Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday slammed a US Middle East peace plan as a "great betrayal of the Islamic world", and warned Gulf rivals not to back it. Washington is gearing up to roll out economic aspects of its long-awaited plan for peace between the Israelis and...

Palestinians in east Jerusalem celebrated Eid al-Fitr on Wednesday, a three-day festival that follows the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Some 120,000 Muslims converged on the iconic Al-Aqsa Mosque -- which for Muslims represents the world's third holiest site -- to perform Eid prayers....

U.S. President Donald Trump said he was prepared to talk to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani but that there was always a chance of U.S. military action against the Islamic Republic. “So Iran is a place that was extremely hostile when I first came into office,” Trump told British...

 Israel expects to start U.S.-mediated talks with Lebanon on setting a maritime border within weeks, a senior Israeli official said Tuesday. Lebanon has not commented publicly on whether it would attend talks or on any possible timeline. The official said that the U.N. peacekeeping...