Middle East

The Philippines has suspended the deployment of workers to Saudi Arabia after it received reports that their employers and recruiters…

Qatar has introduced tougher measures to protect laborers from heat stress as the Gulf Arab state’s human rights record comes…

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…