Middle East

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Human rights advocates urged New Zealand lawmakers on Wednesday to drop restrictions on the intake of Middle…

ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Two million Muslims gathered at Saudi Arabia’s Mount Arafat on Saturday amid the summer heat…

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi held a meeting with the Sultan of Brunei Hassan Bolkiah on Monday in Ittihadiya Palace…

Nearly a quarter of the world’s population lives in 17 countries facing extremely high water stress, close to “day zero”…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Islamic State remains a global threat despite losing the once vast territory it held in Syria…

TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices rose for a fifth day on Wednesday, buoyed by a bigger-than-expected drop in U.S. inventories…

Egypt’s Cabinet on Thursday approved a proposal for the establishment of a nanotechnology faculty for graduate studies at Cairo University.…

TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Monday as investors fretted over the outlook for global economic growth, while weekend…

After weeks of increasingly violent protests, China’s top policy body on Hong Kong affairs was set to hold an extremely…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran is at a crossroads. His administration is trying to…