Iraq needs at least two years to boost the country's gas production to stop importing Iranian gas used to feed its power stations, a senior Iraqi energy official said on Thursday. Hayan Abdel-Ghani, head of state-run South Gas Co., told reporters that Iraq's gas output is expected to...

International Criminal Court prosecutors intend to complete "as early as possible" a long-running preliminary investigation into allegations of crimes in Palestine, according to a report issued Wednesday. The annual report by ICC prosecutors on progress in nine so-called preliminary...

Yemen's warring parties will meet in Sweden this week for another attempt at talks aimed at halting their catastrophic 3-year-old war, but there are few incentives for major compromises, and the focus is likely to be on firming up a shaky de-escalation. U.N. officials say they don't...

A Houthi delegation arrived in Sweden on Tuesday for U.N.-sponsored Yemen peace talks, the first since 2016, as Western nations press for an end to the war and the United Nations warned of a looming economic disaster. The nearly four-year-old conflict, which has killed tens of thousands...