The United States plans to impose terrorism-related sanctions on Hasan Irlu, Iran's ambassador to Yemen, and on Iran's Al-Mustafa International University, a U.S. official told Reuters on Tuesday. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official described Irlu as an official of Iran's elite...

Iran said on Tuesday its Supreme Court had upheld a death sentence against a high-profile dissident journalist who was captured last year in what Tehran calls an intelligence operation, after years in exile in France. Ruhollah Zam, whose Amadnews social media feed had more than 1 million...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday that Britain and the European Union remain far apart, as he prepares to head to Brussels to try to salvage a post-Brexit trade deal. "I am always hopeful, but I have to be honest with you, the situation at the moment is tricky," he said, touring...

Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah reappointed Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid al-Sabah as prime minister on Tuesday following parliamentary polls in the Gulf Arab state, which faces its worst economic crisis in decades. Sheikh Nawaf has asked Sheikh Sabah to nominate members of a new...