A prominent Hezbollah official says the US and Saudi embassies in Beirut are creating obstacles on the path of electing the next Lebanese president.

Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi has announced Thursday as a date that the legislative body is scheduled to convene to elect the country’s new president.

Iranian government’s labor minister nominee fails to win the support of parliament lawmakers.

President Ebrahim Raeisi says the enemy is angry with Iran’s progress despite all its threats and sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

Nasrallah says the United States is pursuing wicked seditious plots in order to sow the seeds of discord and create rifts in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Iraq's supreme court says it lacks the constitutional authority to dissolve the country's parliament as demanded by influential Shia cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr.

Hundreds Sadr’s supporters have launched a sit-in outside Iraq’s highest judicial body, reiterating their calls for the dissolution of the Iraqi parliament and holding early elections.

The Iranian parliament publishes a report on a fraud worth $3.2bn in the country’s largest steelmaker.

Iraq’s Supreme Judicial council says it has no authority to dissolve the parliament, after the populist cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gives the judiciary one week to dismiss the legislature.

Prominent Iraqi cleric and seasoned politician Muqtada al-Sadr has given the country's apex court a one-week ultimatum to dissolve the parliament amid a deepening post-election political crisis gripping the country.