Middle East

ALGIERS, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Algeria on Wednesday blamed devastating wildfires this month on two groups it recently designated as…

BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group said Thursday that an Iranian fuel tanker will sail…

ISTANBUL, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Regional rivals Turkey and the United Arab Emirates have made progress in improving relations, which…

KABUL, Aug 19 (Reuters) – The Taliban on Thursday urged crowds of Afghans waiting outside Kabul airport in the hope…

TEL AVIV, Aug 18 (Reuters) – A third dose of Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine was found to be 86 percent effective…

TATVAN, Turkey (AP) — Fearing a new refugee crisis, Turkey is sending soldiers to reinforce its border with Iran in…

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,…