Iranians responded with anger and mockery Saturday to the bellicose criticism of their government by U.S. President Donald Trump who threatened to tear up a landmark nuclear deal. Trump's use of the phrase "Arabian Gulf" rather than "Persian Gulf" particularly hit a nerve in a country...

(Reuters) - Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah reached a deal over political reconciliation on Thursday after Hamas agreed to hand over administrative control of the Gaza enclave the group has controlled for more than a decade. Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh announced the...

 Kurdish peshmerga forces on Thursday blocked roads from Iraqi Kurdistan to the country's second city Mosul in response to Iraqi troop movements, a senior Kurdish military official told AFP. "The two main roads connecting Irbil and Dohuk to Mosul were cut off on Thursday with sand...

ANKARA (Reuters) - A German journalist went on trial for terrorism charges in Turkey on Wednesday, saying she was innocent and demanding her immediate release, in a case that has damaged already sour relations with Berlin. Mesale Tolu was detained in April, accused of being a member of...