The second hearing in the trial of jailed Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian on espionage charges took place behind closed doors in Tehran on Monday, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. The first hearing of Iranian-U.S. citizen Rezaian also had been held behind closed...

Iranian authorities detained a former vice-president on Monday on undeclared charges, local news agencies reported, months after another deputy to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sentenced in a graft scandal. "Former vice-president Hamid Baghaei had a charge sheet issued against him by the judiciary...

Yemen's exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has played down next week's talks in Geneva between his country's warring parties, saying they will only address ways to implement a Security Council resolution demanding his enemies retreat. Hadi and his government's host, Saudi Arabia, have...

(Reporting by Mohamed al-Hussein; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) HASAKA (Zaman Al Wasl)- “I run away with my children and the other people of the village to Abdul-Aziz mountain, we were too scared”, Fatima Khazim, a lady from Badee’a village explained her condition when their village was...