Middle East

BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters began closing in Monday on the last wing of a prison in northeastern…

ISTANBUL, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Dozens of people from China’s Uyghur Muslim ethnic group protested in Istanbul on Sunday, calling…

SANAA, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Most of Yemen faced a third day without internet on Sunday after air strikes on…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates intercepted two ballistic missiles claimed by Yemen’s Huthi rebels over…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Friday will never be the same again. For those with means in Dubai, the…

OSLO, Norway (AP) — A Taliban delegation led by acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Sunday started three days…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has banned the flying of drones in the country for…

SAADA, Yemen, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Yemeni detainee Mohammed Ali Salem was lucky that a missile fired by warplanes of…

BEIRUT (AP) — Kurdish-led fighters advanced slowly Saturday under the cover of U.S.-led coalition air power in Syria’s northeast. Intense…

BEIRUT, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Lebanese school teacher Sara Wissam and her husband were comfortably off before a run on…