Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that the United States must “pay more” for any agreement that goes beyond the 2015 Iran nuclear deal that Washington abandoned. Rouhani also appeared to reject meeting U.S. President Donald Trump while the two are in New York this week...

Algeria on Wednesday jailed its once-untouchable spy chief, its former de facto ruler and two other figureheads of the ruling elite, as the army seeks to quell mass protests demanding a purge of old power brokers. The military court in Blida, south of Algiers, issued 15-year terms for...

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday asked Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new Cabinet in the wake of the failed unity talks with his rival Benny Gantz. Rivlin's remarks came in a joint news conference with Netanyahu aired by Israeli TV. The move came after the talks between...

U.S. President Donald Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden during a telephone call, a rough transcript released by the White House Wednesday confirms.  Trump asked Zelensky during a July 25 conversation to get in touch...