Middle East
Japanese hostage returns home after three years in Syrian ‘hell’
October 25, 2018
Japanese hostage returns home after three years in Syrian ‘hell’
OKYO (Reuters) – A 44-year-old Japanese freelance journalist arrives home on Thursday to an uncertain welcome more than three…
Syria FM to UN envoy – Constitution is ‘sovereign matter’
October 24, 2018
Syria FM to UN envoy – Constitution is ‘sovereign matter’
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem told UN envoy Staffan de Mistura that the constitution was a…
Pakistan to seek IMF bailout despite $6 billion Saudi rescue
October 24, 2018
Pakistan to seek IMF bailout despite $6 billion Saudi rescue
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan still plans to seek a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) despite a Saudi…
Palestinians: Israeli troops kill youth in West Bank clash
October 24, 2018
Palestinians: Israeli troops kill youth in West Bank clash
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian health ministry says Israeli troops have shot and killed a Palestinian youth…
Decades of war shatter Afghanistan’s glassblowing craft
October 24, 2018
Decades of war shatter Afghanistan’s glassblowing craft
Hunched and shriveled, Afghan glassblower Ghulam Sakhi deftly blows and twirls molten glass into delicate blue and green goblets and…
UN warns half Yemen’s people could soon be on brink of famine
October 24, 2018
UN warns half Yemen’s people could soon be on brink of famine
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations aid chief sounded the alarm at the Security Council on Tuesday that…
As U.S. sanctions loom, China’s Bank of Kunlun to stop receiving Iran payments – sources
October 24, 2018
As U.S. sanctions loom, China’s Bank of Kunlun to stop receiving Iran payments – sources
BEIJING (Reuters) – Bank of Kunlun Co, the key Chinese conduit for transactions with Iran, is set to halt handling…
Greece, Turkey snipe over maritime borders
October 23, 2018
Greece, Turkey snipe over maritime borders
ISTANBUL/ATHENS (Reuters) – Turkey warned Greece on Tuesday it would not tolerate a shift in Greece’s maritime border, drawing a…
Car bomb kills six, wounds 30 near Iraq’s Mosul
October 23, 2018
Car bomb kills six, wounds 30 near Iraq’s Mosul
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – At least six people were killed, including two soldiers, and 30 wounded in a car…
Opinion: Hope for Afghanistan’s democracy lies with voters
October 23, 2018
Opinion: Hope for Afghanistan’s democracy lies with voters
Afghan voters have shown their democratic determination by voting in parliamentary elections at the risk of their lives. It’s…