Iran's foreign minister resigns as his nuclear deal teeters
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif resigned without warning late Monday, offering an "apology" to the nation as the nuclear...
Middle East
Syria's Bashar Assad visits Iran in rare trip abroad
Syrian President Bashar Assad has made an unannounced trip to Iran, where he met with the supreme leader and other...
Opioid crisis quietly spreading across Gaza Strip
An opioid crisis has quietly spread in the Gaza Strip, trapping thousands in the hell of addiction and adding another...
UN: 2018 saw record number of civilian deaths in Afghanistan
More civilians were killed in Afghanistan last year than in any of the previous nine years of the increasingly bloody...
US-backed Syrian forces return 150 Islamic State members to Iraq
Iraqi security officials say they have received custody of a second batch of 150 Iraqi Islamic State fighters from U.S.-backed...
Iran says it fired missile from submarine during war games
Iran successfully tested a cruise missile on Sunday during naval exercises near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's state media reported,...
Hezbollah hits back at US criticism of its role in Lebanon
Hezbollah hit back against U.S. condemnation of its role in Lebanon on Thursday, calling it a "violation of sovereignty," after...
US will keep 200 troops in Syria 'for a period of time'
The Trump administration, which abruptly announced in December that it was pulling out of Syria, said Thursday that it will...
Iran's Soleimani warns Saudis after deadly attack in southeast region
The commander of the overseas arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guards threatened Saudi Arabia with revenge over a suicide bomb attack...
Does Islamic State still pose a threat?
In Syria, its fighters still hold out in the remote desert area near the road from Damascus to Deir al-Zor.