A scuffle escalated into gunfire Sunday afternoon in front of the headquarters of the Free Patriotic Movement in the Mirna Chalouhi center in the suburbs of Beirut. No casualties were reported in...
ATHENS — Greek police have rescued a group of 92 illegal migrants who were discovered naked, some with injuries, close to its northern border with Turkey, police said Saturday. The migrants, all...
WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden has “no plans” to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman at a November G20 summit in Indonesia, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Sunday....
BEIRUT — Collectives from the Oct. 17, 2019 popular uprising announced protests in Lebanon for tomorrow, Monday, on the third anniversary of the thawra (Arabic for revolution) and for Thursday,...
Iraqi authorities are investigating the "theft" of $2.5 billion from the tax authority, officials said Sunday, in the latest corruption case to hit the country. State news agency INA...
BEIRUT — An ex-convict was seriously injured then arrested Sunday after an exchange of fire with the Lebanese Army as soldiers attempted to search his home in the al-Sharawneh neighborhood of...
BEIRUT — The Greek Orthodox archbishop of Beirut, Elias Audi, denounced Sunday the Lebanese political class in which "everyone acts according to their aspirations and calculations" in view of the...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah wants "a president who respects and recognizes the role of the Resistance," the head of the party's parliamentary group Mohammad Raad said Sunday, four days before a third...
The fire that broke out in Iran's Evin prison in Tehran overnight killed four inmates and left 61 others injured, the country's judicial authority said on its website Sunday. "Four prisoners died...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian state television aired a video apparently showing that calm had returned to Tehran's Evin prison Sunday after a fire broke out there overnight, as unrest in...
BEIRUT — Caretaker Economy and Trade Minister Amin Salam assured Friday Lebanon’s commitment to the mandatory economic and financial reforms needed to secure a deal with the International Monetary...
Egypt has finalized a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund on the components of its program, and will issue an announcement "very soon," the country's finance minister said...
TUNIS — Tunisia has reached a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund for a $1.9 billion rescue package that could be finalized in December, the fund said Saturday. Tunisia has...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran said Sunday that four prisoners had been killed and 61 injured in a fire at Tehran's Evin prison a day earlier, with state television airing video apparently...
SALFIT, WEST BANK — A Palestinian shot by Israeli soldiers during a clash in the occupied West Bank later died of his wounds, Palestinian health officials said Sunday. The Israeli military said...
Beirut’s demands, Israel’s terms, and Washington’s stance: Behind the scenes of the negotiations
