The UN nuclear watchdog's governing body will meet on Monday as a row brews over Iran's refusal to allow access to two sites where historic nuclear activity may have occurred. The Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expressed "serious concern" in a report earlier this...

An Israeli cabinet minister said Sunday the government approved plans to build a new settlement in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights named after President Donald Trump. Settlements Minister Tzipi Hotovely wrote on Facebook that her ministry will start preparations for Ramat Trump - Hebrew...

Turkish warplanes struck Kurdish militant targets in various regions of northern Iraq Sunday night in response to an increase in militant attacks on Turkish army bases, the Defence Ministry said. "The Claw-Eagle Operation has started. Our planes are bringing the caves down on the...

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake trembled Turkey's eastern province of Bingol on Sunday, according to the nation's disaster agency. The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority said the quake struck the Karliova district at 5.24 p.m. local time (1424GMT). In the village of Kaynarpinar, two...