Iran's foreign minister said Wednesday that his country has no choice but to manufacture missiles for defense purposes - comments that reflect more backtracking after a remark by the top diplomat suggesting the missiles could be up for negotiations. Mohammad Javad Zarif said in an interview...

Daesh has called for more attacks in Tunisia in a rare propaganda video purportedly filmed by the militants in the North African nation. It comes three weeks after a twin suicide attack against police in the capital Tunis claimed by Daesh killed two people. The video, shared on Daesh...

Shipping companies are hiring unarmed security guards for voyages through the Middle East Gulf as an extra safeguard after a wave of attacks in the region, security companies involved said. Relations between Iran and the West are increasingly strained after Britain seized an Iranian tanker...

The United States will “do what it can do” to help defuse a worsening political and economic dispute between South Korea and Japan, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Wednesday, as South Korea warned that the row would have global repercussions. The United States has been hesitant to...