Middle East

ABU DIS, West Bank (AP) — More than a year after his son was killed by Israeli forces under disputed…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A blast went off Friday at a mosque packed with Shia Muslim worshippers in northern Afghanistan,…

BEIRUT, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Lebanon’s central bank denied on Friday a Swiss newspaper report that alleged the International Monetary…

DUBAI. United Arab Emirates (AP) — The death toll from Cyclone Shaheen that crashed through Oman rose Thursday to 14…

JERUSALEM (AP) — A ruling by a local Israeli court in favor of a Jewish man who prayed quietly at…

GENEVA, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Bahrain, Russia and other members of the U.N. Human Rights Council pushed through a vote…

SANAA, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Hotels in Sanaa are cashing in on demand for domestic tourism in war-torn Yemen by…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When Afghanistan’s president was killed in a communist coup in 1978 and the country…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A court in Saudi Arabia upheld a 20-year prison term imposed on a Saudi…

MOSCOW, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Moscow plans to host international talks on Afghanistan on Oct. 20, President Vladimir Putin’s special…