Middle East

The U.S. and Russia on Tuesday remained at odds over the fate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, as world and regional powers conducted talks aimed at reviving a tattered cease-fire in the war-torn country.

Qatar Airways said it had raised its stake in British Airways parent International Consolidated Airlines Group and would consider becoming an even larger investor in the European airline.

A German court banned a comedian from repeating large sections of a satirical text about Recep Tayyip Erdogan, handing Turkey’s President a partial victory in efforts to silence mockery and criticism of him in Germany.

Global hotel companies are establishing new beachheads in Iran, betting that lifted sanctions against the Middle East nation will spark a jump in tourism and business travel after decades of economic isolation.

Palestinian schools honor the killers of my father, a teacher. This would break his heart.

Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent, should have become a cause célèbre after he was seized in Iran in 2007. Washington did next to nothing. Reuel Marc Gerecht reviews “Missing Man: The American Spy Who Vanished in Iran” by Barry Meier.

“Sunken Cities: Egypt’s Lost Worlds” is the British Museum’s first significant exhibition to focus on underwater archaeology. Anchored by a major loan of about 250 objects from Egypt, it includes many items excavated from two “lost” cities.

The Senate passed a bill that would allow the families of Sept. 11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia or other countries for any role in the attacks, a move that brings Congress closer to a clash with the White House, which has threatened to veto the legislation.

Ben Rhodes, one of President Barack Obama’s top foreign policy advisers, said he wouldn’t “Monday morning quarterback” his recent controversial comments about the communications effort that he led for the White House on the Iran nuclear deal.

Construction work has begun on the Trans Adriatic Pipeline, which is expected to bring natural gas from the Caspian Sea to Europe and ease reliance on Russia.

The White House and congressional Republicans are once again sparring over the Iran nuclear deal, with the House Oversight Committee chairman calling on one of President Obama’s top aides to testify at a hearing about how the administration sold the agreement to the public.

The U.S. and 20 other nations pledged to consider arming the Libyan government as it struggles to stop Islamic State from expanding in the country.

Oil prices climbed to a 2016 high as production outages persisted and Goldman Sachs asserted that the global crude glut has receded.

Last week, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with banking leaders in London, but again, they tuned him out, with several banks telling The Wall Street Journal they still won't enter the Iranian market.

What’s News: World-Wide

A force that once ousted civilian leaders now shapes President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s moves in Syria and against Kurdish insurgents at home.

In photos chosen by Wall Street Journal editors on Sunday, a girl cools off at a fountain in Jerusalem, a gas tank burns in Iraq, the world’s largest cruise ship sets sail, and more.

Libya’s divided oil officials have agreed to allow petroleum to flow again between the country’s east and west but have yet to end a crisis that is blocking exports, Libyan officials said Sunday.

Israeli and Palestinian officials have agreed to allow a group to clear mines from the site where Jesus is said to have been baptized, opening the area to Christian pilgrims.