Middle East

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli nationalists are celebrating what they call a “precedent-setting” court ruling that would legalize an isolated West…

Iran’s intelligence minister said “dozens of spies” had been arrested as part of a crackdown on espionage and dual nationals…

BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi security official says a suicide bomber has targeted a security checkpoint in the western province…

KAUBER, West Bank (Reuters) – The Israeli military on Tuesday demolished the family home of a Palestinian teenager in the…

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Thousands of Syrians began returning to Daraya on Tuesday, state media said, for the first time since…

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar refused to sign the latest draft of a peace deal with…

Washington (CNN) – The Pentagon has issued a warning to Saudi Arabia that it is prepared to reduce military and…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Russia postponed indefinitely a meeting on the Afghan peace process planned for next week, Afghan officials…

Syria’s northwestern Idlib region — crammed with civilians and rebels close to Turkey — needs Russia’s “moderating manner,” Chancellor Angela…

The Iranian president has been summoned before parliament for the first time since he assumed office in 2013. Under pressure…