Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday ruled out negotiations with the US, as tensions mount between the arch-foes after Washington blamed Tehran for attacks on Saudi oil installations. "The policy of 'maximum pressure' against the Iranian nation is worthless and all...

 Iran's president said on Monday that diplomacy, not a military approach, was the only solution to the crisis in Syria, ahead of trilateral talks with his Turkish and Russian counterparts in Ankara aimed at forging a lasting truce in the region. The leaders of Turkey, Iran and Russia...

Daesh's media network Monday published an audio message purporting to come from its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi warning that "daily operations" were underway. "Daily operations are underway on different fronts," he said in the tape published by the Al Furqan network, in what would be his...

Economic growth in Israel and chronic unemployment in the occupied West Bank is seeing more Palestinians cross to the "enemy" side seeking work. The numbers have almost doubled in five years and even another right wing victory in Tuesday's elections is unlikely to change that. "All the...