Middle East

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — When Wahab disappeared from his home in Afghanistan to sign on for jihad, it was in…

LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) – People care what their avatars are wearing. When the virtual world Decentraland said in June…

TEL AVIV, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Israel is set to approve construction of new homes for Jewish settlers in the…

KUWAIT, Aug 12 (Reuters) – Thousands of small and medium Kuwaiti businesses could go to the wall after being walloped…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban captured a provincial capital near Kabul on Thursday, the 10th the insurgents have taken…

KHAMIS BANISAAD, Yemen, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Yemeni lumberjack Ali al-Emadi spends hours chopping down an acacia tree with an…

JERUSALEM, Aug 11 (Reuters) – US Central Intelligence Agency director William Burns held talks in Israel on Wednesday with Prime…

JERUSALEM, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid departed for Morocco on Wednesday in what will be the…

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani flew to the besieged northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Wednesday, in a bid to rally forces. He…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest airport for international travel, handled some 40 percent…