Middle East

washington —  The United States said Monday it refused a request by Iran's foreign minister to visit Washington last week, pointing to concerns about Tehran's record including…

The United States Central Command on Monday said its forces had captured an Islamic State official after conducting a helicopter raid in northern Syria on Saturday. "Abu Halil…

UNITED NATIONS —  At the annual meeting of world leaders last year, the U.N. chief sounded a global alarm about the survival of humanity and the planet. This year, the alarm rang…

New York —  U.S. President Joe Biden met Wednesday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York to discuss Israel’s expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank and…

A group of Americans freed after years of detention in Iran arrived Tuesday in Washington as part of a deal that included the release of five Iranians charged or convicted of…

Five Iranian Americans held by Iran were released under a deal that frees up $6 billion of restricted funds owed to Iran. But Tehran is defiant about how it plans to use the…

The United States and Iran on Monday carried out a high-stakes prisoner swap that included freeing five Americans the U.S. government says were unjustly detained by the Tehran…

DUBAI —  The United States and Iran on Monday carried out a prisoner swap agreement that included freeing five Americans. In August, Tehran and Washington agreed to free five U.S.…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will touch down in California on Monday to meet with Elon Musk. The talks come as civil rights groups accuse the X owner of amplifying…

WASHINGTON —  The United States is sanctioning more than two dozen individuals and entities connected to Iran's "violent suppression" of protests in the wake of Masha Amini’s…