Iraq witnessed a massive uproar after news broke out that the Parliament had passed a law that sought to lower minimum age for Muslim girls...

A top Saudi military official will visit Tehran. The visit is on Sunday. The official will meet with Iranian officials. The meeting is to i...

A visit by the commander of Iran's Quds Force to Baghdad led to a pause in attacks on U.S. troops by Iran-aligned groups in Iraq. The rulin...

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan has arrived in Tehran on Saturday, marking his first visit to the country since a ...

The Taliban say they have improved security in the country since taking power around a year ago, but there have been several blasts in rece...

In July, Al-Sadr's supporters broke into the parliament to deter his rivals in the Coordination Framework, an alliance of mostly Iran-align...

Al-Luhaidan's ultraconservative views, though in line with the country's Wahhabi doctrine at the time, prompted his sacking in 2009 as head...

Taliban political spokesman Suhail Shaheen told The Associated Press there would be no cooperation with Washington on going after the incre...

Al-Hakim holds the highest theological title in Shiite Islam - Ayatollah al-Uzma, which means Grand or Supreme Ayatollah.

Here is some background on a nation whose influence stretches from Iraq to Syria, Lebanon and Yemen, but which is grappling with a severe e...

A close ally of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Mohtashamipour in the 1970s formed alliances with Muslim militant g...

The historic meeting in al-Sistani's humble home was months in the making, with every detail painstakingly discussed and negotiated between...

Human rights group Amnesty International says the kingdom carried out at least 158 death sentences last year, making it the third most prol...

Days after his trip was postponed due to spiralling Saudi-Iran tensions, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister arrived here today to hold talks w...

Pakistan voiced concern over the deteriorating relations between Saudi Arabi and Iran, cautioning that terrorists can take advantage of the...

Pakistan boosted security on Friday after a suspected Sunni extremist opened fire in a Shiite mosque then blew himself up, killing 10 peopl...

Terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi planned to try and destroy the relationship between the US and its Shiite allies in Iraq and help sta...