In a workshop in a bombed-out factory in Mosul, Najlaa Abdelrahman joins scores of other women on a production line as they sew garments and try to knit their lives back together. The mother of three lost her husband during the war against jihadist group Islamic State, which occupied the...

Iran, hard hit by US sanctions on its oil sales, now faces restrictions on metals exports -- but industry insiders say foreign income from mining and steel will be harder to curb. Tensions are soaring a year after Washington withdrew from a multilateral 2015 deal over Iran's nuclear...

Half of the Palestinians in the blockaded Gaza Strip are depending on food aid, UN refugee agency UNRWA said on Monday. In a statement, UNRWA called for providing an additional $60 million by June to help the agency provide aid to more than one million Palestinian refugees in Gaza....

Oil futures rose on Monday on increasing concerns about supply disruptions in the Middle East even as investors and traders fretted over global economic growth prospects amid a standoff in the Sino-U.S. trade talks. Brent crude futures were at $71.71 a barrel by 0912 GMT, up $1.09. U.S....