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...

Israel has charged a Palestinian Authority official and a prominent Palestinian lawyer over shooting attacks on Israeli vehicles in the occupied West Bank, authorities said Monday. Zakaria Zubeidi and Tareq Barghout were accused of carrying out the shootings between November 2016 and...