Middle East
The European Union's foreign policy chief told Lebanon's leaders on Saturday they were to blame for the country's political and economic crisis and some could face sanctions if they continue to obstruct steps to form a new government and implement reform. Speaking after what he called a "frank exchange" with President Michel Aoun, Josep Borrell ...
Hardline judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi has won Iran's presidential election, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday, after the majority of votes were counted and rivals conceded. Raisi, a ...
U.S. Secretary of State Blinken spoke on Thursday with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and discussed "the need to improve Israeli-Palestinian relations in practical ways," the State Department ...
Israeli warplanes launched several airstrikes late Thursday on sites belonging to the Palestinian resistance group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Warplanes bombed a site in the town of ...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for the full respect of the ceasefire agreed between Israel and militant groups led by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) ...
The United Nations on Monday released $135 million from its humanitarian fund to help 12 countries in Africa, the Middle East and the Americas fight hunger, UN spokesman ...
The first Israeli government in 12 years not led by Benjamin Netanyahu got down to business on Monday, with the former prime minister shying away from a handover ...
The Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) said Sunday that its commando forces have killed 13 militants of the extremist Islamic State (IS) group across the country so far this ...
Israeli forces killed three Palestinians during a raid early Thursday in the West Bank city of Jenin and left another wounded. According to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, Palestinian security forces put up resistance to the Israeli troops. At least three people, including two from a Palestinian security unit, lost their lives. Lt. Adham ...
Around one million Palestinians have been arrested by Israeli forces since the 1967 Middle East war, according to a local NGO on Saturday. "Around 17,000 women and girls ...
