Middle East

BEIRUT (AP) — The World Bank called on Lebanese authorities Wednesday to urgently form a new government that can address…

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A lone attacker on Wednesday stabbed eight people, including four foreign tourists and their tour guide,…

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s intelligence ministry on Tuesday said any cooperation with the British Council was banned and would result…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish and Russian troops on Tuesday began their second joint patrol in northern Syria near Kobani, under…

RIYADH (Reuters) – Yemen’s Saudi-backed government and southern separatists signed an agreement on Tuesday to end a power struggle in…

EL FASHER, Sudan (Reuters) – Saleha Nour sits selling nuts in the market in El Fasher, Darfur and dismisses her…

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi security forces shot dead at least 13 protesters in the past 24 hours, dispensing with weeks…

SEOUL (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Wednesday, pulled down by a larger-than-expected build in U.S. crude stocks, after gaining…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the appeal of the local director of Human Rights Watch to…

BAGHDAD (AP) — At least three anti-government protesters have been killed in clashes with security forces in southern Iraq, officials…