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Israel is holding the country's 21st parliamentary elections on Tuesday, with over 6.3 million people eligible to cast ballots in a vote largely seen as a referendum on long-seated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The United States on Monday designated Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps a foreign terrorist organization, an unprecedented.

Trump Declares Golan Heights Part of Israel, Helping Netanyahu

Two American service members were killed while on a NATO mission in Afghanistan as the U.S. continues to negotiate with the Taliban.

The war-powers legislation now heads to the Senate, where sponsors have said they are hopeful Republicans and Democrats will vote to support it in coming weeks. Lawmakers lack the numbers, however, to overcome a promised presidential veto. This is a devel

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby is warning that Christians in the Middle East are facing "imminent extinction," and a threat equal to the Mongol invasions...

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi social media star and model Tara Fares has been shot dead in Baghdad, security officials confirmed to CNN. The death of Fares and other recent killings prompted Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to order an investigation on Friday.

Israel strikes 'dozens' of Iranian targets in Syria

Saudi Arabia said it was shutting all land, sea and air borders with Yemen after accusing Iranian-backed Houthi rebels of a missile attack on its capital, as tensions escalated between the kingdom and Tehran.

On 23 September 2017, Abu Dhabi Ports announced the official start of operations at Fujairah Terminals in the East coast of the United Arab Emirates.

Armed militias, backed by Tehran, look set to dominate and intimidate Iraqi politics for years to come.

Atheists are considered 'terrorists' under sharia law.

Massive explosion rocks airport in the Syrian capital Damascus, activists say

TEHRAN (ISNA) Irans foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi rejected the allegation made by a US naval official that claimed Iran is providing Yemen with weapons and missiles.