BEIRUT (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister said Thursday that Tehran wants Lebanon's rivals to reach an agreement to elect a new president in the crisis-hit country that has been without a head of state since October. Hossein Amirabdollahian made his comments during his first visit to Lebanon...

The foreign ministers of Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) spoke over the phone on Saturday discussing bilateral and regional ties, according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry. During the talk, Iran's Hossein Amirabdollahian labelled the existing relations as "forward-moving," adding:...

Israel will impose a 3-day lockdown on the Palestinian territories as of April 24 for the upcoming Memorial Day and Independence Day celebrations. The closure is set to begin on Monday, April 24, at 5 p.m. and last until Wednesday, April 26, at 11:59 p.m. A military statement said border...

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The United Nations expressed concern Wednesday over the Iraqi authorities' swift closure this week of a displacement camp that had housed more than 300 families with alleged ties to the militant Islamic State group. The U.N. office in Baghdad said in a statement that the...