Middle East

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said it was reinforcing troops around the Gaza Strip on Thursday as a precaution against…

The World Court ordered the United States on Wednesday to ensure that sanctions against Iran, due to be tightened next…

  Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem held a general strike on Monday in support of…

  Lebanon’s foreign minister said on Monday that Israel was seeking to “justify another aggression” with false allegations of missile…

  Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday the United States had taken the wrong path by threatening and using…

  Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Monday they launched a missile strike against a “terrorist” headquarters in Syria in retaliation for…

  Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday denied that his country was responsible for increased threats against a…

  GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers shot dead seven Palestinians, including two boys, who were among thousands of people who…

  IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraq’s self-ruled Kurdish region was holding long-delayed parliamentary elections on Sunday, a year after a…

  The United States announced on Friday it will effectively close its consulate in the Iraqi city of Basra and…