Iran’s foreign minister said that Tehran was open to diplomacy to solve disputes but not “threats and pressure,” state media reported on Saturday, after the US and three European powers imposed sanctions against the country’s aviation sector. Abbas Araqchi’s comments come a day after...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree naming former communications minister Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali to form a new cabinet, state media said on Saturday. The new cabinet will replace an outgoing administration which has been serving in a caretaker role since parliamentary elections...

The health ministry in Gaza said on Saturday that at least 41,182 people have been killed in the war between Israel and Palestinian militants, now in its 12th month.   The toll includes 64 deaths in the previous 48 hours, according to the ministry, which said 95,280 people have...

Turkish authorities have arrested an ISIS militant believed to be involved in planning an attack on the Santa Maria Italian Church in Istanbul earlier this year, the country’s intelligence agency said on Saturday. The National Intelligence Organization (MIT) said the suspect, whom it...