Middle East

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Guardian Council watchdog body approved a law on Wednesday that obliges the government to halt UN…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon has approved drawdown plans in Afghanistan that will still keep two larger bases in the…

CAIRO (AP) — The top UN official for Libya said Wednesday there are at least 20,000 foreign fighters and mercenaries…

HAIFA, Israel (AP) — Israel’s navy on Wednesday welcomed the first of four German-made warships that will be at the…

FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) -Germany, France and Britain urged the Trump administration in late October to reconsider broad, new sanctions against Iran’s…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel transferred over $1 billion in taxes and customs duties it collects on behalf of the Palestinian…

PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron will seek to revive a French initiative on Lebanon when he hosts an international…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday rejected a bill approved by parliament that would have suspended…

GERA, Germany (Reuters) – Should former members of the Syrian security forces who have defected from President Bashar al-Assad’s government…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief governing partner on Tuesday said he would vote in favor of…