Middle East

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil’s decision to evacuate its foreign staff from the West Qurna 1 oilfield in southern Iraq…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Across Iran’s capital, the talk always seems to come back to how things may get worse.…

RIYADH (Reuters) – A senior Saudi official denied the authorities posed any threat to prominent Palestinian human rights campaigner Iyad…

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said on Sunday that it wants to avert war in the region but stands ready…

TEL AVIV (Reuters) – As singers made last-minute preparations for the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv on Saturday, Israeli…

Saudi Arabia has called for urgent meetings of the regional Gulf Cooperation Council and the Arab League to discuss escalating…

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – In a workshop in a bombed-out factory in Mosul, Najlaa Abdelrahman joins scores of other women…

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Loud blasts echoed across Damascus late on Friday, residents said, as Syrian state media reported “enemy targets”…

BAGHDAD (AP) — When US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sat down with Iraqi officials in Baghdad last week as…

(Reuters) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday he did not believe a war would break out…