Middle East

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s parliament elected a former mayor of Tehran tied to the Revolutionary Guard as…

ANKARA (Reuters) — Turkey begun operating intercity trains on Thursday after a two-month gap, as it gradually eases coronavirus curbs…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s national cyber chief Thursday officially acknowledged the country had thwarted a major cyber attack last month…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Turkish Airlines, which halted nearly all of its passenger flights as a result of the coronavirus crisis,…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s president urged his Cabinet on Wednesday to speed up harsher laws in so-called honor killings,…

CAIRO (Reuters) — Saudi Arabian airlines are preparing to resume some domestic flights from Sunday as the Kingdom eases coronavirus…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s newly elected parliament convened on Wednesday, dominated by conservative lawmakers and under strict social distancing…

An eerie silence has fallen over Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar, one of the world’s oldest, largest and most visited markets, where…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — As in many Afghan households, dinner at Dr. Yousuf Aryubi’s home meant the whole family —…

JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israel will not miss a “historic opportunity” to extend its sovereignty to parts of the West Bank,…