DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's presidential election on Friday, though likely more a coronation for a hard-line candidate long cultivated by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, still carries implications for a wider Middle East already roiled by years of tensions between Tehran...

President Joe Biden will seek to stave off another surge of civilian suffering in the devastating war in Syria when he meets President Vladimir Putin this week, appealing to Putin to drop a threat to close the last aid crossing into that country. Russian forces have helped Syrian...

Former Iranian Intelligence Minister Haydar Muslihi said Monday that he blocked former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from becoming president in 2013. Muslihi, whose remarks came in a video interview shared on social media, said he submitted a report in 2013 to Iran’s top...

TOKYO (AP) — Two Americans who are charged with helping former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn flee Japan while he was facing accusations of financial misconduct agreed Monday they took part in a scheme for him to escape the country. Statements by Michael Taylor and his son, Peter, on...