The Israeli navy intercepted a Swedish-flagged activist boat bent on breaching its more than decade-long blockade of Gaza, the second in less than a week, the Israeli army said on Saturday. "The ship was monitored and was intercepted in accordance with international law," the army said...

Sporadic protests were taking place in cities in Iran for a fourth day, with demonstrators attacking a Shi'ite seminary west of Tehran, according to Iranian news agencies and social media on Saturday, as Iranians brace for a return of U.S. sanctions. Hundreds have rallied in cities...

Iran's foreign minister said Friday China was "pivotal" to salvaging a multilateral nuclear agreement for the Middle Eastern country after the United States pulled out of the pact earlier this year. U.S. President Donald Trump pulled out of the 2015 deal in May. International sanctions...

Iran launched a naval exercise in the Arabian Gulf on Thursday, just days before the U.S. reimposes sanctions on Tehran, a defense official told AFP. The timing of the exercise is unusual, as it appears to be similar in scale and nature to a drill that ordinarily happens later in the...