Iran on Saturday executed a woman in the country's northwest after convicting her of killing her four-year-old stepdaughter, the judiciary said. The child, identified as Ava, died in December 2023 ...

Iranian security forces on Friday "violently" arrested the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi at a memorial ceremony for a lawyer who died earlier this month, her supporters said.

The paradox is that by confronting Venezuela, Washington may gain leverage in Latin America while losing it incrementally in the Middle East. Each new sanctions front teaches MENA capitals the same ...

CAIRO, May 29 (Reuters) - Egypt's security services questioned an Iranian diplomat in Cairo on Sunday on allegations of spying, Egypt's official news agency MENA said, a move that may prove a setback ...

The outlook balances fairly stable oil prices, solid economic growth and some fiscal reform against political and ...

Iran says it has nuclear stance similar to China's Beijing: Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said on Friday his country and China had a "basically similar" stance on Tehran's nuclear ...

Tehran — Iran is facing “chronic challenges” that existed long before US sanctions were reimposed, the influential parliament speaker Ali Larijani said on Monday. “External factors do affect our ...

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) collectively spent $220.6 billion on defense in 2024, amounting to about 9.5 percent of the global total for the year. Nearly all states in the MENA region that ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt freed an Iranian diplomat on Sunday who had been detained over spying allegations after his diplomatic status was confirmed but said his activities had breached protocol, the ...

Only non-Muslim minorities in Iran are exempt from the alcohol ban Tehran: Iranian police have made three arrests after four people died from drinking bootleg alcohol, state media said. The sale and ...

A record number of teams from the Middle East and North Africa have qualified for the 23rd FIFA World Cup, which will take ...