Kuwait and Bolivia requested an urgent meeting of UN Security Council to discuss the heightened violence in Gaza, according to diplomatic sources. The Security Council is expected to discuss the matter behind-closed doors on Tuesday. The request comes amid a ceasefire between...

The European Union and Britain have agreed a draft text of a Brexit withdrawal agreement and Prime Minister Theresa May will present it to her senior ministers Wednesday, after more than a year of tortuous negotiations. While officials choreograph the first withdrawal of a sovereign...

At this year's Baghdad International Fair, Iranian businessmen displayed thick, colorful Persian rugs to impressed onlookers while others showcased the latest in Iranian manufacturing in power generators and industrial tools. For Iranian companies, the annual Baghdad International Fair...

  Three people were killed Tuesday and three others injured when a zinc and lead mine collapsed in northeastern Morocco, authorities said, in a region shaken by protests over similar accidents. The accident occurred near the impoverished former mining town of Jerada a week after two...