(AP) — The hard-line cleric in charge of Iran's judiciary who also took part in a panel involved in the mass execution of thousands of prisoners in 1988 registered Saturday to run for the country's presidency. Ebrahim Raisi has been named as a possible successor to Iran’s 82-year-old...

  Palestinians in Gaza mourn killing of loved ones Hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza gathered to mourn some of those who were killed in overnight Israeli raids. Funeral processions took place for 57-year-old Amira Abdel Fattah Subuh, and her son, 17-year-old...

The Iranian embassy in Ankara on Sunday dismissed a Turkish media report claiming Tehran had sent some of its forces in Syria to fight alongside the Houthi group in Yemen, the Fars News Agency reported. "Such a claim indicates lack of information about field realities," the embassy...

Israeli police firing tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets clashed with stone-throwing Palestinians at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site on Monday, the latest in a series of confrontations that threatened to push the contested city toward wider conflict. In an apparent attempt to...