Middle East

AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan will suspend schools for two weeks from Thursday and close places of worship, restaurants and public…

CAIRO (AP) — The UN migration agency said Tuesday that a boat carrying migrants bound for Europe capsized in the…

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli court on Monday handed down three life sentences to a Jewish extremist convicted in a…

(CNN) A British-Iranian mother and charity worker Nazain Zaghari-Ratcliffe could face an additional year in an Iranian prison as new…

LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices slipped on Monday amid concerns about a stalled global economic recovery and falling fuel demand,…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday announced a new countrywide lockdown will be imposed amid a…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump, declaring a national emergency because of tensions with Iran, swept aside objections from…

BEIRUT (AP) — More than 3 million Syrian students started school in government-held areas Sunday, marking the first school day…

CAIRO (AP) — An interim government in eastern Libya resigned on Sunday amid street protests that erupted across the divided…

JERUSALEM (AP) — For the first time in more than a quarter-century, a US president will host a signing ceremony…