The Strait of Hormuz is, by some accounts, named for a Zoroastrian deity destined to emerge victorious after a 9,000-year standoff with an adversary. Iran's…
To reach a deal with Iran that reopens the economically vital Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump may need to do something out of character — compromise,…
Washington: Peter Eavis and Jenny Gross Trapped on a commercial ship anchored four miles off Iran’s coast, about two dozen merchant seamen are entering…
The US Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, according to three people familiar…
Palestinians in Gaza said on Monday Donald Trump's touting of a deal aimed at disarming Hamas and ending the war was out of touch with their worsening reality,…
In July 2002, Morocco and Spain nearly went to war after a group of Moroccan gendarmes “seized” a small, uninhabited islet known in Spanish as Perejil Island…
With escalating attacks against US bases and regional countries over the past week, Iran's leaders are showing considerable unity over their war strategy:…
Cairo is pressing ahead with an investigation into a drone attack on two vessels at Egypt’s northern port of Damietta, as Iran, Israel, and Yemen’s Houthis…
Hamas said on Friday it agreed to a deal to end the war with Israel that included provisions addressing its weapons and the gradual withdrawal of Israeli…
A drone strike on the Egyptian port of Damietta, the first attack on the country since the US-Iran war broke out, could be a high-risk message for American…
Workers in a mall in southern Japan described being thrown to the floor or enveloped in a cloud of dust by a massive 7.1-magnitude quake that rattled the…
When Israel goes to the polls this year, voters will weigh in on conscription, the economy and how the state should investigate its inability to prevent Hamas…
The war in southern Lebanon is confronting the education sector with a new test as the academic year approaches, with schools among the institutions hardest…
Four decades after the Chernobyl disaster spewed radiation across Europe and turned Italy off nuclear power, Premier Giorgia Meloni ’s government is laying the…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with President Donald Trump on Tuesday is the first since the two leaders launched a joint war against Iran…
Just days before her final secondary school examinations, the house opposite the temporary home where 18-year-old Saba Rabah was living in central Gaza was…
As Israel heads into a fiercely contested general election on October 27, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot has emerged as the principal challenger to Prime…
As the US-Iran war escalates, there are growing concerns that a ground operation could be on the horizon as relentless US airstrikes fail to break Tehran’s…
It was the summer of 2010. After hours of questioning, a suspect in an embezzlement case remained composed. He sat with one leg crossed over the other,…
Lebanon hailed US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he ordered all American airlines to resume direct flights to Lebanon. He made the announcement…
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly issued threats to bomb an under-construction Iranian nuclear site buried deep under a mountain as the two nations…
On the Southern Ring Road in the Syrian capital, Damascus, Najah Hassan waves at passing cars, hoping one will take her to the turnoff for her hometown of…
Could the “alternative routes” initiative unveiled by US special envoy to Syria and Iraq Tom Barrack position Syria as a stable regional transit hub rather…
Khalil Al-Hayya, a senior Hamas official who survived an Israeli raid on Qatar in September last year and who is seen as having good ties with Iran, was named…