Middle East

Palestinian Airlines' activity has been growing increasingly limited for years. In September, the airline offered its two remaining Fokker 50 aircraft for sale.

Flight by two Air Force B-52 bombers was in response to signals that Iran may be planning attacks against US allied targets in neighboring Iraq or elsewhere in the region, senior US military official says.  

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards accidentally shot down the Ukraine International Airlines plane shortly after takeoff, mistaking it for a missile when tensions with the United States were high.

  The first study of the safety and effectiveness of a coronavirus vaccine in Iran began Tuesday, state TV reported,...

Gaza is run by Hamas and also home to other militant groups, including Islamic Jihad. Israeli officials believe exercise was meant as a show of force organized by Iran.

"Everyone knows what the Persian Gulf signifies for Iran," a Tehran Foreign Ministry official says. "Everyone knows Iran's policies regarding security and everyone knows very well how high the risk is if Iran's lines are crossed."

Over one-third of respondents, 37%, name former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as their top pick for president. Considered something of a compromise pick by the reformist camp, Hassan Rouhani has been criticized for his handling of the country's dire economic situation.

"We would have sent the Iraqi Army to fight in Syria to prevent the fall of the regime," says former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Meanwhile, Iran's homemade vaccine is due to enter a Phase 1 clinical trial soon, enrolling 54 volunteers across the country to receive two shots, state-run IRNA claims.   

Iran uses criminal organizations to kidnap exiled political activists and journalists around the world and transfer them to Iran for execution.