Iraq on Saturday announced the end of UN sanctions imposed on the country following its invasion of neighboring Kuwait in 1990. In a statement, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry attributed the abolishment of the UN sanctions after 27 years in place to “diplomatic successes”. This...

A senior official has confirmed that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will not meet with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in the West Bank this month because of U.S. recognition of contested Jerusalem as Israel's capital. President Donald Trump's recent decision breaks with...

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Saturday "the end of the war" in Iraq against the Daesh (ISIS) and that his forces had regained full control of the border with Syria. "Our forces are in complete control of the Iraqi-Syrian border and I, therefore, announce the end of the war...

At least two people were killed in clashes with Israeli troops on Friday when thousands of Palestinians demonstrated against U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and the Palestinian president said Washington could no longer be a peace broker....