Lebanon's largest prison has more than 200 coronavirus cases, the head of the country's doctors' union warned Thursday, calling for speedy trials to ease overcrowding. "There are more than 200 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Roumieh prison," Sharaf Abu Sharaf told journalists in Beirut,...

In defiance of overwhelming opposition, the United States is preparing to declare that all international sanctions against Iran have been restored. Few countries believe the move is legal, and such action could provoke a credibility crisis at the United Nations. Virtually alone in the...

The Trump administration vowed Wednesday to impose the "full force" of US sanctions on any international arms manufacturers who deal with Iran once Washington sees a United Nations arms embargo on Tehran as reimposed. Elliott Abrams, US special envoy on Iran, issued the warning in a...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told German Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday that Ankara was open to "constructive" talks but would remain determined in its eastern Mediterranean standoff with Greece. The videoconference call between the two leaders came ahead of an EU summit...