Daesh expert Hisham al-Hashemi was shot outside his home in Baghdad Monday and died shortly thereafter at a local hospital, an official from the Iraqi interior ministry told AFP. Hashemi was an authoritative voice on Sunni extremist factions including the Daesh group, but was also...

Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group and the Palestinian Hamas Monday said Israel’s plan to annex parts of the West Bank is an "aggression against the Palestinian people" and called for unity to confront it. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh sent a letter to Hezbollah’s chief Hassan Nasrallah...

The Turkish foreign minister Monday called on the European Union to be an "honest broker" in disputes between Ankara and EU member states France, Greece and Cyprus. Mevlut Cavusoglu warned that Turkey would be forced to "reciprocate" against any decisions the bloc takes against the country....

Iran’s hardline lawmakers plan to summon the president for questioning, a move that could ultimately lead to impeachment, media reported on Monday, amid growing discontent over the government’s economic policies. Iranians’ daily struggle to make ends meet has become harder since the...