Middle East

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The US Embassy in Afghanistan warned that extremists groups are planning attacks against a “variety of…

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Militants have stepped up attacks on security forces in northwest Pakistan raising fears of a revival of…

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s largest prison grappled with an alarming coronavirus outbreak on Thursday as many inmates refused to take…

WASHINGTON (AP) — In defiance of overwhelming opposition, the United States is preparing to declare that all international sanctions against…

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon is grappling with a deep economic crisis after successive governments piled up debt following the 1975-1990…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Eating apples dipped in honey on Rosh Hashanah is a Jewish tradition to symbolize a sweet start…

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Somali money transfer companies moved more than US$3.7 million in cash between suspected weapons traffickers in recent…

BEIRUT (AP) — The UN agency for Palestinian refugees is experiencing a financial crisis that could force it to halt…

CAIRO (AP) — The head of Libya’s UN-supported government said Wednesday night that he wants to hand over power to…

BEIRUT (AP) — France said on Wednesday it regretted that Lebanese political leaders have failed to form a new government…