By Jana Choukeir and Nayera Abdallah Sept 16 (Reuters) - Saudi warplanes pounded Yemen, the Houthis said on Wednesday, as the Iran-backed fighters solidified their gains after a lightning advance that has extended Tehran's reach in the Middle East war and further disrupted global oil supplies.

Members of the 11-nation BRICS group including China, Russia, Iran and India called for calm in the Middle East at a summit in New Delhi on Saturday, overcoming earlier divisions to issue a joint

Conflict in the Middle East has been escalating. These stories provide context for current developments and the history that led up to them.

When Hezbollah militants launched a murderous incursion into Israel last week, they began what might become the biggest war in the Middle East in a generation. Most chilling is the apparent coordination with Hamas and the clear ties between these groups ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's been six months since the United States and Israel attacked Iran with the perennial goal of transforming the Middle East through military force. The region has changed, but not in ...

Five months into the U.S. war with Iran, Americans increasingly expect the conflict to bring further instability to the Middle East, while support for the war and President Donald Trump’s handling of it remains weak, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.

Sept 17 (Reuters) - Yemenis took to boats in the Red Sea to escape fighting between Iran-backed Houthi fighters and Saudi-backed forces, as the spreading Middle East war created new threats to global oil supplies.

On Monday the yield on 10-year US Treasury bonds passed 5 percent for just the second time since the 2008 financial crisis, pushing mortgage and other borrowing costs higher. Brent crude oil topped $108 dollars a barrel as officials in Saudi Arabia said it would take weeks to repair the East-West oil pipeline struck by drones from Iraq last week.