The United States began removing furniture and equipment from a diplomatic property in Moscow on Tuesday in the first sign of compliance with a Kremlin order to slash its presence in Russia as retaliation for new U.S. sanctions. President Vladimir Putin has ordered the United States to cut...

Iran has complained to the U.N. Security Council about sanctions the United States imposed on Iran in July, saying they breached Tehran's nuclear deal with major powers, the speaker of parliament was quoted on Tuesday as saying. The nuclear deal (also referred to as JCPOA), signed in 2015 by...

Turkey on Tuesday lashed out at what it called "unacceptable" remarks by a senior U.S. official suggesting Ankara had encouraged the rise of Al-Qaeda-linked groups in Syria's Idlib province. Brett McGurk, the senior U.S. envoy to the international coalition fighting Daesh (ISIS), said Idlib...

Dozens of activists have rallied outside Jordan's parliament, calling on legislators to repeal a provision that allows a rapist to escape punishment if he marries his victim. Parliament is to vote on the proposed change to the penal code on Tuesday. A royal reform committee has...