Middle East

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad was re-elected in a landslide, officials said Thursday, ushering in a fourth…

French President Emmanuel Macron admitted French responsibility in the Rwandan genocide, during a visit to the Rwandan capital Kigali on Thursday. “Standing here…

BAGHDAD (AP) — Tensions mounted in Iraq’s capital on Wednesday after the arrest of a militia commander on terrorism charges,…

Lebanon’s central bank said on Thursday it could not keep up its imports of subsidized medical goods without using its…

GENEVA (AP) — The UN rights chief said on Thursday that Israeli forces may have committed war crimes in the…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Abdullah Mohammadi lost his two legs and an arm below the elbow in a ferocious battle…

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s transitional government and the main rebel group kicked off a new round of peace talks Wednesday,…

When Sedat Peker, a convicted Turkish mob boss, began posting videos on social media earlier this month in which he…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday he wrote the country’s supreme leader to protest a decision…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemeni officials demanded answers Wednesday after an Associated Press report highlighted a mysterious air base being…