(Reuters) - Two Iraqi local officials and a police officer accused Shi'ite paramilitary forces on Saturday of burning and looting homes in the town of al-Dour after capturing the area during a military campaign to oust Islamic State fighters. A spokesman for the armed faction,...

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pre-election disavowal of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict makes it "hard to find a path" toward serious negotiations to resolve the issue. In an interview with the...

(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...