) General Command reported that am RBAF‘s F-16 jet went down in Jizan province, Saudi Arabia, on Dec. 30, 2015, while it was undertaking the national duty of defending the...
View Article2016 could be 'the year of living dangerously for Saudi Arabia'
On Sunday, Saudi officials announced that the Kingdom will sever all diplomatic ties with Iran, and told all Iranian diplomats to leave within 48 hours.The decision came after Iranian protesters...
View ArticleA second Middle Eastern nation is cutting ties with Iran
Bahrain said Monday it is cutting diplomatic ties with Iran, following the suit of its ally Saudi Arabia as tensions escalate over the execution of a Shiite cleric.Manama ordered Tehran's diplomats in...
View ArticleThe Fed's cheap money regime is a substantial threat to Saudi Arabia
“Another bad day for oil,” says Investor’s Business Daily.U.S. crude oil fell below $37 a barrel. The Dow fell 116 points.Neither of these events is significant. We report them merely to warm up.It is...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia may have picked a fight it can't win
The sudden spike in tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran, two of the most powerful regimes in the Middle East, is only going to exacerbate a trend toward high levels of oil production, says one expert...
View ArticleThe Saudi Arabia-Iran conflict could hurt Obama's efforts to end the Syrian...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Beneath this weekend's rupture in Iranian-Saudi relations lies a deeper fault line between the United States and Saudi Arabia that may hamper U.S. President Barack Obama's...
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