Middle East

BEIRUT (AP) — A possible candidate for prime minister of Lebanon said Sunday he is withdrawing from consideration for the…

BAGHDAD (AP) — Anti-government protesters wielding a blood-drenched flag returned to Baghdad’s central plaza on Saturday after a night of…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli aircraft bombed several militants’ sites in Gaza early Sunday, hours after three rockets were fired from…

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Air strikes by Syrian government and Russian forces killed at least 20 people in rebel-held northwestern Syria…

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A rocket fired from a drone targeted the home of populist Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Saturday,…

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani presented a draft state budget of about $39 billion to parliament on Sunday,…

Within months of Sudan’s first women’s football league kicking off, the championship’s emerging stars are being hailed as icons for…

Qatar has postponed to next year the opening of Education City stadium, its second newly built venue for the 2022…

DUBAI (Reuters) – The United States and Iran swapped prisoners – a Chinese-American detained for three years on spying charges…

Washington resumed talks with the Taliban in Qatar Saturday, a US source said, three months after President Donald Trump abruptly…