Tensions in the Middle East are escalating as Russia moves closer to delivering advanced Su-35 fighter jets to Iran in a deal worth up to $7 billion. Leaked reports and recent flight-test sightings suggest Moscow is preparing to supply Tehran with up to 48 next-generation jets,

MOSCOW, Feb 2 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia was still trying to de-escalate tensions around Iran, and that it had long ago offered its services to process or store Iran's enriched uranium.

The Middle East is moving closer to confrontation.rnA second Iranian drone has been shot down near the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group, marking a sharp escalation between United States and Iran in the Arabian Sea.

The reasons could be "possible limitations of a technical or political character," Ukraine's military intelligence told the Kyiv Independent.

Sunday’s meeting between senior officials saw Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warning against the ‘law of the jungle’.

The Kremlin said yesterday that Russia was still trying to de-escalate tensions around Iran, and that it had long ago offered its services to process or

President Donald Trump runs hot and cold in his relationship with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin — often at the same time

MOSCOW, Jan 29 (Reuters) - ‌Russian ​President Vladimir Putin ‌on Thursday told his UAE ​counterpart Mohammed bin Zayed Al ‍Nahyan that Russia was ​closely monitoring the ​situation ⁠in Iran and wanted to discuss it with him in Kremlin talks.

Flight-tracking users and social media channels seized on the aircraft’s movements, fuelling claims that senior figures may have travelled in secret.