Middle East

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s blockade of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip has cost the seaside territory as much as US$16.7 billion…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A leading Saudi women’s rights activist who’s been imprisoned for two and a half…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A mine in the Red Sea off Saudi Arabia’s coast near Yemen exploded and…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey recorded 28,351 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, including 6,814 with symptoms, Health Minister…

PARIS (Reuters) – Murtaza Khademi left his home in Afghanistan and smuggled himself into France because he thought he would…

Abu Dhabi (CNN) – Qatar says it has identified the parents of a newborn baby found abandoned at Doha international…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that he spoke with the crown prince of Bahrain and…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When Kuwait emerged from a months-long coronavirus lockdown, hundreds of Kuwaitis flocked to reopened…

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s authorities signed a contract this month with a German company to clear dangerous material stored for…

CAIRO (AP) — The global pandemic and ensuing lockdown have taken their toll on the mental and physical well-being of…