The U.S. military says a U.S. service member has died during a combat mission with Iraqi security forces in Iraq's north. The statement by the U.S Central Command said the service member died Saturday in Iraq's northern Nineveh province. The service member was advising and accompanying...

Iran's supreme leader called on all Muslims to support the Palestinian people in their opposition to the Trump administration's "deal of the century" Middle East peace plan. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a letter Saturday marking the Islamic hajj pilgrimage, said the still-unreleased U.S. plan...

Iran unveiled Saturday what authorities said was a locally upgraded missile defense system with a range of 400 km and able to defend against cruise and ballistic missiles and drones. The announcement comes at a time of rising tension between Iran and United States. Iran shot down a U.S....

Israeli troops shot dead four heavily armed Palestinians on the Gaza border early Saturday, one of whom had managed to cross and throw a grenade at troops, the army said. There have been frequent clashes along the Gaza border since the Palestinians began organizing regular mass protests...

France said Friday that it "needs no permission" to work towards easing tensions between Iran and the US, after President Donald Trump accused his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron of meddling in the dispute. "On Iran, France speaks with complete sovereignty. It is working hard for peace...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Twitter Friday that any military presence in the Gulf from outside the region would be a "source of insecurity" for Iran, and Tehran would act to safeguard its security. Washington is lobbying international partners to join a...

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper asked South Korea to send troops to join a U.S.-led maritime force in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Iran, Yonhap news agency said Friday. Esper made the request during a meeting with Defence Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo in South Korea, it added....

US authorities have sentenced Lebanese businessman Kassim Tajideen to five years in prison and ordered a fine of $50 million on suspicion of financing Hezbollah.

The Turkish Central Bank has dismissed its chief economist Hakan Kara and some department managers after a decision by the bank's assembly, a document seen by Reuters showed Friday. Among those dismissed were the bank's research and monetary policy general manager Pinar Ozlu and markets...

A series of explosions rocked an ammunition depot in Turkey's Hatay province, near the Syrian border, early Friday and nearby homes were evacuated but there were no reports of casualties, Turkish broadcaster NTV said. The cause of the blasts, at around 3:30 am (0030 GMT) in Hatay's Reyhanli...

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri indicated that solutions to a political crisis that has paralyzed his government were almost within reach following a meeting on Thursday with President Michel Aoun. The crisis spiraled out of a deadly June 30 shooting in the Chouf mountains that...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said no one is authorized to speak to Iran on behalf of the United States and he accused French President Emmanuel Macron of sending "mixed signals" to Tehran over possible talks. "I know Emmanuel means well, as do all others, but nobody speaks for...

Iran's defence minister said Thursday that the formation of a US-led flotilla in the Gulf would "increase insecurity" and any Israeli involvement would have "disastrous consequences" for the region. Tehran and Washington have been locked in a battle of nerves since US President Donald Trump...

 Ali usually marks the Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha with his family in the Gaza Strip by sacrificing a sheep, a customary annual ritual for those who can spare the cost. But this year the 49-year-old police officer says he cannot afford to buy an animal for the “feast of the...

Iraq handed over Thursday the remains of 48 Kuwaiti citizens who disappeared during the 1991 Gulf War when dictator Saddam Hussein sent his troops into Kuwait and was forced out by a U.S.-led coalition. The handing over of remains, which were put in caskets wrapped in Kuwaiti flags, is the...

France is taking in a new group of Yazidi women and children and helping them settle in the country. France's interior and foreign ministries said 31 families arrived Thursday in the southern city of Toulouse from Irbil, Iraq. Previous groups of 16 and 28 families arrived in December and...

Turkey's state-run news agency says an operation by the Turkish military and its intelligence agency has killed two more suspects and alleged planners in last month's assassination of a Turkish diplomat in Iraq. Anadolu Agency said Thursday that Turkish forces targeted a vehicle carrying...

An Israeli soldier was found stabbed to death in the occupied West Bank on Thursday and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was killed by a Palestinian attacker. In a statement, the Israeli military said the body with stab wounds was discovered near an Israeli settlement north of the...

Iran Thursday hit out at Bahrain for hosting a "provocative" conference on Gulf maritime security and for its "anti-Iran" rhetoric accusing Tehran of attacking tankers in sensitive waters. Bahrain said the July 31 meeting was to discuss the "current regional situation" and blasted "the...

The United States said on Wednesday the case of a deadly shooting in Lebanon should be handled in a way that achieves justice “without politically motivated inflammation” of tensions. Two aides of a government minister were killed in the June 30 shooting that has spawned a political...