Iran's top leader said on Wednesday he was confident Friday's elections would return a parliament prepared to resist interference by foreign powers including the United States, according to his website. "The nation will vote for a parliament that puts Iran's dignity and...

Israel's Shin Bet domestic security agency abuses Palestinians under interrogation in a manner so systematic it points to official endorsement, two Israeli NGOs said in a report published Wednesday. The 70-page joint study by rights groups B'Tselem and Hamoked is based on accounts by 116...

Turkey insisted on Tuesday there was an indisputable link between Syrian Kurdish fighters and last week's deadly attack in Ankara, despite final confirmation that the bomber was born on Turkish territory. After the February 18 suicide car bombing of a convoy of military...

The United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday that it was banning its citizens from traveling to Lebanon and reducing its diplomatic mission there, according to state news agency WAM. "The Foreign and International Cooperation Ministry announced that it had raised its warning...