Iran will secure the Strait of Hormuz and not allow any disturbance in shipping in the key oil transport waterway, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Tuesday during a visit to Paris, the state new agency IRNA reported. France, Italy, the Netherlands and Denmark support a...

France, Germany, Spain and the U.K. have strongly condemned the Israel’s latest move to demolish Palestinian homes in the southeast of Jerusalem. A joint statement by the governments of the four countries said they “remain seriously concerned by the continued demolition of Palestinian...

U.S. President Donald Trump hopes to decide soon on when to release a plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, his Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt told the United Nations Security Council Tuesday. "President Trump has not yet decided when we will release the political portion...

Iraqi security forces are sweeping villages and farmland north of Baghdad as part of an operation aimed at clearing remaining militants belonging to the Islamic State group from around the country's capital. A military helicopter flew over army units in the area as troops on the ground...