Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has missed a midnight deadline for putting together a new coalition government

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a midnight deadline to put together a new coalition government

Iran’s foreign minister has apologized for recorded comments that were leaked to the public last week, creating a firestorm in Iran less than two months before presidential elections

Iran’s top diplomat has expressed regret that recording leaked out of him making frank comments about the limits of his power in the Islamic Republic

Egyptian officials say the Palestinian Authority plans to call off its first elections in 15 years, citing Israel’s refusal to allow voting in east Jerusalem

Vassos Lyssarides, one of Cyprus’ most respected politicians who was active in the ethnically divided island’s politics since its 1960 independence from British colonial rule and was involved in the global socialist movement, has died at the age of 100

A recording of Iran’s foreign minister offering a blunt appraisal of diplomacy and the limits of power within the Islamic Republic has leaked out publicly

Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have fired some three dozen rockets into Israel while the Israeli military struck back at targets operated by the ruling Hamas group

Iran’s nuclear program has been targeted by diplomatic efforts and sabotage attacks over the last decade, with the latest incident striking its underground Natanz facility