U.S. sanctions against Iran will have "severe consequences" for the world order, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tuesday, days before new sanctions on Tehran's oil exports take effect. Washington reintroduced sanctions against Iran's currency trade, metals and auto...

Three Shiite Muslim pilgrims were killed by a roadside bomb as they walked to a holy site near the northeastern Iraqi city of Khanaqin Tuesday, police said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on the three women. But Daesh (ISIS) militants are active in the area...

Iran's health ministry said Monday a total of 84 people have died and nearly 1,000 been poisoned from consuming bootleg alcohol over the past six weeks, ISNA news agency reported. Despite tough penalties against alcohol consumption since the Islamic revolution of 1979, the use of...

A Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire in fresh protests on the Gaza border Monday, the health ministry in the enclave said. Mohammad abu Abada, 27, was shot in the chest in protests along the border near Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, a health ministry spokesman told AFP. An...

Three Palestinians were killed Sunday in an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip, the health ministry in the enclave said. Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said emergency crews were transporting the bodies of the dead, who appeared to be in their early teens, to hospital in Gaza....

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Sunday for the stepping up of efforts to fight enemy "infiltration" in a speech to officials in charge of cyber defense, state television reported. "In the face of the enemy's complex practices, our civil defense should ......

Iran's parliament approved four new ministers Saturday, all endorsed by President Hassan Rouhani who urged them to help "resist" and "fight" the U.S. as it reinstates sanctions against the Islamic Republic. Rouhani's comments came as lawmakers were discussing the vote for candidates...

A Palestinian has succumbed to wounds he sustained by Israeli army fire during anti-occupation protests along border of the Gaza Strip on Friday, according to the Health Ministry. Yahya Bader al-Hassanat, 37, from the central Gaza Strip, died of his head injury on Sunday, ministry...

A Palestinian has died two days after suffering gunshot wounds in clashes on the Israel-Gaza border, the health ministry in the enclave said Sunday. The death raises to seven the number of Palestinians killed as a result of Friday's clashes when thousands again approached the border...

Oman is offering ideas to help Israel and the Palestinians to come together but is not acting as mediator, Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, the sultanate’s minister responsible for foreign affairs said Saturday. Oman relies on the United States and efforts by President Donald Trump in working...

Palestinian group Hamas on Saturday denied Israeli media reports about halting Egyptian mediation between Gaza-based factions and Israel.  “Egyptian efforts aimed to reach a truce in Gaza are still ongoing,” Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum told Anadolu Agency.  He said: "Hamas did...

Israeli aircraft struck several militant sites across the Gaza Strip early Saturday shortly after militants fired rockets into southern Israel, the Israeli military said. Israel's chief of staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot conducted situational assessment while the airstrikes and barrages of...

Iraq will stop trucking crude oil from its northern Kirkuk oil field to Iran in November in order to comply with sanctions imposed on its neighbor by the United States, two sources familiar with Iraqi oil export operations said Friday. Currently, Iraq is exporting less than 30,000...

The Egyptian military on Friday conducted live-fire exercises near the Libyan border, according to a statement released by the army.  “Army Chief-of-Staff Mohamed Farid is overseeing the primary phase of the Raad 29 maneuvers, which are being conducted by an army unit in [Egypt’s]...

At least 18 people, mainly schoolchildren and teachers, were killed Thursday in a flash flood near Jordan's Dead Sea that happened while they were on an outing, rescuers and hospital workers said. Thirty-four people were rescued in a major operation involving police helicopters and...

Iraq will prioritize its own interests and independence when it comes to helping the United States enforce sanctions against Iran, new Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said Thursday. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from a 2015 international nuclear accord...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the Jewish state's president and a former minister Wednesday night of conspiring to have him toppled, triggering charges of "paranoia" ahead of elections. "I know that a former Likud minister has been holding discussions with the...

NAVIGATE Middle East Oct. 25, 2018 | 11:10 AM Israeli warplanes strike Gaza after rocket fire RSS FOLLOW EMAIL PRINT SHARE Agence France Presse OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli warplanes hit Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip early Thursday in response to rocket fire from the territory into...

Germany has warned citizens visiting Turkey to be extra cautious about their social media feeds in response to a spate of cases of Germans arrested for online criticism of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government. The updated travel advice, published by the Foreign Ministry...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Saudi Arabia would not have murdered prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi without American protection, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday Saudi authorities staged the...