Iran will ask Japan to mediate between Tehran and Washington to ease oil sanctions imposed by the United States, Iranian officials said on Wednesday, as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in the country for a two-day visit. Abe, the first Japanese leader to visit Iran since its 1979...

Palestinians urged Egypt and Jordan Wednesday to reconsider their attendance at a U.S.-led conference on June 25-26 in Bahrain, voicing concern it would weaken any Arab opposition to Washington's coming peace plan. The United States has billed the gathering as a workshop to boost the...

At a modest dwelling open to the winds next to a landfill in the Gaza Strip, only the women, children and an old man remain. Angham Zorab's two brothers along with her husband fled the blockaded Palestinian enclave in June 2014 -- like many others who see no hope in remaining. "He sold...

Israel reduced the fishing zone it allows off Gaza for the second time in a week, an official said Tuesday, following a spate of attacks by Palestinians using balloons to spark fires. A spokeswoman for COGAT, the Israeli defence ministry unit that oversees such regulations, said Gazans...