Lebanon slides deeper into turmoil, no sign of new government
A new wave of protests paralysed Lebanon on Wednesday after President Michel Aoun enraged demonstrators by urging them to end their revolt against corruption and cronyism in...
Middle East
Gaza death toll reaches 23 in second day of escalation (Update 2)
Israeli air strikes killed 13 Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday, medical officials said, raising the Palestinian death toll to 23 over a two-day escalation in...
EU court rules goods from Israeli settlements must be labelled
The EU’s top court ruled on Tuesday that goods from Israeli settlements must be labelled as produced in occupied territory, a decision hailed by Palestinians...
Israel kills Islamic Jihad commander, rockets rain from Gaza (Update)
Israel killed a top commander from the Iranian-backed Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad in a rare targeted strike in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, drawing...
Lebanon’s banks shut as staff strike over safety fears
Lebanon’s banks and schools were shut on Tuesday in a new wave of disruption amid urgent political efforts to form a new government to steer...
France, Germany, Britain urge Iran to reverse nuclear deal breaches
France, Britain and Germany said on Monday they would consider a dispute resolution mechanism enshrined in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal that could lead to...
Turkey starts repatriation of captured Islamic State militants
ANKARA, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Turkey has deported an American foreign fighter and will soon deport another seven Germans, a spokesman for the interior ministry...
Iran able to enrich uranium up to 60% says atomic energy agency spokesman
Iran has the capacity to enrich uranium up to 60%, a spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said on Saturday, far more...
Fresh, deadly clashes erupt in Iraq despite cleric’s call for calm
By John Davison and Ahmed Aboulenein Fresh clashes between Iraqi security forces and anti-government protesters broke out in Baghdad on Friday killing one person, despite...
Erdogan says U.S. not fulfilling Syria deal…
By Daren Butler ISTANBUL, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday the United States was not fulfilling its pledge to remove...
Three Mexicans, one Swiss wounded in stabbing at Jordan tourist spot (Update 3)
Three Mexican tourists and one Swiss were wounded along with four locals in Jordan on Wednesday when a man went on a stabbing rampage in...
Turks’ support for Erdogan jumps after Syria operation, poll shows
Turks’ support for President Tayyip Erdogan surged last month, when Ankara launched a military incursion in northeastern Syria to clear the Kurdish YPG militia from...
Turkey captures sister of dead IS leader in Syria
Turkey captured the sister of dead Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Monday in the northern Syrian town of Azaz, a senior Turkish official...
US sanctions nine people, one entity tied to Iran’s top leader
The United States imposed sanctions on nine people with ties to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, including his chief of staff, one of his...
Protesters block roads in Beirut, other parts of Lebanon (Update)
Protesters blocked roads in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon on Monday, pressing a wave of demonstrations against the ruling elite that have plunged the...
Thousands of Lebanese rally outside presidential palace in support of Aoun
Thousands of protesters rallied outside Lebanon’s presidential palace on Sunday in a show of support for President Michel Aoun after protests calling for the ouster...
Khamenei scorns Macron for trying to arrange U.S.-Iranian talks
Iran’s supreme leader poured scorn on French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday for trying to promote talks between the United States and Iran. “The French...
Explosion in Syrian town on Turkish border kills 10
At least 10 people were killed and more than 30 injured in the Syrian town of Tel Abyad on Turkey’s border after an explosion in a...
Turkey says will send Islamic State prisoners to home countries
Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Saturday Turkey would send captured Islamic State members back to their home countries, and he complained about European inaction...
Palestinian killed, 2 wounded in Israel-Gaza counter strikes
Palestinian militants fired a barrage of rockets at Israel and the Israeli military responded with a wave of pre-dawn air strikes in Gaza killing one...
