Middle East

CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities said a senior government official was released on Tuesday, two weeks after armed men abducted…

The Taliban have been handed a huge financial and geopolitical edge in relations with the world’s biggest powers as the militant group seizes…

TUNIS, Aug 17 (Reuters) – At the Sidi Bahri market in Tunis, shoppers were pleased with the president’s attacks on…

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media reported that Israel carried out a missile attack on southern Syria late on Tuesday,…

BEIRUT, Aug 17 (Reuters) – The Lebanese parliament will convene on Friday to discuss what to do about a fuel…

KABUL, Aug 18 (Reuters) – More than 2,200 diplomats and other civilians have been evacuated from Afghanistan on military flights,…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli firefighters worked for a third consecutive day on Tuesday to contain a wildfire that has consumed…

ANKARA, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Turkey is in talks with all parties in Afghanistan, including the Taliban, and views positively…

They call themselves “students” ― that’s the verbatim translation of the word “Taliban” from Pashto. Today, the name of the Islamist…

In Dubai’s Jebel Ali port, a new technology is being tested that aims to speed up, improve and automate the…