Middle East

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (news agencies) — Joint British-U.S. airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed at least 16 people and...

UNITED NATIONS (news agencies) — The number of people fleeing their homes because of war, violence and persecution has reached...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (news agencies) — A former speaker of Iran’s parliament registered Friday as a possible candidate in...

A top Israeli official says the war will continue until the year’s end, pushing it past the US presidential elections...

The Palestinian group says it is ready for a ‘complete agreement’ including exchange of captives if Israel ends assault.Hamas says...

Forty percent of Arab Americans in key US swing states say they are ‘not enthusiastic at all’ about November’s election.Washington,...

Benny Gantz’s party has proposed holding early elections after demanding PM Netanyahu agree to post-war Gaza plan.Israeli war cabinet minister...

Haaretz staffer says he was told by a senior official that he would ‘suffer the consequences’ if he publishes the...

Slovenian lawmakers to vote Tuesday on whether to recognise a Palestinian state, the parliament speaker says.The Slovenian government has approved...

DAKAR, Senegal (news agencies) — Billons of dollars in gold is smuggled out of Africa each year and most of...