Middle East

Turkey no longer needs to join the European Union but will not unilaterally abandon the stalled EU accession talks, President…

People in Austria are now banned from covering their faces in public. The ban includes wearing the burqa, which hides…

Yemen’s Houthi forces shot down a US surveillance drone in the capital Sanaa on Sunday, the Houthi-controlled state news agency…

The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group has warned that a controversial referendum on support for independence in Iraq’s Kurdistan…

The state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported more than 2,000 Rohingya had gathered along Myanmar’s coast after walking from their…

The United Arab Emirates has begun collecting new “sin” taxes on tobacco products, energy drinks and soft drinks. Beginning Sunday,…

Lebanon’s Hezbollah said on Sunday that the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was pushing the region to war…

Hamas agreed to a prisoner exchange with Israel, Palestinian news agency Ma’an reported on Friday, a deal suggested by Egypt…

Iraq’s military prepared Saturday to take control of the international borders of the northern Kurdish region. The move is part…

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday an invitation from French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Paris was not…