Middle East

An Egyptian judge overturned an acquittal verdict of two young women who were jailed last year for posting “indecent” videos…

ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday he hoped positive steps will be taken on Turkey’s role in…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top challenger in upcoming elections is promising a tough line…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The US military has met its goal of reducing the number of troops in Afghanistan to about…

Students at Jordan’s Tafila Technical University have initiated a campaign to draw further attention to the potential harm caused by “jalwa,” an informal…

If there was any way that Dubai could be become even more international than it used to be, it did…

CAIRO (AP) — Dozens of Sudanese rallied in the capital, Khartoum, on Thursday to demand the closure of illegal detention…

REHELIM, West Bank/DUBAI (Reuters) – Wine produced in an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank and labelled “from the…

LONDON (Reuters) – Insurers are set to raise the cost of providing cover for merchant ships through the Red Sea…

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese authorities began enforcing an 11-day nationwide shutdown and round the clock curfew Thursday, hoping to limit…