Middle East

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities on Wednesday advanced plans to build over 2,100 new settlement homes in the occupied West…

NAQOURA, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon and Israel began indirect talks Wednesday over their disputed maritime border, with American officials mediating…

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s latest strategy to defuse tensions with Turkey is unravelling, two weeks after it was…

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – China and Russia were elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday, but support…

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A Yemeni man killed at least a dozen people, including his wife and three children, in…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia is presiding over a virtual global interfaith forum that began on Tuesday,…

TUNIS (Reuters) – Hundreds of stone-throwing protesters clashed with police in a provincial Tunisian town on Tuesday after authorities bulldozed…

JERUSALEM (AP) — When Israel went into lockdown last spring, Jerusalem pub owner Leon Shvartz moved quickly to save his…

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian prime minister said Tuesday it will be disastrous for his people and the…

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – The United States launched air strikes against Taliban fighters in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, US…