Middle East

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that the al-Qaeda terrorist group has a new headquarters in Iran. "Al-Qaeda has a new home base, it is the Islamic Republic ...

ANKARA, Turkey—Turkey on Jan. 11 invited Greece to resume talks designed to reduce tensions between the neighbors, following ...

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi said Monday that an abandoned multinational nuclear deal with ...

TEHRAN, Iran—A South Korean diplomatic delegation arrived in Iran on Jan. 10 to negotiate the release of a ...

A warship has been deployed by a South Korean anti-piracy unit in response to the seizure of a ...

The United States has welcomed the pledge made on Tuesday by Gulf Arab leaders to restore cooperation with ...

Iran declared on Monday that it began enriching uranium up to 20 percent at its Fordo facility and ...

The Pentagon announced Sunday that the single U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in the Middle East, the USS Nimitz, ...

DUBAI—Iran executed a man on Thursday who had been convicted of murder 12 years ago when he was ...

Maritime security companies said a suspicious object—possibly a type of mine—was discovered on an oil tanker off the ...

ADEN—At least 20 people were killed and dozens wounded in an attack on Yemen's Aden airport on Wednesday ...

Two B-52H "Stratofortress" bombers flew a 30-hour round-trip mission from the United States to the Persian Gulf on ...

Vice President Mike Pence will not visit Israel in early January, according to the U.S. Embassy. A spokesperson ...

AMMAN—Twenty-eight people were killed in an attack on a bus along a main highway in Syria's Deir al-Zor ...

ISTANBUL—An earthquake with a 5.3 magnitude shook Elazig province in eastern Turkey on Sunday. Turkey's Interior Minister Suleyman ...

DUBAI—At least eight climbers have died and several more are missing in mountains north of Iran's capital Tehran ...

A missile strike on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad has President Donald Trump publicly calling out Iran. After ...

President Donald Trump issued a warning to Iran after rockets were fired at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, ...

Israel is heading to its fourth election in two years after its Parliament failed to pass a new ...

BERLIN—Germany has organized the return of three women and 12 children from camps in northeastern Syria for humanitarian ...

Iran has begun construction on a site at its underground nuclear facility at Fordo amid tensions with the ...

The United States on Wednesday said it has imposed sanctions on several companies that have been involved in ...

Seven men are facing firearms and cocaine supply charges after being arrested during raids by NSW counter terrorism ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—An oil tanker off Saudi Arabia's port city of Jiddah suffered an explosion early Monday ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Iran executed an exiled journalist on Dec. 12 over his online work that helped inspire ...

President Donald Trump announced on Dec. 10 that Israel and Morocco have agreed to restore full diplomatic relations ...

The Senate on Wednesday narrowly rejected two Democrat-led measures to block President Donald Trump’s proposed $23 billion sale ...