Middle East

JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) – Israel called on Tuesday for the immediate resumption of indirect talks on the return of two Israeli…

DUBAI (Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani pressed harder on Wednesday for a US$5 billion emergency IMF loan Iran has sought…

RIYADH (Reuters) – The new coronavirus could eventually infect between 10,000 and 200,000 people in Saudi Arabia, the kingdom’s health…

AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan is in discussions with the IMF seeking to change some of the objectives of a four-year…

CAIRO (Reuters) – Most Middle Eastern countries are seeing worrying daily increases in cases of the new coronavirus but the…

DUBAI (Reuters) – The total number of coronavirus cases in Iran has risen to more than 62,000 and the death…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Turkey’s parliament discussed a prisoner release law on Tuesday which aims to ease overcrowding in jails and…

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — At the construction site in Tel Aviv, Jamal Salman and the other Palestinian workers wore…

(Reuters) – The 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the only major scheduled football event left unchanged after this year’s calendar…

DUBAI (Reuters) – Qatar’s ruler has asked the government to postpone US$8.2 billion in unawarded contracts on capital expenditure projects…