North Korea said on Sunday its intention to denuclearise, unveiled at a historic inter-Korean summit, was not the result of U.S.-led sanctions and pressure, warning the United States not to mislead public opinion.

Iran has an exaggerated reputation in the Middle East for Machiavellian cunning and an ability to outmanoeuvre its enemies. Britain used to be regarded in the same light in the region: its most ill-considered actions were admired as devilishly clever plots when all it was doing was taking advantage of the blunders of its opponents.

Coming off a series-tying win in Houston on Wednesday, the Jazz got off to a sluggish start and never got back in the game, falling to th

Anyone who has spent time in the Middle East knows anti-Semitism is dismayingly widespread there.

Navigating the line between innocence and complicity, between knowing and ignorance, between will

The agreement imposing restrictions and allowing international scrutiny of Iran’s nuclear program

Record Number of Women Running for Office in Lebanon

Our editors’ Friday roundup of humanitarian trends and developments. On our radar:   Yemen: A Twitter battle for Hodeidah   Let’s talk about Hodeidah — everyone else is, at least online. Late last month, Saudi officials (and a press release) said that Houthi rebels were “holding hostage” 19 ships in the waters outside Hodeidah, the Red Sea port that’s key to …

The dilapidated warehouse in southern Tehran seemed an unlikely place for Iran to store its most sensitive nuclear secrets. But according to Israeli officials, the storage facility in the Shorabad neighbourhood had been chosen precisely because of its unassuming appearance.

ISRAEL’S prime minister said yesterday that he was not seeking a military confrontation with Iran, even as he continued his public campaign to convince Donald Trump to strengthen the 2015 nuclear deal or pull the US out of it.