Iraq's president and the United Nations urged security forces to show restraint on Wednesday after two protesters were killed in clashes with police that other top officials blamed on "infiltrators." Hundreds took to the streets of the capital and cities across the south on Tuesday in the...

The energy market must be non-political in order to prevent interference, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said Wednesday, according to the official IRNA news agency. "The energy market must be non-political in order to prevent unilateral and illegal interference," Zanganeh said upon...

Iran's statement that Saudi Arabia sent messages to its president through other countries was "not accurate", Adel al-Jubeir, the kingdom's minister of state for foreign affairs, has said. Saudi Arabia blames Iran for an attack on two Saudi oil facilities on Sept. 14, a charge Tehran...

Talks to form a national unity government in Israel hit a further snag on Tuesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's centrist election rival called off a meeting with the embattled leader. Netanyahu said Sunday he would make a final effort this week to reach an agreement and would...