Israel's president on Thursday tasked parliament with forming a government after its centrist speaker Benny Gantz failed to reach a unity deal with right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Following a March 2 election, Israel's third stalemate vote in less than a year, Gantz was given...

Jordan's Prime Minister Omar al Razzaz said Wednesday the government would soon ease a tight lockdown imposed to stem the spread of coronavirus by allowing more businesses and industries to return to work. However, it will not yet lift a curfew imposed nearly a month ago that restricts the...

Iran said Wednesday the world is learning that the United States "kills people", after President Donald Trump suspended U.S. funding for the World Health Organization amid the coronavirus pandemic. Trump has accused the U.N. body of covering up the seriousness of the COVID-19 outbreak in...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and parliament speaker Benny Gantz faced a midnight deadline Wednesday to form a unity government or risk prolonging the country's unprecedented political crisis. The right-wing premier Netanyahu and centrist Gantz, Israel's former army chief, have...