Middle East

JERUSALEM (REUTERS) – Israel’s president on Wednesday (May 5) chose Yair Lapid, a centrist politician and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s…

BEIRUT (AP) — France’s foreign minister began a visit to Lebanon Thursday with a message of “great firmness” to its…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — After nearly three decades in London, Christophe Reech was fed up with the city’s…

JERUSALEM (AP) — A 16-year-old Palestinian youth was killed Wednesday by Israeli gunfire in a clash in the northern West…

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The shadowy leader of the armed wing of the Islamic militant group Hamas has…

A British academic, who was detained in the United Arab Emirates two years ago on spying charges, has launched legal…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s president on Wednesday signaled he would move quickly to task a new candidate with forming a…

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s vaccine roll-out had been faltering for weeks. Apathy, fear and rumors kept many from getting vaccinated…

Syrian air defenses downed several Israeli missiles during pre-dawn raids on the Mediterranean port city of Latakia, the Syrian army…

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s health minister resigned Tuesday over a week after a deadly blaze killed dozens of people in…