Middle East
Massive blast rips through Beirut, killing 73 and injuring thousands
Two enormous explosions devastated Beirut’s port on Tuesday, leaving at least 73 people dead and thousands injured, shaking distant buildings and spreading ...Two huge explosions rock Beirut, dozens of casualties
Two enormous explosions rocked the Lebanese capital’s port on Tuesday, killing and wounding dozens of people, shaking buildings and sending huge plumes ...US slaps sanctions on Syrian president’s eldest son
The U.S. State Department on Wednesday imposed sanctions on President Bashar Assad’s eldest son, Hafez, keeping up pressure on the Syrian leader ...Yemen’s separatists to give up self-rule, push peace deal
Yemen’s leading separatist group will abandon its aspirations for self-rule to implement a stalled peace deal brokered by Saudi Arabia, the group ...Israel and Hezbollah clash near Lebanese frontier
Hezbollah carried out an operation against the Israeli military on Monday near the Lebanese-Israeli frontier, days after a member of the Iranian-backed ...Iran protests to UN after US jets approach flight over Syria
Iran protested Friday to the United Nations of a “flagrant violation” of international law after nearby US fighter jets sparked panic on ...Kuwait emir, 91, flies to US for medical care after surgery
Kuwait’s 91-year-old ruling emir left Thursday morning for the United States with the help of the U.S. government to seek further medical ...Yemen’s children starve amid rising fears of famine
Weighing just 9kg at ten years old, Hassan Merzam Muhammad is so emaciated by the severe malnourishment plaguing hundreds of thousands of ...Iraqi PM meets Rouhani in first trip abroad
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi met Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran on Tuesday during his first trip abroad since taking office. ...Egypt parliament greenlights possible intervention in Libya
Egypt’s parliament on Monday greenlighted a possible deployment of troops beyond its borders, after President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi spoke of potential military ...














