Iran's intelligence ministry said on Thursday five of the detained suspects linked to the attacks in Tehran participated in ISIS terrorist activity in Syria's Raqqa and Iraq's Mosul, state TV reported. "They five arrested terrorists were Iranians. They earlier left Iran and conducted...

Israel has advanced plans for a further 1,500 homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, Peace Now said on Thursday, the second such announcement in a week. More than 3,000 units have been advanced this week, a spokeswoman for the NGO that tracks settlement building in the...

Germany is pledging an additional 3.5 million euros ($3.9 million) to help improve conditions for refugees in Libya. On an unannounced visit to Tripoli on Thursday, Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said many migrants in Libya "are in a desperate situation." The money, to be paid by 2018,...

The U.N. human rights office has reports of a "significant escalation" of Iraqi civilians being killed by ISIS as they try to flee Mosul, and reports of 50-80 deaths in an air strike on the Zanjili district on May 31, it said on Thursday. "Credible reports indicate that more than 231...