Khalifa Haftar, commander of Libyan forces backed by the Tobruk-based parliament, has announced the launch of a military offensive to capture Libya's northeastern city of Derna. Derna was captured by the Shura Council of Mujahideen after the expulsion of Daesh from the city in 2014....

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman al-Safadi Tuesday warned of "dangerous repercussions" and a possible arms race in the Middle East unless a political solution was found to free the region of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction. Safadi spoke in Germany before an...

U.S. President Donald Trump said he will discuss trade with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, as both sides continue talks after failing to reach a consensus at talks in Beijing last week. Trump announced the planned telephone call in a post on Twitter, just days after a U.S....

Elections will be held in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq on Sept. 30, Kurdish broadcaster Rudaw said Tuesday, citing the region's Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani. Rudaw is close to the Kurdistan Regional Government based in Irbil. A federal Iraqi election is set...