The Soviet-designed military transport turboprop aircraft crashed into a cliff, sources at the scene told state news agencies.

The United Nations human rights chief is urging Israel to repeal its new "deeply discriminatory" death penalty law, warning that using it to execute Palestinian residents of the West Bank would amount to a war crime.

The United Arab Emirates has barred Iranians from entering or transiting the country as the war rages, three major airlines said Wednesday. The long-haul carriers Emirates and Etihad, as well as the lower-cost airline FlyDubai,

An American journalist has been kidnapped in Baghdad, U.S. and Iraqi authorities said Tuesday. The journalist, identified as Shelly Kittleson by outlets for which she has written, has reported extensively from the Middle East as a freelance contributor to Al-Monitor,

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees struggling to survive in Bangladesh's overcrowded camps will see their food assistance slashed starting on Wednesday, raising alarm throughout the increasingly desperate community.

Global leaders have been scrambling to contain the rising cost of oil and gasoline since the start of the Iran war. President Donald Trump and other heads of state have been pulling on various

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the U.S. may “reexamine” its role in NATO after several European countries limited U.S. military access to bases and airspace for strikes on Iran. Italy blocked U.

At least 19 people, including one baby, died on Wednesday after a fast-moving inflatable vessel carrying irregular migrants capsized off the Turkish coast, NTV reported.