Middle East

The video shows Father Rabih Thoumy swinging a chain censer sending smoke into the air when abruptly there is a…

BEIRUT (AP) — The 160-year-old palace withstood two world wars, the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the French mandate and…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A six-nation bloc of Gulf Arab nations torn apart by internal strife endorsed an…

KABUL (Reuters) – An Afghan grand assembly, known as the Loya Jirga, on Sunday approved the release of 400 “hard-core”…

FORT BREGANCON (Reuters) – World powers have a duty to support the Lebanese people after a massive blast devastated their…

The UN described the situation in Beirut as “really dire” on Friday as hundreds of thousands of people face the…

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s information minister resigned on Sunday as the country grapples with the aftermath of the devastating blast…

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Thousands of Israelis rallied outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem on Saturday as anger mounted…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A traditional Afghan council concluded Sunday with hundreds of delegates agreeing to free 400 Taliban members,…

ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria said on Saturday it will further ease its coronavirus lockdown, including shortening an overnight curfew, lifting…