The Trump administration is preparing to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard a "foreign terrorist organization," an unprecedented move against a national armed force that could have widespread implications for U.S. personnel and policy in the Middle East and elsewhere. Officials informed...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Sunday decried recent U.S. recognition of the Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem and Syrian Golan Heights.   "We condemn the illegitimate U.S. decisions regarding the Golan and Jerusalem," Lavrov said during a joint news conference with his...

Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons staged a hunger strike on Sunday in protest of restrictions by prison authorities.    Palestinian inmates from Hamas group refused the morning meals, according to Israeli Channel 13.   The Palestinian Prisoner Society...

President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party will ask Turkey’s top electoral board for a recount of all votes cast in local elections in Istanbul, a senior party official said on Sunday. Initial results from the March 31 election gave a narrow victory to the opposition Republican People’s...