Iraq parliament fails to elect new state president over lack of quorum
Iraq's parliament failed again on Saturday to vote for a president after Iran-backed groups boycotted the session, in a setback to an alliance led by...
Jordan’s King Abdullah to visit Ramallah, aims to defuse tension
Jordan’s King Abdullah plans to travel to Ramallah in the West Bank for a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, amid increasing tensions in...
Abbas loyalists lose Bethlehem University election
For the first time in many years, a list affiliated with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction has lost the student council election at...
Turkish energy minister aims for Israel visit to talk gas pipeline
Turkish energy minister Fatih Dönmez hopes to travel to Israel next month to discuss possible Israeli-Turkish cooperation on a gas pipeline, he told Energy Minister...
Bar Lev, top Palestinian official met 30 minutes after Beersheba terror attack
Public Security Minister Omer Bar Lev met with Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs head Hussein al-Sheikh, just 30 minutes after the terror attack in Beersheba on...
Saudi ambassador to return to Lebanon after Mikati statement
The Saudi ambassador to Lebanon will return to Lebanon by the start of Ramadan next week, Lebanese newspaper al-Joumhouria reported on Wednesday, after Lebanese Prime...
Israel concerned as US considers removing Iran from the terror blacklist
As the United States and Western countries continue to push for a deal with Iran regarding its nuclear program, Israel is watching with great concern...
Bennett, Sisi and MBZ discuss Iran, joint defense strategy
Israel Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed held a joint meeting in Sharm...
Four Israelis killed in shopping centre attack
Four Israelis have been killed and several others wounded in an attack in the south of the country, police say. Three were stabbed to death...
Shokrollah Jebeli died in Tehran prison
An 83-year-old Australian-Iranian imprisoned in Iran for more than two years on what his family said were false accusations of fraud has died. Shokrollah Jebeli...