Clashes erupted on Tuesday in the Iranian city of Ahwaz, which has a predominantly ethnic Arab population, following a football match between the local Foolad Khuzestan and Saudi Arabia’s al-Hilal in the AFC Champions League. There had been reports...

(Reuters) - Iraq's government will make a budget payment to Kurdish authorities "within days", the finance minister said, playing down concerns that an oil export deal that helped thaw bilateral relations could collapse. Hoshiyar Zebari told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday the...

(Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory in Israel's election on Tuesday after exit polls showed he had erased his center-left rivals' lead with a hard rightward shift that saw him disavow a commitment to negotiate a Palestinian state. Difficult coalition...

(Reuters) - A U.S. Air Force veteran has been charged with trying to provide support for the Islamic State militant group, U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday. A federal grand jury in New York City indicted Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh for attempting to provide material support to the...