Middle East

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai has loosened its liquor laws to allow tourists to purchase alcohol in state-controlled…

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media and a war monitoring group say a car bombing wounded several people in a…

President Donald Trump ended sanctions against Turkey on Wednesday, drawing a line under American involvement in “blood-stained” Syria, as Turkish…

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A Palestinian court has blocked access to 59 websites critical of the Palestinian Authority, a…

TUNIS (Reuters) – Kais Saied, a political outsider and retired law professor, was sworn in as Tunisian president on Wednesday…

CAIRO (AP) — A top Sudanese official says the transitional government and rebel leaders have wrapped up a first round…

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s embattled prime minister sought international support Tuesday for economic reforms announced a day earlier, which were…

BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi government-appointed inquiry into week-long protests earlier this month has determined that security forces used excessive…

Russia and Turkey have agreed to ensure Kurdish forces withdraw from areas close to Syria’s border with Turkey and to…

CAIRO (AP) — A leading rights group on Tuesday said it has evidence of potential war crimes by Libyan factions…