(Reuters) - Iran's top leader voiced mistrust on Saturday of U.S. efforts to reach a nuclear deal, even as Washington and its allies spoke of real progress and urged Tehran to take "difficult decisions". With just 10 days remaining until an end-of-March deadline for a framework...

(Anadolu Agency)- Jailed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, leader Abdullah Ocalan said in his Newroz message on Saturday that the “ PKK must convene a congress to end the 40-year armed conflict against Turkey.” The message of the PKK- leader, jailed in Turkey...

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama , who once famously said he would “always have Israel’s back,” may be rethinking that promise as aides begin weighing options in response to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pre-election disavowal of a two-state solution to the...

(Reuters) - Iraq's most important Shi'ite religious leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, called on Friday for greater professionalism and planning by government forces and allied militias in fighting Islamic State insurgents. Sistani, who speaks for millions of Iraqis and has a...