Middle East

The World Health Organization called on Friday for access to patients in the Gaza strip and the possibility to be…

The Philippines has suspended the deployment of workers to Saudi Arabia after it received reports that their employers and recruiters…

Qatar has introduced tougher measures to protect laborers from heat stress as the Gulf Arab state’s human rights record comes…

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad was re-elected in a landslide, officials said Thursday, ushering in a fourth…

BAGHDAD (AP) — Tensions mounted in Iraq’s capital on Wednesday after the arrest of a militia commander on terrorism charges,…

Lebanon’s central bank said on Thursday it could not keep up its imports of subsidized medical goods without using its…

Britain’s Financial Times newspaper reported on Thursday that Egypt has cemented its role as Middle East power broker, after brokering…

GENEVA (AP) — The UN rights chief said on Thursday that Israeli forces may have committed war crimes in the…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Abdullah Mohammadi lost his two legs and an arm below the elbow in a ferocious battle…

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s transitional government and the main rebel group kicked off a new round of peace talks Wednesday,…