The powerful Shi’ite group Hezbollah is against allowing the International Monetary Fund to manage Lebanon’s financial crisis but does not oppose Lebanon seeking the IMF’s advice, the group’s deputy leader said on Tuesday. Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran and designated as a...

Israel is planning to build 46,000 settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli minister said on Tuesday. "I instructed the ministry's planning teams to prepare plans to expand communities in Judea and Samaria [the West Bank]. We currently have plans to build 46,000 housing...

Iran's deputy health minister has been infected with the new coronavirus, a ministry official said on Tuesday, amid a major outbreak in the Islamic republic. "The coronavirus test for Mr Harirchi, the deputy health minister who was on the front lines combating the coronavirus, was...

Saudi Aramco is launching the biggest shale gas development outside of the United States to boost domestic gas supply and end the burning of oil at its power generation plants, Chief Executive Officer Amin Nasser told Reuters Monday. The world's top crude oil exporter has for years battled...