The U.S. ambassador to Israel did not rule out an Israeli move to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, land that the Palestinians seek for a state, in an interview with the New York Times published Saturday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in the run-up to an April election...

Additional sanctions imposed on Iran by the United States show that Washington’s offer of talks is not genuine, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Saturday. The United States placed sanctions on Iran’s largest petrochemical holding group on Friday for indirectly...

 Iran said Saturday that new U.S. sanctions on its petrochemical industry show the hollowness of President Donald Trump's claims to be open to fresh negotiations with Tehran. "Only one week was needed for the U.S. president's claim that he was ready to negotiate with Iran to be proved...

 New U.S. sanctions imposed Friday target Iran's petrochemical industry, including the country's largest petrochemical holding group over its financial support for Tehran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Treasury Department said in a statement. The Treasury Department said the...