The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on two military leaders of the Iran-backed Houthi movement in Yemen, accusing them of prolonging the country's civil war and exacerbating the humanitarian crisis.
Israel estimates that hundreds of its citizens might be subject to war crimes probes by the International Criminal Court, whose jurisdiction it rejects, and is working on how to protect them, the Defence Minister said on Tuesday.
The Vatican is defending Pope Francis’ decision to go ahead with his trip to Iraq this weekend despite rising coronavirus infections there, saying Tuesday all health care precautions have been taken and that the trip is an "act of love for this land, for its people, and for its Christians.
Israel's defense minister said Tuesday it intends to develop a "special security arrangement" with Gulf Arab allies, who share common concerns over Iran.
Iraq launched its coronavirus inoculation program Tuesday just hours after the first doses of vaccine arrived from China, a Health Ministry spokesman said.
Seeing authorities in a rush to beautify streets and cities to host Pope Francis this week, young Iraqis took to social media Tuesday to throw in some extra...
Egyptian authorities Tuesday executed 11 people convicted of murder, a security source said, in the latest cases of what rights campaigners have labelled "a...
A munition fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels wounded five civilians in a border village in southern Saudi Arabia, state media reported Tuesday, the kingdom's...
A US father-son pair accused of helping former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn in his audacious escape from Japan arrived in Tokyo Tuesday after losing their battle...
Lebanon needs to vaccinate 30,000 people per day to reach herd immunity target in one year, Dr. Firass Abiad, the leading expert on COVID-19 said Tuesday.
Gunmen have freed all 279 girls kidnapped from a boarding school in northwest Nigeria, the governor in Zamfara state said Tuesday.
Anger caught in Mari Hovhannisyan's throat as she demanded Armenia's leadership resign, more than three months on from a disastrous war that saw swathes of...
Morocco has suspended contacts with the German embassy, the foreign minister announced in a letter published late Monday, in what officials said was a protest...
Lawyers representing survivors of a chemical weapons attack in 2013 in Syria have filed a criminal complaint against Syrian officials whom they blame for the...
A United Nations appeal for aid to Yemen to alleviate the world’s worst humanitarian disaster raised some $1.7 billion Monday- a result the UN chief called...
Saudi Arabia’s UN ambassador Monday disputed the U.S. intelligence report which concluded that the Saudi crown prince approved an operation to kill or capture...
Iraq Tuesday received 50,000 Sinopharm vaccines donated by China, the health ministry announced, launching a long-awaited vaccination campaign.
Security threats, the Covid pandemic, war-ravaged infrastructure: Iraqis are facing major challenges as they plan to host Pope Francis later this week.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that Saudi Arabia and the government of Yemen are "committed and eager" to find a way to end the war in...
The first United Arab Emirates ambassador to Israel arrived there on Monday pledging to build up new bilateral relations and officials said he would scout for...
Tens of thousands of civilians in Syria were "arbitrarily detained" in enforced disappearances during the country's 10-year conflict, a U
A US warship docked in Sudan Monday a day after a Russian frigate arrived in the same key Red Sea port where Moscow is planning to establish a naval logistics...
Syria's health ministry said on Monday it had started administering COVID-19 vaccinations to frontline healthcare workers.
Unrest broke out late Sunday in a southern Algerian town after a blogger and activist was handed a seven-year jail sentence for condoning acts of terrorism, a...
The Turkish fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said Monday that Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman should be "punished without delay" over...
A fire in a camp housing families of members of the Islamic State group killed three children and injured 15 others in northeast Syria, the U.N. children’s...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Iran Monday for an explosion aboard an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman last week, an accusation...
The Syrian army said on Sunday evening that Israel conducted a rocket attack on targets in the vicinity of Damascus in an attack heard above the capital.
The war in Yemen is turning the impoverished country into an "unviable state" that will be almost beyond repair, a top UN official warned ahead of a donor...
Qatar's ruling Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has held a phone call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the emir's office said on Sunday.
Israel will administer COVID-19 vaccines to Palestinians who work in Israel or in its settlements in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli liaison office COGAT...
At least 15 Africans drowned when their boat capsized Sunday off Libya, a U.N. spokeswoman said, the second shipwreck involving migrants seeking a better life...
Saudi Arabia's sovereignty is a red line, Saudi columnists said on Sunday, ramping up rhetoric in defense of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after a U.S....