n">(Reuters) -  Iran ian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday demanded that all sanctions on Iran be lifted at the same time as any final agreement with world powers on curbing Tehran's nuclear program is concluded. Khamenei, the Islamic Republic's most...

Daesh has released 216 Ezidi captives, most of whom are elderly people, Iraqi officials said. "The (released) group was held captive for more than seven months and has reached a safe place in Kirkuk," Khairi Buzani, general director of Ezidis affairs at the northern region of Iraq’s...

(Reuters) - Palestinian police said on Wednesday they had extended their security control in parts of the occupied West Bank following a deal with  Israel , launching armed patrols for the first time in towns near Jerusalem. Louy Izriqat, spokesman for Palestinian police, said...

(Reuters) - Eight Iranian border guards were killed by militants in a cross-border raid on the frontier with  Pakistan  on Monday, according to reports in the Iranian media. Sistan-Baluchestan province in southeast Iran has long been plagued by unrest from both drug...