Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei advised the government last July not to rely on European efforts to protect Tehran against U.S. sanctions, months after Washington withdrew from a nuclear deal with Iran and reimposed penalties. The release of Khamenei’s speech nine months...

The U.S. consulate in Jerusalem, which serves Palestinians, will be absorbed into the new U.S. Embassy to Israel on Monday, the State Department said, a planned merger that has angered Palestinian leadership. The decision to create a single diplomatic mission in Jerusalem was announced last...

Egypt Sunday completed a project to restore the catacombs of Kom el-Shuqafa in western Alexandria, which have been prone to groundwater leaks since they were discovered in the first decade of the 20th century. The restoration, which began in late 2017, was completed using a $5.7 million grant...

Jordan Sunday accused Israeli authorities of barring top Palestinian Muslim officials from Al-Aqsa mosque in occupied east Jerusalem. Sheikh Abdel Azim Salhab, head of the Waqf religious authority that runs the site in the disputed city, has been barred for 40 days and his deputy for...