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...

(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...

Saudi-led air strikes killed at least 44 people during an air raid on the main headquarters of the Yemeni army in central Sanaa on Sunday, the Houthi-run state news agency Saba said. The agency said that more than 100 people, including civilians, were also wounded in the attack...