Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said he favors talks and diplomacy but not under current conditions, state news agency IRNA said late on Monday. “Today’s situation is not suitable for talks and our choice is resistance only” IRNA quoted Rouhani as saying. U.S. President Donald...

Iran has increased by fourfold the rate of enrichment of low enriched uranium, an official in Natanz nuclear facility was cited as saying by Tasnim news agency Monday, a week after Iran officially stopped some commitments under an international nuclear accord. Under the agreement, Tehran...

A U.N. team investigating the massacre of Iraq's Yazidi minority and other atrocities has excavated 12 mass graves and is collecting witness accounts that could be used in Iraqi and other national courts, according to a U.N. report seen by AFP on Monday. The U.N. Security Council agreed in...

Hundreds of retired Lebanese security personnel protested Monday over feared pension cuts and tried to storm the government's headquarters in Beirut as ministers mulled an austerity budget inside. For weeks, the government has been discussing budget cuts required to unlock $11 billion in...