Middle East

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) — Slaughterhouses typically crowded with Palestinian Muslims buying sheep for the annual Eid al-Adha “feast of…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s finance minister said Thursday he would bring a short-term budget up for a vote next week,…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States on Wednesday imposed new sanctions aimed at cutting off funds for Syrian President Bashar…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Masked pilgrims arrived Thursday at Mount Arafat, a desert hill near Islam’s holiest site,…

LONDON/SAO PAULO/SEOUL (Reuters) — Iran, creaking under the impact of US sanctions, a collapse in oil sales and a severe…

CAIRO (AP) — When Turkey’s president signed a security deal last year to back one of the sides in Libya’s…

AMMAN (Reuters) — Jordan has set Nov. 10 as the date for parliamentary elections, hours after a royal decree to…

BEIRUT (Reuters) — Lebanon needs a new prime minister to help it exit a deep economic and financial crisis, one…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A British-Australian academic serving a 10-year sentence for espionage in Iran has been moved to a…

KFAR CHOUBA, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon’s prime minister Tuesday accused Israel of provoking a “dangerous escalation” along the border in…