Middle East

  KHARTOUM (Reuters) – The leader of Sudan’s largest opposition party demanded that President Omar al-Bashir’s administration bow to mass…

  GAZA (Reuters) – Qatar on Friday said it will pay $20 million in humanitarian aid to boost the ailing…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia is banning street begging by Syrian nationals who have startled people by showing up…

Military operations against ISIS group in Syria are wrapping up and the last pocket of the jihadists’ “caliphate” will be…

LOD, Israel (Reuters) – Israeli prosecutors charged a 16-year-old Jewish seminary student with manslaughter on Thursday over a rock-throwing attack…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Fissures appear along roads while massive holes open up in the countryside, their gaping maws a…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran arrested more than 7,000 people last year, including dozens of journalists, in what…

UNITY OILFIELD, South Sudan (Reuters) – Sudan’s embattled President Omar al-Bashir is receiving words of support from some unlikely places,…

DOHA (Reuters) – The ruler of Qatar offered support for Sudan’s “unity and stability” on Wednesday at a meeting with…

LONDON (Reuters) – Qatar is preparing to issue a tender for energy firms seeking a stake in its gas expansion…