Middle East

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Virtually every household in the Gaza Strip relies on batteries to keep their home…

CAIRO (AP) — A Libyan parliamentary committee said Wednesday that it has become “impossible” to hold a long-waited presidential vote…

CAIRO, Dec 20 (Reuters) – Prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday,…

GENEVA/KHARTOUM, Dec 21 (Reuters) – The United Nations Human Rights Office said on Tuesday that it had received 13 allegations…

Dec 20 (Reuters) – The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen on Monday said it carried out air strikes on what…

DUBAI, Dec 21 (Reuters) – Cryptocurrency exchange Binance said on Tuesday it had signed a cooperation deal with Dubai World…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard on Tuesday fired cruise missiles during a major military exercise across the…

WASHINGTON — The White House says President Joe Biden had close contact with a staff member who later tested positive…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s top diplomat to Yemen died on Tuesday after reportedly contracting the coronavirus, Iranian…

GIESSEN, Germany (AP) — She had already walked for 60 hours through the wet, dark forests of Poland, trying to…