Middle East News

President Donald Trump says Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group…

CAIRO (AP) — After U.S.-Israeli bombardment eliminated Iran’s supreme leader and much of its top echelons, the Islamic Republic’s leadership…

Iran has reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and fired on a tanker attempting to pass the waterway.…

Israeli strikes have again rocked southern Lebanon, highlighting the fragility of diplomatic efforts. Smoke rose Wednesday over Tyre, a coastal…

Oil prices are rising in early market trading after the U.S. said it would blockade Iranian ports beginning Monday. The…

BEIRUT (AP) — It was 2:14 in the afternoon when the first bomb fell, and the sudden sound of crashing…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish authorities have detained nine people as part of an investigation into an attack on police outside…

RAZI, Iran (AP) — On a 12-hour drive across Iran, Associated Press reporters saw a religious center damaged by an…

JDEIDEH, Lebanon (AP) — It was not how the Rev. Maroun Ghafari had envisioned this Holy Week — for years,…

Iraqi officials say an American journalist was kidnapped in Baghdad and security forces are pursuing her captors. The journalist was…