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BEIRUT – The head of Syria’s Kurdish Red Crescent says the death toll from a twin bombing targeting Kurds celebrating their new year in the northeastern city of Hassakeh has risen to 49. Egid Ibrahim says the Friday evening blasts also wounded 177 others, some of whom remain in critical …

TEHRAN, Iran – An Iranian official has criticized the chief of the U.N. atomic agency for demanding snap inspections of Iran’s nuclear sites, saying such a demand stands in the way of Tehran and world powers reaching a deal on the country’s controversial nuclear program. The so-called P5+1 group — …

BEIRUT – A new video released by the Islamic State group on Sunday shows its fighters cutting off the heads of eight men said to be Shiite Muslims. The video posted on social media said the men were beheaded in the central Syrian province of Hama. The video could not …