On eve of Israel embassy move, US says ‘hard at work’ on peace
Top US officials insisted Sunday that they could still push forward the troubled Israeli-Palestinian peace process despite outrage across the Arab world over the...
Iraq PM appears in lead after first post-IS election
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's political grouping appeared in the lead Sunday following the country's first election since defeating the Islamic State group, after...
Trump pullout from Iran deal signals Mideast strategic shift
US President Donald Trump's rejection of an accord curbing Iran's nuclear activities and the escalation in hostilities between Iran and Israel that followed herald...
Israel calls on Syria’s Assad to ‘get rid’ of Iranian forces
Israel's defense minister Friday called on President Bashar Assad to "get rid" of Iranian forces in Syria, warning their continued presence would only cause...
Lira slumps after Turkey’s Erdogan says interest rates ‘evil’
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday declared that interest rates were the "mother and father of all evil", a controversial comment that prompted a...
1 Gazan killed, 49 wounded by Israeli fire in border protest
Israeli troops fired live bullets and tear gas Friday across a border fence into Gaza where Palestinian protesters threw stones, burned tires and flew...
The Latest: Israel army says car rams into West Bank soldier
The Latest on Palestinian protests in Gaza that turned deadly when Israeli troops fired into the crowd. (all times local):
7:45 p.m.
Israel's military says an...
Iran cleric threatens destruction of Israeli cities
A prominent Iranian cleric on Friday threatened two Israeli cities with destruction if the country "acts foolishly" and retaliates against it again, while thousands...
11 children killed in Afghan suicide attack on foreign convoy: officials
A suicide attack on a foreign military convoy in southern Afghanistan on Monday killed at least 11 children who were nearby, officials said, amid...
Kuwait seeks to calm Philippines crisis over workers
A senior Kuwaiti official on Monday sought to calm a crisis with the Philippines over the treatment of domestic workers in the oil-rich Gulf...
