Middle East

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Iran stepped back from the brink of possible war on Wednesday as President Donald…

BEIRUT (Reuters) — Keeping Lebanon without a government is “increasingly irresponsible”, a senior U.N. official said on Wednesday, in tough…

ISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish and Russian presidents were in Istanbul on Wednesday to inaugurate the dual natural gas line…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union said Wednesday it “will spare no efforts” in its attempts to keep alive an…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Commercial airlines on Wednesday rerouted flights crossing the Middle East to avoid possible danger amid escalating…

BRUSSELS (Reuters) — The European Union’s top diplomat and the foreign ministers of Britain, France, Germany and Italy condemned on…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran struck back at the United States early Wednesday for killing a top Revolutionary Guard commander,…

SHAHEDSHAHR, Iran (AP) — A Ukrainian airplane carrying 176 people crashed on Wednesday shortly after takeoff from Tehran’s main airport,…

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Reuters) — For many of the soldiers, it would be their first mission. They packed up ammunition…

DUBAI/BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Dozens of people were killed in a stampede as crowds of mourners packed streets for the funeral…