Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new supreme leader. Meanwhile, oil surged past $100 a barrel as the economic fallout deepens. Follow for live updates ...

BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese parliament extended its term by two years on Monday due to the U.S.-Israel war with Iran that has pushed the region into an escalating conflict and Israel stepping up its ...

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Israeli fighter jets also bombarded the southern outskirts of Beirut, the Lebanese capital, as part of its escalating ...

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Iran named the hard-line Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his late father as supreme leader on Monday, signaling no ...

Lebanon’s parliament extended its own mandate for two years on ​Monday, a statement from the speaker's ‌office said, pushing back elections that were meant to take place in May of ​this year.

Escalating hostilities have forced nearly 700,000 people ​to flee their homes in Lebanon, a U.N. agency said on Monday, as ...