NATO-manufactured armaments were discovered in the newly recaptured Syrian town of Al-Mayadin, according to Syrian Army Brigadier General Suheil al-Hassan.
Baghdad on Thursday dismissed an offer from Iraqi Kurdish leaders to freeze the outcome of a vote for independence last month in a bid to pave the way for dialogue.
Turkey and Iraq have agreed to open a second border gate and its construction will begin once the necessary security measures are taken, Turkey's customs minister said on Thursday.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is on an official visit to the Iranian capital, Tehran, for talks with the neighboring country’s high-ranking officials on issues of bilateral and regional significance.
A court in Pakistan has issued an arrest warrant for the former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, who is embroiled in two corruption cases tied to the Panama Papers leak, his lawyer says.
Iraq's southern marshlands are a world apart from the rest of the arid Middle East, with tunnels of towering reeds, floating villages and half-submerged water buffaloes - a lush remnant of the cradle of civilization.
British Prime Minister Theresa May says she is “proud of the role” the UK initially played in establishing the Israeli regime.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi announced early on Thursday an offensive to recapture the western border region of al-Qaim and Rawa, close to the Syrian border, from the Isis militant group.
The Swiss government says it has finalized agreements with Iran and Saudi Arabia to represent each other's interests in their respective capitals, after the two countries broke off diplomatic ties last year.
Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano plans to pay an official visit to Iran on Saturday.
The US House of Representatives has endorsed new sanctions on the Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah.
An American destroyer has come to the aid of an Iranian fishing boat after a pirate attack off Yemen, the US Navy said Wednesday.
The Jerusalem municipality says that city officials have approved construction of 176 new homes in a Jewish area of Jerusalem.
Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei stressed Wed. that the country's defense capabilities will neither be negotiated nor bargained for with the enemy.
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir has expressed his satisfaction with US President Donald Trump’s hostile stance on Iran after he broke ranks with the world community and refused to certify Tehran’s compliance with the 2015 nuclear pact.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday the United States was concerned that extremist groups pose a threat to the "stability and security" of the Pakistan government.
Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif met with Ugandan Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa in the Ugandan capital on Wednesday.
India's foreign minister told U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday that New Delhi wanted to retain its small embassy in North Korea despite Washington's efforts to isolate Pyongyang over its nuclear and ballistic missile tests.
Mohammed, 14, was with his friends riding horses in a park in Jerusalem's Old City when the Yassam, a special patrol unit of the Israeli police, arrived at the scene.
Two notes written by Albert Einstein describing his theory for happy living have sold at an auction house in Jerusalem for $1.56m (£1.19m).