Middle East

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday slammed Iran for using “violence” and censorship to prevent memorials for those…

After decades of hard work, self-made Lebanese chocolatier Roger Zakhour thought he would finally be able to pass a successful…

TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Friday approved a contentious plan to send its naval troops to the Middle East to…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) — A Turkish court on Friday handed down jail sentences to seven journalists and other staffers at opposition…

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Moroccan authorities have sentenced a Youtuber who criticized the king to prison, and detained a journalist-activist…

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — The Sudanese Christian marchers weaved through bustling markets and traffic-clogged streets wearing “I Love Jesus” T-shirts…

BEIRUT (AP) — Panic set in on a WhatsApp group used to organize Lebanese protests when one member said he…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday scored a landslide victory in a primary race for leadership…

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The organizers of the weekly Palestinian demonstrations along the Gaza Strip’s frontier with Israel…

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s president refused Thursday to designate the Iran-backed parliamentary bloc’s nominee for prime minister after he was…