Middle East

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Lawyers for two Palestinians who were captured after escaping from an Israeli prison last week…

LONDON, Sept 15 (Reuters) – A unit in Afghanistan’s central bank leading a 15-year effort to counter illicit funding flows…

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s former prime minister left the country for the United States on Tuesday, his advisor said, despite…

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized the presence of foreign troops in Syria, saying they are there…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s new foreign minister said Tuesday that the Taliban governing the country remain committed to not…

DUBAI, Sept 14 (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates aims to raise the value of economic activity with Israel to…

GENEVA, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Syria is still unsafe for the return of refugees a decade after its conflict began,…

Sept 14 (Reuters) – The Taliban have denied that one of their top leaders has been killed in a shootout…

QLEIAT, Lebanon (AP) — Saydi Mubarak and her mother share a bond that goes beyond a close mother-daughter relationship: They…

BEIRUT, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Lebanon’s armed Shiia movement Hezbollah, said on Monday that a…