The United Nations on Wednesday called on Russia to lift its ban on the anti-war party Yabloko running in September's parliamentary elections. "We are deeply concerned about the barring of Yabloko, ...

Amal Shehadeh, English adaptation by Mariella Succar Israel is imposing tight military censorship on details of its operations in the Ali Taher hills in southern Lebanon, amid rep ...

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 IT! Our Naval ...

An Israeli airstrike critically wounded a Palestinian man in the Gaza Strip, in an attack the Israeli military said targeted a Hamas commander ‌planning attacks against Israeli troops operating in the ...

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Israel’s actions in southern Lebanon constitute a serious violation of international and humanitarian law. He said Israeli attacks and incursions in Mansouri, Zawtar El ...

Iran will soon join the New Development Bank, the development lender established by the BRICS group of nations, central bank governor Abdolnaser Hemmati said in a state media report published on ...

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis attacked a ship in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, at the southern entrance to the Red Sea, on Tuesday, Houthi-run news agency Saba reported, and Pakistan said on Wednesday that ...

Lebanon’s Parliament approved a draft law submitted under Decree No. 6503 to amend provisions of the country’s law governing the restructuring and reform of banks. The legislation, originally enacted ...

Twenty-six nations, including France, the UK and Canada, on Wednesday condemned the use of capital punishment by Iranian authorities, saying in a joint statement the Islamic republic was executing ...

Lebanon's parliament on Wednesday passed a sweeping and long-awaited amnesty law that should benefit thousands of prisoners and wanted people, in the first legislation of its kind since 1991. The ...

Acclaimed Iranian photojournalist Yalda Moaiery has spent much of her career documenting moments of dissent and the lives of women in Iran. The work has repeatedly brought her into conflict with the ...

Salam prevented Mnassa from delivering a speech outlining the army's position on a proposed general amnesty law. Salam cited Article 64 of Lebanon's Constitution, which states that the prime minister ...