BENGHAZI, Libya: An explosion took place at a mosque in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Friday, residents said. There was no immediate word on casualties. Two weeks ago, around 35 people were killed by a twin bombing at a mosque in the same city.

A suicide bombing killed one person in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi Thursday, the first such attack since government forces retook it from militants, police and medics said. "A man driving a motorcycle blew himself up outside a police checkpoint," in Ramadi, a police captain said....

France will encourage its firms to do business in Iran despite uncertainty over a landmark 2015 nuclear deal putting the business environment in "limbo," a senior French finance official said Thursday. Along with other European countries, France has been looking to increase trade with...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lashed out at the country's chief of police ahead of an expected announcement concerning a corruption probe into the long-standing leader. Police Chief Roni Alsheikh said on Wednesday that "powerful figures" had hired people to "sniff...