Middle East

WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Donors to the World Bank-administered Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) have agreed to decide about…

ISLAMABAD, Dec 3 (Reuters) – A decree released by the Taliban barring forced marriage was a major step forward, two…

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Apple Inc iPhones of at least nine U.S. State Department employees were hacked by…

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — An attack by Islamic State militants on a village in northern Iraq killed at least 12…

UMM AL-FAHM, Israel (AP) — Police on Friday shot and killed a man in an Arab town in northern Israel…

ANKARA, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Turkey’s annual inflation jumped more than expected to a three-year high of 21.31% in November,…

NICE, France (AP) — France announced the signing Friday of a 16 billion-euro ($18 billion) armaments mega-contract for the sale…

PARIS (AP) — The sister of a man who was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia is asking seven-time Formula…

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s information minister is expected to announce his resignation Friday, in a bid to ease an unprecedented…

DUBAI, Dec 3 (Reuters) – France will sign several major deals with the United Arab Emirates on Friday, with two…