Middle East

KABUL (Reuters) – The strength of the embattled Afghan defense forces has declined to its lowest level in four years,…

Head of the Roman Catholic Church Pope Francis said on Thursday that his visit to the United Arab of Emirates…

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has ended a sweeping crackdown on corruption ordered by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that…

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s security forces detained the daughter of Sudanese opposition leader Sadiq al-Mahdi on Wednesday, her family said,…

KABUL (Reuters) – US diplomats and the Afghan Taliban have seen cause for hope in talks to end the United…

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – US security aid for the Palestinian Authority was set to dry up on Thursday after…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Amnesty International on Wednesday urged online travel sites to ban listings from Israeli settlements in the occupied…

BEIRUT (AP) — It only took a few days for al-Qaeda-linked militants to seize more than two dozen towns and…

GENEVA (Reuters) – Iran’s president said on Wednesday the country was facing its toughest economic situation in 40 years, and…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s top court on Tuesday upheld its acquittal of a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy,…