Iran is in talks with the Taliban to extend a rail link from its border city of Khaf to the Afghan city of Herat, an official has said.

A leading protester against the HS2 high-speed railway system has been forcibly removed by bailiffs from secretly-dug central London tunnels.

A 200 km railway line, long touted as the sole viable option to build Afghanistan’s economy, will come to operation in the next couple of weeks, connecting the Afghan city of Herat to Mashhad in Iran.

Iranian officials say a railway link to Afghanistan would be ready within two weeks.

Mosul’s top official says construction of a railway between the Iraqi city and Turkey is to begin in days.

A fire breaks out in an area very close to the Haramain high-speed rail station in Saudi Arabia's coastal city of Jeddah, but there are no reports of injuries.

A senior Iraqi official says construction is to begin for a rail line linking the Arab country to Iran.

A report says Iran has dropped India from a key railway project located southeast of the country.

An Iranian official says a railway connecting Iran and Afghanistan will be ready in March.

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz says a railway project meant to connect the Israeli-occupied territories to the Persian Gulf region is on track.