Thousands of supporters of an Iraqi populist Shiite cleric held sit-ins Friday around Iraq, saying their country should not be a battlefield between the United States and Iran.
Three years ago, when Iran’s military captured 10 U.S. sailors after they mistakenly strayed into Iranian waters, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif jumped on the phone in minutes and worked out the sailors’ release in hours.
The Trump administration notified Congress Friday that it is invoking a rarely used provision in federal law to bypass congressional review of arms sales to Saudi Arabia, U.S. senators said, despite strong resistance to the plan from both Republicans and Democrats.
The U.S. will bolster its military presence in the Middle East with an additional 1,500 troops, President Donald Trump said Friday amid heightened tensions with Iran.
Turkey and Qatar risk losing geopolitical influence due to turmoil in Libya and Sudan, as regional rivals Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates extend...
After losing territory, Daesh (ISIS) fighters are turning to guerrilla warfare, and the group’s newspaper is telling them exactly how to do it.
President Donald Trump's administration is bypassing Congress to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, citing a threat from Iran, despite...
The U.S. military Friday accused Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) of being directly responsible for attacks on tankers off the United Arab Emirates earlier...
Over a dozen Syrians, some refugees, were summarily deported from Lebanon last month, Human Rights Watch reported Friday.
Health Minister Jamil Jabak Friday vowed to reinforce a ban on smoking in public places.
British Prime Minister Theresa May said Friday she would quit, triggering a contest next month that will bring a new leader to power who is likely to push for...
A package blast on a pedestrian street in the heart of France’s city of Lyon wounded 13 people Friday, officials said, just two days ahead of the country’s...
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he will send about 1,500 American troops to the Middle East, mostly as a protective measure, amid heightened tensions...
Trump says sending about 1,500 troops to Middle East
A top Sudanese general vowed to back regional ally Saudi Arabia against "all threats and attacks" from its rival Iran during talks with the kingdom's powerful...
Algerian police arrested dozens of people Friday at the Grand Post Office, a key rallying point for protesters in the capital Algiers, witnesses and...
Yemen's internationally recognized president sent a letter to the U.N. chief, criticizing his envoy to the war-torn Arab country over allegedly siding with...
Iraq's top diplomat Friday called on Iran to respect the landmark deal covering its nuclear program, which has been weakened by the U.S. decision to withdraw...
Libya's navy has confirmed it rescued 87 Europe-bound migrants, including six women and a child, off the country's Mediterranean coast, following a video...
Iran's foreign minister is in Pakistan on a critically timed visit amid a crisis between Tehran and Washington and ahead of next week's emergency Arab League...
Oman is trying "with other parties" to reduce tensions between the United States and Iran, the Omani foreign ministry said on Twitter.
For years, Iran’s supreme leader only criticized the West over Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers.
The head of the United Nations agency that has supported Palestinian refugees for seven decades Thursday hit back at a U.S. proposal to have host countries...
In Egypt’s Nile Delta, Umm Ahmad ponders how her two sons will be able to marry and build new homes when they only earn about 70 Egyptian pounds ($4.1) from a...
Two years ago, Gaza resident Saleh Abu Serdanah took out a small loan in order to get married and start a family.
Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan Thursday confirmed that the Pentagon was considering sending additional U.S. troops to the Middle East as one...
The United States has received numerous reports that appear consistent with chemical exposure after an attack by Syrian government forces in northwest Syria,...
The Netherlands is calling for the establishment of a tribunal to prosecute members of Daesh (ISIS) responsible for "mass atrocity crimes."
Iran will not surrender to U.S. pressure and will not abandon its goals even if it is bombed, President Hassan Rouhani said Thursday, stepping up the war of...
A parked vehicle exploded in Iraq's western province of Anbar, killing two people and wounding two others, a district mayor said Thursday, the latest attack...
A French court approved the extradition of an Iranian engineer to the United States to face charges of attempting to illegally import U.S. technology for...
The UN envoy for Western Sahara, Horst Koehler, has resigned from his post due to health reasons, nearly two years after he took up the peacemaking mission,...