Iran executed a trader Wednesday dubbed the “Sultan of Coins” for his wholesale trafficking in gold to exploit a surge in demand from savers spooked by this year’s currency crisis. Vahid Mazloomin and accomplice Mohammad Esmail Ghasemi had been convicted of “corruption on...

A religious Jewish candidate won election as mayor of Jerusalem Wednesday in a run-off against a secular contender for a post that shapes Israel's rule over the holy city at the heart of its conflict with the Palestinians. Moshe Lion, a skullcap-wearing bureaucrat favored by two key...

The Iraqi government said Wednesday it had retaken ownership of a piece of property in Baghdad worth millions of dollars after it was unlawfully sold to a government official's wife. In a statement to journalists, the Integrity Commission said it had worked with Baghdad authorities to...

Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri on Tuesday blamed Hezbollah for continued delays in the formation of the country’s next government. “Hezbollah is responsible for what Lebanon is going through,” Hariri said at a Tuesday press conference. Hezbollah chief Hassan...