The top adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said Tuesday that the election results in Iraq were "very good" and said Tehran respects the will of the Iraqi people. "This was a very good election and we congratulate the Iraqi government and people. Whoever the Iraqi people choose...

Populist Shiite religious scholar Moqtada Sadr Tuesday eyed a governing coalition after dealing a blow to both Iranian and U.S. influence with a shock election triumph that upended Iraqi politics. With the last ballots still being counted, however, Tehran and its local allies already...

A Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire Tuesday amid renewed sporadic clashes on the Gaza Strip border, the Gazan health ministry said, a day after dozens died in the bloodiest day in years. The man killed was identified as Nasser Ghorab, 51, the ministry said, adding he was hit east...

Turkey on Tuesday told the Israeli ambassador to temporarily leave the country in protest at the killing of dozens of Palestinians by Israeli troops on the Gaza border, a foreign ministry official said. Ambassador Eitan Naeh was summoned to the foreign ministry and told to "return to...