Iraq says it will offer new oil and gas exploration rights as it looks to boost energy revenues to fund its war against Daesh (ISIS) and shore up its finances amid low oil prices. Oil Minister Jabar Ali Al-Luaibi said late Tuesday that his ministry plans to put nine border exploration blocks...

Two Palestinian men were shot dead during clashes with the Israeli army in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank early Wednesday, Palestinian medical and security sources said. One of the two had been evacuated in serious condition and later succumbed to his wounds, medical...

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Tuesday that the defeat of Islamic State in Mosul was a "great step" that would pave the way to eliminating the group. In comments broadcast on the Lebanese Shi'ite group's Manar television station, Nasarallah also said the routing of the...

The U.N. health agency says plans to ship cholera vaccine to Yemen are likely to be shelved over security, access and logistical challenges in the war-torn country. Yemen's suspected cholera caseload has surged past 313,000, causing over 1,700 deaths in the world's largest outbreak. War has...