The chairman of Britain's House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee said Saturday that it would be “extremely unwise” to seek a military solution to free an oil tanker seized by Iran. "If it has been taken to Bandar Abbas then that's an important Iranian military port, and I think any...

Ninety-seven Palestinians were injured during protests along Gaza border on Friday, according to health ministry.  The protesters converged near a security fence that separates Gaza Strip from Israel to demonstrate against Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian territories....

There will be "serious consequences" if Iran does not release a British-flagged tanker seized in the Gulf, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said. The Stena Impero's owners say they have been unable to contact their vessel, which had 23 personnel on board and was "heading north towards...

Dozens of Lebanese veterans tussled with security forces in Beirut on Friday as they tried to reach parliament in a protest against any cuts to their benefits in the state budget. The protesters, some waving Lebanese army flags and wearing camouflage trousers, breached coils of barbed wire...