Middle East

SALFIT, West Bank (Reuters) – Hundreds of people gathered in the occupied West Bank on Friday for the funeral of…

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran is determined to develop its oil industry in spite of US sanctions imposed on the country,…

Turkey’s highest administrative court issued a ruling Friday that paves the way for the government to convert Istanbul’s iconic Hagia…

BEIRUT (AP) — Hospitals in Syria’s overcrowded opposition-held enclave are suspending non-emergency procedures and outpatient services following the detection of…

PARIS (Reuters) — UNESCO must be notified of any change in the status of Istanbul’s sixth-century Hagia Sophia museum and…

BEIRUT (Reuters) — Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab is suing the American University of Beirut (AUB), where he worked for…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The UN counterterrorism chief said his office received information that 700 people died recently in two…

JERUSALEM (AP) — With an unprecedented new surge in coronavirus cases battering Israel’s economy, one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s…

BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese businessman serving a five-year sentence in the United States for providing millions of dollars to…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The UN Security Council on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected a Russian resolution that would have cut back…