The U.S. State Department expects a decision on whether to waive sanctions on Iran under the 2015 nuclear deal will be made on Thursday, a senior official said. Under Secretary Steve Goldstein told reporters he was not sure if the decision will be announced Thursday night or Friday.

A series of six earthquakes with a magnitude of at least 5 hit along the Iran-Iraq border and rattled even Baghdad and parts of the Iraqi countryside Thursday, striking in the same area that saw a temblor in November that killed over 530 people. There were no immediate reports of injuries or...

Israeli settlers used bulldozers to vandalize some agricultural lands belonging to Palestinian families in Nablus city’s Madama district in occupied West Bank on Wednesday. Israeli soldiers intervened against Palestinian residents reacting against settlers' vandalizing of their lands;...

Iran's foreign minister is visiting Moscow for talks focusing on the future of the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and the situation in Syria, where both nations support President Bashar Assad. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif emphasized the need for close cooperation to...