Iran's watchdog body approved a law on Wednesday that obliges the government to halt U.N. inspections of its nuclear sites and step up uranium enrichment beyond the limit set under Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal if sanctions are not eased in a month. In retaliation for the killing last week of...

Turkey's presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin and the US special envoy for Syria on Wednesday discussed the latest developments in the region, according to an official statement. Kalin received Joel D. Rayburn and his delegation at the presidential complex in the capital Ankara. The two...

US President-elect Joe Biden will insist Iran agrees to new demands if it wants the US to return to a nuclear deal and lift sanctions, The New York Times said Wednesday. The Times said the Biden administration would seek to extend the duration of "restrictions on Iran's production of...

 Israel handed over a backlog of billions of shekels in tax money to the Palestinian Authority Wednesday, both sides said, in another sign of warming ties between the sides after the US presidential election victory of Joe Biden. The taxes, managed by Israel under interim peace accords...