Iran will ask "no one's permission" to build up its missile capability, President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday, in what appeared to be a defiant response to U.S. efforts to hamper the Iranian military. Facing an election in May where he hopes to secure a second four-year term, Rouhani has...

An Iraqi military officer says ISIS militants have launched a gas attack in a newly-liberated area in western Mosul. The officer with the anti-terrorism forces said Saturday that the attack occurred the night before in the al-Abar neighborhood, when ISIS fired a rocked loaded with chlorine....

Recep Tugcu is convinced: ever since "Tayyip" has been in power, Turkey is living through "its golden age." So he has no hesitation in voting "Yes" in Sunday's referendum on expanding the president's powers. The head of state's detractors accuse President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of showing...

A British woman was stabbed and killed in Jerusalem on Friday and her attacker arrested, an Israeli police spokeswoman said. The attack took place on the light railway close to the Old City, where Christian commemorations were under way for Good Friday as Jews marked the week-long Passover...