World / Middle East

Jerusalem: US National Security Advisor John Bolton warned Iran Tuesday against disrupting a Bahrain conference on Middle East peace, amid soaring tensions between...

Moscow: The US drone shot down by Tehran last week was in Iranian airspace, the head of Russia's Security Council said Tuesday, despite...

Jerusalem: US National Security Adviser John Bolton, speaking after the United States increased sanctions against Iranian officials, said Washington was still willing to...

Dubai: Iran said on Tuesday that U.S. sanctions imposed on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top officials in the country permanently...

Jerusalem:  Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday his country will do "everything" to prevent arch-rival Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, during a...

Marseille:  French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said he would discuss the current flare-up of tensions between Iran and the United States with...

Ramallah, Palestinian Territories: Hundreds of Palestinians protested on Monday against a US economic peace proposal, a day ahead of an American-led conference in...

Ankara: Turkey said Monday it does not fear US sanctions over its decision to buy a Russian missile defence system that has frayed...

BAGHDAD: Iraq's deputy parliament speaker says the legislature has approved three Cabinet ministers whose posts have been vacant since the formation of the...

Brussels: US President Donald Trump is ready to talk to Iran about a deal that would lift American sanctions but Tehran would need...

London: US cyber attacks against Iranian targets have not been successful, Iran's telecoms minister said on Monday, within days of reports that the...

Tehran:  A top Iranian diplomat expressed disappointment on Sunday after meeting a British Foreign Office minister amid escalating regional tensions, saying their talks...

JERUSALEM:  The economic component of the Trump administration's long-awaited Mideast peace plan drew chilly responses from regional allies Sunday, two days before it...

CAIRO:  Palestinians don't need this week's U.S.-led Bahrain meeting to develop their country, they need peace, Palestinian Finance Minister Shukri Bishara said on...

Istanbul: Binali Yildirim, the ruling party candidate in the controversial re-run of Istanbul's mayoral election, conceded defeat on Sunday.  Initial results from the...

DUBAI/WASHINGTON:  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was not seeking war with Tehran after a senior Iranian military commander warned any...

KHARTOUM, Sudan:  Sudan's protest movement accepted an Ethiopian roadmap for a civilian-led transitional government, a spokesman said on Sunday, after a months-long standoff...

BEIRUT: Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said Sunday that the country will not be "tempted" by money into giving up Palestinian rights, criticizing...