Iran on July 17 rejected what it called "malicious" accusations by US media implicating it in a plot to kill former US president Donald Trump.…
A wildfire raging in a seaside tourist area in western Turkey killed three people, the provincial governor said on July 15, the latest in a…
Syrians in government-held areas were voting July 15 in their fourth parliamentary election since civil war erupted in 2011, a poll expected to keep President…
Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum on July 14 announced he appointed his son, the emirate's crown prince, as defence minister of the United…
Iran is still conducting indirect nuclear talks with the United States via Oman, Iran's Etemad newspaper on July 11 quoted Iran's acting foreign minister as…
Iran's reformist president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian will take the oath of office in parliament on July 30, a member of the legislature's presiding board, Mojtaba Yousefi,…
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 7 said he might invite his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad to Turkey "at any moment", in a sign of…
Iran's reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian on July 6 won a runoff presidential election against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili, the interior ministry said. Pezeshkian received more than…
The UN humanitarian coordinator for Gaza said July 2 that 1.9 million people -- 80 percent of the territory's population -- were now displaced, adding…
Investigators in Germany and Sweden on July 3 arrested eight suspects allied with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government over alleged participation in crimes against humanity…
Women and girls subjected to domestic violence in Iraqi Kurdistan face "daunting obstacles" when they seek state protection, Amnesty International said July 3, accusing authorities…
Egypt and the European Union on June 29 opened a two-day investment conference to advance the implementation of their strategic partnership agreement that includes a…
Saudi Arabia on June 23 said that more than 1,300 faithful died during the hajj pilgrimage which took place during intense heat, and that most…
A huge wildfire killed 12 people and injured more than 75 as it ripped through Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, the health minister said on June…
Amnesty International accused Egypt of rounding up Sudanese refugees en masse and forcibly deporting them, urging authorities to stop these "unlawful" actions, in a report…
A wildfire forced the partial suspension of shipping in Turkey's busy Dardanelles strait for several hours on June 18, the country's coast guard said. The…
Diplomats on June 18 said at least 550 pilgrims died during the hajj, underscoring the grueling nature of the pilgrimage which again unfolded in scorching…
At least four people were killed and 120 injured on June 18 in a 4.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Iran's northeastern city of Kashmar, state…
An Israeli government spokesman on June 17 said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had dissolved the war cabinet following the resignation earlier this month of centrist…
Iran and Sweden announced a prisoner exchange on June 15 in which a former Iranian official was released in Sweden in exchange for a European…
A UN investigation concluded on June 12 that Israel had committed crimes against humanity during the war in Gaza, including that of "extermination", while Israeli…
Hamas gave its official response to the latest truce proposal for Gaza on June 11, calling for a "complete halt" to Israeli "aggression" as fighting…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks with key Israeli opposition figures on June 11, a day after he arrived in the country…
Israel's parliament voted on June 11 to revive a controversial law to conscript ultra-Orthodox Jews, which is backed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but criticized…
Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz on June 9 announced his resignation amid celebrations for the rescue of four hostages from war-torn Gaza in a…
