Agreement has Tehran footing bill for construction of power plants, transmission lines, possibly connecting countries via Iraq, as Islamic Republic seeks to deepen role in country

One-time commercial center in Baghdad now a gathering place for anti-government demonstrators to dine together, play dominoes and keep an eye on the security forces

Revolutionary Guards chief attends ceremony to introduce the paintings, which include a Star of David in the Great Seal of the United States

Spokesman for Strip's terror rulers calls retaliatory raids for rocket fire from enclave a 'dangerous escalation'; Hebrew media says Islamic Jihad believed responsible for launches

Ahead of 40th anniversary of attack, Ebrahim Asgharzadeh denies seizure was directed by Revolutionary Guards, says plan was to hold a sit-in

Yisrael Beytenu chief warns that Netanyahu's response to violence in the south 'is encouraging our enemies in the north and Iran'

Despite relatively tame border protests, Friday's rocket fire suggests Iran-backed terror group's Baha Abu al-Ata has his own agenda and is willing to set area ablaze to achieve it

British Embassy in Beirut says it hopes ruling in case of Rebecca Dykes 'will provide a degree of closure,' stresses opposition to death penalty

Warplanes attack Hamas military infrastructure across Strip after 10 projectiles fired into Israel, with one hitting a house in Sderot

Supporters blindsided as former Texas congressman ends his fizzling campaign run, saying 'my service to the country will not be as a candidate or as the nominee'