The offer by the United States to negotiate with Iran is a deception, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday in remarks published on his official website. U.S. President Donald Trump has said he is willing to hold talks with the Islamic Republic. "Negotiations are a...

The foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates said Wednesday that "clear, scientific and convincing" evidence was required on recent attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf region. Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who was speaking in Moscow at a news conference with his...

The sultanate of Oman has announced it will open an embassy in the West Bank, in the city of Ramallah. The announcement comes as Bahrain hosts a workshop on a U.S. Mideast peace plan by the Trump administration, focusing on the Palestinian economy. A tweet from the Omani Foreign Ministry...

Growth in the West bank and Gaza has to be focused on creating jobs, the head of the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday, as she discussed the Trump administration's $50 billion economic plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace. "One of the really good aspects of the plan ... is that it...