The US is opening an embassy in Jerusalem. Why is there a furor?
Middle East
May 14, 2018
The US is opening an embassy in Jerusalem. Why is there a furor?
The United States opens its embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, a move that has delighted Israel and infuriated Palestinians. The…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah says US embassy move in Jerusalem ‘worthless’
Middle East
May 14, 2018
Lebanon’s Hezbollah says US embassy move in Jerusalem ‘worthless’
The Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah on Monday dismissed the U.S. decision to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem as a…
Libya to return bodies of 20 Egyptian Christians beheaded in 2015
Egypt
May 14, 2018
Libya to return bodies of 20 Egyptian Christians beheaded in 2015
Libya will return to Egypt on Monday the bodies of 20 Egyptian Christians killed in 2015 by Islamic State in…
Turkey’s Sazlibosna Canal alarms villagers and environmentalists
Middle East
May 13, 2018
Turkey’s Sazlibosna Canal alarms villagers and environmentalists
When residents of Sazlibosna, a village near Istanbul, tried to attend a public meeting about the Turkish government’s plan to…
Palestinians who can’t return yet can’t forget
Features/Interviews
May 13, 2018
Palestinians who can’t return yet can’t forget
Only seven miles separate the elderly Palestinian couple’s first home from what may be their last, but the short journey…
Iran may remain part of nuclear accord: President
World
May 13, 2018
Iran may remain part of nuclear accord: President
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that, if its interests were protected, Tehran would remain committed to its 2015…
‘Brexit could not be done without compromises’: PM
World
May 13, 2018
‘Brexit could not be done without compromises’: PM
British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday she could be trusted to deliver Brexit, but that it could not…
Pakistan bars US diplomat from leaving amid tense relations
World
May 13, 2018
Pakistan bars US diplomat from leaving amid tense relations
Pakistani authorities have barred a U.S. diplomat involved in a fatal traffic accident from leaving the country, forcing an American…
Paris knife attacker was French citizen born in Chechnya: sources
World
May 13, 2018
Paris knife attacker was French citizen born in Chechnya: sources
The assailant who killed a 29-year-old man in a central Paris knife attack on Saturday night was a French citizen…
Suspected IS-inspired suicide bombers attack Indonesian churches, at least 11 dead
World
May 13, 2018
Suspected IS-inspired suicide bombers attack Indonesian churches, at least 11 dead
Suicide bombers suspected to be from an Islamic State-inspired group killed at least 11 people and wounded 40 in attacks…