Middle East
Israel arrests 4 Palestinian fugitives who escaped prison
Middle East
September 11, 2021
Israel arrests 4 Palestinian fugitives who escaped prison
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police on Saturday said they have arrested four of the six Palestinians who broke out of…
Lebanese leaders agree on government to address crisis
Middle East
September 10, 2021
Lebanese leaders agree on government to address crisis
BEIRUT, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Lebanese leaders agreed a new government on Friday after a year of political feuding over…
Twenty years after 9/11: which is worse? The beginning, or the end?
Opinion
September 10, 2021
Twenty years after 9/11: which is worse? The beginning, or the end?
Hubris comes in many forms, but surely the rushed exit of American forces from Afghanistan to meet an artificial political…
Turkey jobless rate climbs to 12% in July as supports end
Middle East
September 10, 2021
Turkey jobless rate climbs to 12% in July as supports end
ISTANBUL, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Turkey’s unemployment rate rose to 12.0 percent in July from 10.6 percent a month earlier…
UN watchdog: Iran defying nuclear deal with uranium enrichment
Middle East
September 10, 2021
UN watchdog: Iran defying nuclear deal with uranium enrichment
The UN atomic watchdog on Tuesday said Iran has increased its stockpile of enriched uranium in breach of the 2015 accord intended to…
Palestinians protest in support of escaped prisoners
Middle East
September 10, 2021
Palestinians protest in support of escaped prisoners
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Sept 8 (Reuters) – A few hundred Palestinians held protests in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday…
Iran-Afghanistan water dispute to test Tehran’s ties to Taliban
Middle East
September 10, 2021
Iran-Afghanistan water dispute to test Tehran’s ties to Taliban
“The situation on the border isn’t about to get any better with the Taliban in power,” according to Nik Kowsar,…
Israeli army says it launched strikes on Hamas site in Gaza
Middle East
September 7, 2021
Israeli army says it launched strikes on Hamas site in Gaza
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel launched airstrikes on what it said was a Hamas military site in the Gaza…
Taliban fire in air to scatter hundreds of protesters in Kabul
Middle East
September 7, 2021
Taliban fire in air to scatter hundreds of protesters in Kabul
Sept 7 (Reuters) – Taliban gunmen fired in the air on Tuesday to scatter protesters in the Afghan capital Kabul,…
Algeria arrests members of MAK separatist group after attacks
Middle East
September 7, 2021
Algeria arrests members of MAK separatist group after attacks
ALGIERS, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Algeria has arrested 27 suspected members of a separatist group that the government has declared…