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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, near the strategic Strait of Hormuz,…

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — The Islamic State group has lost its caliphate in Syria and Iraq, but in the forbidding…

BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian football goalkeeper who became an icon of the rebellion against President Bashar Assad has died…

BAGHDAD (AP) — German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas arrived in Iraq on Saturday as part of a wider trip to…

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iran has chosen to “step back and recalculate” after making preparations for an apparent attack against US…

BUFFALO, NY (AP) — High school biology teacher Kelly Chavis knew smartphones were a distraction in her class. But not…

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s pro-democracy leaders vowed Thursday to press their campaign of civil disobedience until the ruling military…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The creators of Israel’s hit TV show “Fauda,” the action series that chronicles the adventures of undercover…

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is urging the United States to respect the needs of both Israelis…

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s security forces violently dispersed on Monday the camp at the center of the protest movement that…

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Streets in the Sudanese capital were empty on Tuesday, a day after a pro-democracy sit-in was…

BEIRUT (AP) — Muslims across the Middle East and beyond began marking the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, one of…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A senior North Korean official who had been reported as being purged over the failed…

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — The victims of America’s latest mass shooting had been dead for less than a day when police…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Ankara and Moscow are again facing an escalation of violence in Syria’s last rebel-held territory, a development…

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — It’s past midnight, but a dozen Palestinians are still running and sweating at a…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel embarked Thursday on an unprecedented snap election campaign — the second this year — after Prime…

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — It was looking to be a good year for farmers across parts of Syria and Iraq.…

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal commemorated the anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest on Wednesday amid a climbing…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A semi-official Iranian news agency says a cleric was stabbed to death in the country’s south…