The head of the Russian National Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev said on Tuesday that Iranian defenses downed a U.S. spy drone last week while the aircraft was in Iranian airspace. Speaking at the opening of a meeting in Jerusalem with his U.S. and Israeli counterparts John Bolton and...

Britain's most advanced military aircraft, the Lightning F-35B, has flown its first missions over Syria and Iraq as part of ongoing operations against remnants of the Islamic State group, the U.K.'s defense secretary said. Defense Secretary Penny Mordaunt said in a statement released...

President Donald Trump Tuesday threatened to attack Iran in retaliation for any strikes by Tehran "on anything American," after Iran said new U.S. sanctions precluded any diplomacy and called the White House actions "mentally retarded." "Iran's very ignorant and insulting statement, put out...

Thousands of Palestinians demonstrated Tuesday throughout the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip against the launch of the US administration's Middle East peace plan. Around 3,000 people protested in Nablus in the northern West Bank, with dozens attending demonstrations in Ramallah and...