The Hamas resistance movement and Palestinian factions convened on Sunday in the blockaded Gaza Strip to discuss the current situation and issues in the enclave. “We now have a strategic goal and I think that the factions share with us that the blockade must stop and that the time has...

(CBC)- A Halifax man who is the first person charged with violating Canada's economic sanctions against Syria is back in Damascus doing business there, CBC News has learned. Nader Kalai — a Syrian national with permanent residency in Canada — is known to be a close associate of...

Saudi Arabia has agreed to admit an Iranian diplomat to head an office representing Iranian interests in the kingdom, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported Sunday, in a rare move after the rivals broke off relations in 2016. "An informed diplomatic source said Sunday that Saudi...

 Militants have attacked a high voltage power line serving several Iraqi provinces for the eighth time in two months, the government said Sunday. The electricity ministry said it had to once again repair the 400 kilovolt line between Kirkuk and Diyala after "terrorist attacks of...