Germany has banned Iran-backed Hezbollah activity on its soil and designated it a terrorist organisation, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday. Police conducted early morning raids in Germany to detain suspected members of the group. Security officials believe up to 1,050 people in...

The United States will not allow Iran to purchase conventional arms after a U.N. prohibition on this expires in October, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday. “We’re not going to let that happen,” Pompeo told reporters at a news briefing. “We will work with the U.N....

 Turkey's official death toll from the novel coronavirus rose to 3,081, the health minister said Wednesday. In a tweet, Fahrettin Koca said 89 more deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours while there were 2,936 new cases. The total number of reported infections is now 117,589, as...

Iran must not give in to U.S. "provocations", Russia said Wednesday, following months of mounting tension between Washington and Tehran. "We are urging maximum restraint and caution, not to give in to provocations and aggressive rhetoric," foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told...