Middle East

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The UN children’s agency appealed Monday for an additional US$92.4 million to help fight the coronavirus…

DUBAI (Reuters) — Religious authorities in the United Arab Emirates said medical workers treating COVID-19 patients are exempt from fasting…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Monday began opening intercity highways and major shopping centers to stimulate its sanctions-choked economy,…

ALGIERS/CAIRO/JAKARTA (Reuters) — Days before the holy fasting month of Ramadan begins, the Islamic world is grappling with an untimely…

BEIRUT (AP) — After nine years of war, Syria is broken into three rival parts unable to work together and…

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s highest religious body, the Council of Senior Scholars, urged Muslims worldwide to pray at home…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard acknowledged Sunday it had a tense encounter with US warships in the…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Saturday accused the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah of “provocative” activity along the Lebanese-Israeli frontier and…

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran has extended furloughs for prisoners for another month, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday, as…

BEIRUT (AP) — One of Lebanon’s landmark hotels that survived the country’s bloody 15-year civil war and various other bouts…