Middle East

  UN chief Antonio Guterres announced Thursday a series of breakthroughs in talks with rivals in the Yemen conflict, including…

  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has condemned the latest round of violence in the West Bank, criticizing both militant attacks…

  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A high-speed train hit a railway engine and crashed into a pedestrian overpass Thursday at…

DUBAI/DOHA (Reuters) – Even before taking over Qatar’s energy policy in a government reshuffle last month, Qatar Petroleum (QP) CEO…

  RIMBO, Sweden (Reuters) – Yemen’s warring parties are being pressed to agree thorny confidence-building measures, including the status of…

  LONDON (Reuters) – Lebanon will definitely form a new government despite the obstacles, its caretaker foreign minister said on…

  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The small town of Abassan in the Gaza Strip is a tough place…

  Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran’s nuclear chief and former foreign minister, has warned that Iranians are running out of patience with the…

  BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s government has been using a little-known anti-terrorism law to seize property from dissidents and their…

  Al-QAIM, Iraq (Reuters) – From a desert hillside guarded by Iraqi Shi’ite paramilitaries, commander Qasim Muslih can spot Islamic…