Middle East

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran executed seven child offenders last year and two so far this year even though human…

Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria left several positions along the long border with Turkey Thursday, complying with a deal that…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities have demolished at least 140 Palestinian homes in east Jerusalem this year, a rights group…

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…