Iran wants China's help to resolve tensions and unrest in the Middle East and is ready to play host to more Chinese firms once sanctions against it are lifted, Iran's foreign minister said on Tuesday China and Iran have close diplomatic, economic, trade and energy ties, and...

Thirteen Turkish soldiers were wounded when their convoy was hit by a roadside bomb explosion in the largely Kurdish eastern province of Mus, security sources said on Tuesday. Turkey has been hit by waves of daily violence between Kurdish militants and security forces, with much...

Around 200 protesters gathered near Beirut’s international airport Monday to warn the Lebanese government over allowing the body of the head of Israel's former proxy militia in south Lebanon to be buried in the country.

Muslims and Israeli police clashed at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound for a second straight day Monday, prompting at least three arrests, police said. "As the police entered the compound masked youths fled inside the mosque and threw stones at the force," a police statement...