Iran said Monday that if President Donald Trump wants to negotiate after pulling the United States out of the international deal meant to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons, he'll have to initiate the call. The remarks by Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi came after...

Egypt's parliament has backed a draft bill that grants foreigners citizenship if they deposit the sum of at least 7 million Egyptian pounds ($391,000) in a local bank, save it there for five years and reside in the country during that period. The draft bill, passed on Sunday evening,...

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei has called for better ties with the world - though not with the United States, according his official website Monday. Khamenei met President Hassan Rouhani and his cabinet Sunday and spoke of the "necessity of developing diplomacy and relations with foreign...

About 200 protesters gathered at the main entrance to Iraq's Siba natural gas field on Monday, police and energy sources said, in unrest over poor services sweeping southern cities. The demonstration has not affected operations at Siba, run by Kuwait Energy PLC, Siba officials said.