Iran denounced theUSsuggestion that it play a role on the sidelines of the secondUnited NationsSyriapeace conference this month because the minimal role does not respect its dignity, a foreign ministry spokeswoman said Monday. But with skyrocketing sectarian violence throughout the region, particularly in Syria and Iraq, and the US beginning to withdraw ...

Negotiations in Geneva with Iran may have failed to produce an interim deal over the weekend, but Israel and Gulf countries are still alarmed about the potential for a nuclear deal with Tehran, finding themselves in the unusual position of being partners in angst. The US Secretary of State John Kerry has just returned home from a 10-day trip to the ...