Middle East

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — Living in a slum built precariously on the banks of a sewage-tainted river in Lebanon, Faiqqa…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia announced Monday it was tripling taxes on basic goods, raising them to…

DUBAI (Reuters) – Emirates, one of the world’s biggest long-haul airlines, said on Sunday it will raise debt to help…

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Ahmad al-Mostafa can’t afford milk for his baby daughter. A Syrian refugee, he has barely been able…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Taliban leaders searched their ranks, including in the much-feared Haqqani network, and on Sunday told The Associated…

CAIRO (AP) — Fighting between forces loyal to rival governments over Libya’s capital intensified Saturday with heavy artillery shelling hitting…

Iraq’s new government promised Saturday to release demonstrators arrested during mass protests that erupted in October and pledged justice and…

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran is ready for a full prisoner exchange with the United States, Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei…

KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait will enact a “total curfew” from 4pm (1300 GMT) on Sunday through to May 30 to…

JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian leaders on Friday vowed to defy a new Israeli military order which they fear…