Middle East

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s government agreed Tuesday to hire a New York-based company to conduct a forensic audit of the…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Jordan’s prime minister says the kingdom would look “positively” on the creation of a binational state that…

A Sudanese court had already handed Bashir a two-year sentence in December on corruption charges. He also faces trials and…

Rights activist and art curator Hella Mewis was kidnapped outside her office in Baghdad by unidentified men. The abduction is…

DUBAI (Reuters) — Economic activity in the Gulf will contract sharply this year before recovering in 2021, hit by the…

JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israel’s parliament voted on Monday to allow the country’s domestic intelligence agency to track the cellphones of…

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s health minister says the financially troubled Mediterranean country, which has so far managed to contain the…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A year ago, Cijay Brightman was doing sound and lighting for a Madonna performance in…

PARIS (Reuters) — Investigators have begun work on the flight recorders from the Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli court convicted top model Bar Refaeli on Monday on four counts of tax…