Iraqi oil exports fell to 3.428 million barrels per day (bpd) in December from 3.5 million bpd the previous month, the oil ministry's spokesman said Thursday. Exports from its southern Basra terminals reached 3.326 million bpd, down from 3.4 million bpd in November, spokesman Asim Jihad...

A top Iranian commander said Thursday that Iran was not moving towards a war but was not afraid of any conflict, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported after U.S. President Donald Trump said Tehran was behind anti-U.S. protests in Iraq. Trump accused Iran of orchestrating...

Supporters of Iranian-backed Iraqi paramilitary groups who stormed the U.S. embassy’s perimeter and hurled rocks in two days of protests withdrew on Wednesday after Washington dispatched extra troops and threatened reprisals against Tehran.     The demonstrators, angry at U.S....

Thousands of supporters of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah movement, which rivals Gaza's rulers Hamas, held a rare gathering in the enclave on Wednesday to mark the party's 55th anniversary. Waving yellow Fatah flags, supporters from across the territory gathered in Gaza City to...