Middle East
Roadblocks cast shadows over path to peace in Afghanistan
January 30, 2019
Roadblocks cast shadows over path to peace in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – US diplomats and the Afghan Taliban have seen cause for hope in talks to end the United…
US security aid to Palestinian Authority to end Thursday
January 30, 2019
US security aid to Palestinian Authority to end Thursday
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – US security aid for the Palestinian Authority was set to dry up on Thursday after…
Amnesty urges travel sites to ban Israel settlement listings
January 30, 2019
Amnesty urges travel sites to ban Israel settlement listings
JERUSALEM (AP) — Amnesty International on Wednesday urged online travel sites to ban listings from Israeli settlements in the occupied…
Al-Qaeda advance in northern Syria threatens fragile truce
January 30, 2019
Al-Qaeda advance in northern Syria threatens fragile truce
BEIRUT (AP) — It only took a few days for al-Qaeda-linked militants to seize more than two dozen towns and…
Iran facing toughest economic situation in 40 years: Rouhani
January 30, 2019
Iran facing toughest economic situation in 40 years: Rouhani
GENEVA (Reuters) – Iran’s president said on Wednesday the country was facing its toughest economic situation in 40 years, and…
Pakistan Supreme Court frees Christian woman
January 29, 2019
Pakistan Supreme Court frees Christian woman
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s top court on Tuesday upheld its acquittal of a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy,…
ISIS pinned in tiny eastern Syria enclave: SDF
January 29, 2019
ISIS pinned in tiny eastern Syria enclave: SDF
QAMISHLI, Syria (Reuters) – ISIS fighters in eastern Syria are pinned down in a final tiny pocket with their wives…
Palestinian PM Hamdallah, government resign
January 29, 2019
Palestinian PM Hamdallah, government resign
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Al-Hamdallah has tendered his resignation and that of his unity government…
In Kabul, US reports ‘agreements in principle’ with Taliban
January 29, 2019
In Kabul, US reports ‘agreements in principle’ with Taliban
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Negotiators for the United States and the Taliban insurgents have reached “agreements in principle” on key…
Top Pakistan court to rule on call for appeal against Asia Bibi
January 29, 2019
Top Pakistan court to rule on call for appeal against Asia Bibi
The fate of a Christian woman enmeshed in a years-long blasphemy row could finally be decided Tuesday, when Pakistan’s Supreme…