President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday he hoped more countries would join a defence agreement signed last week between ...

LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - A vast oil spill in the Gulf is quickly becoming one of the world’s worst in years after being allowed to spread almost unchecked for weeks, according to international ...

Syria on Wednesday lodged a complaint with the United Nations over Colombia’s decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights, a sharp reversal of Bogota’s policy. What ...

TEL AVIV/BEIRUT, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Israel and Lebanon have agreed on Britain, Italy, Switzerland and Indonesia as potential contributors to a proposed mechanism that could see foreign troops deployed ...

Pakistan's ruling party appeared poised to win a majority in Pakistan-administered Kashmir's local assembly, even as some of the most closely watched constituencies had yet to vote amid deadly unrest.

Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank is soaring — Zain JAAFAR The Israeli military failed in an attempt on Wednesday to remove occupied West Bank settlers who for days have ...

A damaged apartment building following an overnight attack, what local authorities called a Ukrainian drone strike, in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in Novorossiysk, Russia, in this still ...

PARIS, Aug 12 (Reuters) - The EU and 26 countries condemned Iran's executions of protesters in a joint statement, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Wednesday. The countries called on ...

Aug 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States in is control of the Strait of Hormuz. "The U.S.A. has total control over the Strait of Hormuz. I THINK WE WILL KEEP ...

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell to its lowest numbers in a week as attacks on ships continued and US-Iran talks to reopen the critical waterway remained at an impasse. Only eight vessels ...

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DUBAI, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Iran and the United States remain at loggerheads over efforts to agree a permanent end to the war in the Gulf, according to a senior Iranian source who said there had been no ...