Middle East

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Human rights advocates urged New Zealand lawmakers on Wednesday to drop restrictions on the intake of Middle…

DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian oil tanker has broken down in the Red Sea but the crew are safe and…

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s moderate Islamists are hoping the genial Beethoven fan they have nominated to run in next month’s…

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany has for the first time allowed children whose parents were suspected members of Islamic State to…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged on Tuesday that Islamic State militants are gaining strength in…

ADEN (Reuters) – Southern separatists seized two Yemeni government military bases near the southern port of Aden early on Tuesday,…

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece said on Tuesday it had not had a request for an oil tanker at the center…

Omar al-Bashir received $90 million in cash from Saudi royals, an investigator told a court at the opening Monday of…

The Turkish government removed three mayors from office on Monday over alleged links to Kurdish militants as Ankara deepened its…

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Airstrikes halted a Turkish military convoy carrying ammunition after it crossed into northern Syria on Monday,…