Erin Cunnigham

The U.S. Central Command released a video and timeline suggesting that U.S. military assets observed Iranian vessels returning to one of the tankers to retrieve an unexploded mine.

The case of the evangelical preacher caught up in Turkey’s post-coup security sweep had garnered the attention of the highest levels of the American administration and become a sore point in the two countries' relations.

Recently, the Arab Spring had inspired hopes that Palestinians would unite, putting aside disruptive factionalism. But now Palestinian politics appear to be descending back into disarray.