Iran and Iraq could raise their annual bilateral trade to $20 billion from the current level of $12 billion, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday, amid concerns in Tehran over the economic impact of renewed U.S. sanctions.
The CIA believes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, sources familiar with the matter said Friday, complicating President Donald Trump's efforts to preserve ties with a key U.S. ally.
United Nations food chief David Beasley spotted a tiny foot sticking out from under a blanket in a hospital in Yemen that has been overwhelmed with malnourished children
Israel moved closer to early elections Friday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main coalition partner,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday he wanted his government to fulfill its term, putting the onus of triggering an expected early...
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would be briefed later on Saturday on the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi after a CIA assessment that Saudi...
Syrian regime forces Saturday took back control of Daesh's (ISIS) last holdout in southern Syria after months of fighting, a war monitor said.
Media reports say Turkish authorities have released from custody eight activists who were detained over allegations they supported mass anti-government...
Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese drivers were jammed on the roads Friday while heading to work, as preparations by the Lebanese Army for next week’s...
Beirut’s mayor vowed Friday to uncover and publicly reveal who is responsible for a sewer blockage that earlier in the day had led to extreme flooding on the...
U.S. prosecutors are preparing to pursue a criminal case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, escalating a long battle targeting his anti-secrecy group....
Family members and survivors of the deadliest wildfire in California’s history sought news Friday on the 630 people missing a week after the fast-moving blaze...
Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah, a former Kuwaiti minister and one of the most powerful officials in international sports, has been charged in Switzerland with...
Coalition air strikes Saturday killed at least 36 civilians related to Daesh (ISIS) in a militant holdout in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border, a...
Egypt has sentenced an alleged Islamic State supporter to death for stabbing and killing an 82-year-old Christian doctor in Cairo.
Iraq's President Barham Salih began a visit to Iran Saturday, where he pledged to improve relations less than two weeks after the United States restored oil...
For the first time, the United States voted Friday against an annual U.N. resolution condemning Israel’s occupation of the Golan Heights, dropping its...
Dozens of people paid homage to murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi at a symbolic funeral in Istanbul Friday as Turkish media claimed Ankara has a second...
The Russian military said nearly 270,000 Syrian refugees have returned home to their country in recent months, a fraction of the estimated 5.6 million Syrians...
Germany is examining whether Syrians convicted of crimes in Europe’s biggest economy or who are deemed dangerous can be sent back to their conflict-torn...
Saudi Arabia is defying U.S. calls to mend ties with Qatar despite signs that pressure to end another regional crisis, the Yemen war, has had an impact on...
The second day of the World Tolerance Summit in the United Arab Emirates Friday focused on the role men can play in the fight to empower women.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed in a phone call Friday that all aspects of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal...
A Turkish court has handed life prison sentences to six people convicted over a 2016 attack at Istanbul's main Ataturk airport which killed 45 people, the...
The European Union voiced alarmed over Turkey's detention of several academics and rights activist on Friday, calling for their swift release.
Dozens of migrants and refugees aboard a merchant vessel at a Libyan port are refusing to disembark for fear of "detention and torture," rights watchdog...
Dozens of people Friday paid homage to murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in a symbolic funeral in Istanbul where the 59-year-old Washington Post contributor...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party Friday denied a report that the premier had agreed to call early elections.
The Russian military said nearly 270,000 Syrian refugees have returned home to their country in recent month, a fraction of the estimated 5.6 million Syrians...
Militants Friday killed nine Syrian regime fighters near a planned buffer zone around the country's last major rebel bastion, an activist group said.
The United States said it would oppose on Friday for the first time an annual resolution at the United Nations calling on Israel to rescind its authority in...
Chemical weapons watchdog finds Sarin was used in an 4 April 2017 attack on Idlib, Syria
Hundreds of journalists, many from countries where censorship is rife, have converged on the Tunisian capital for a conference on freedom of expression and...