Middle East
Netanyahu pulls request for immunity on corruption charges
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu withdrew his request for immunity from prosecution on Tuesday, hours before parliamentary proceedings were set to begin. ...Syrian troops reach outskirts of key rebel-held town
Syrian government forces reached the outskirts of a key rebel-held town on Sunday, part of a weekslong offensive into the country’s last ...Syria regime forces on edge of key rebel-held town: monitor
Syrian regime forces have reached the outskirts of a key city on the edge of the country’s last rebel-held stronghold, a monitor ...Thousands protest in Iraq to demand ouster of US troops
Thousands of supporters of populist Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr gathered in Baghdad on Friday for a rally to demand the ouster of ...Saudi dismisses link to hack of Amazon owner Bezos
The Saudi embassy in Washington on Tuesday dismissed suggestions the kingdom hacked the phone of Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, as media ...Iran confirms two missiles fired at Ukraine airliner
Iran has confirmed two missiles were fired at a Ukrainian airliner brought down this month, in a catastrophic error that killed all ...Dozens wounded as Iraqi protesters up pressure on government
Iraqi security forces wounded dozens of protesters on Sunday as renewed anti-government demonstrations gripped the capital and Iraq’s south, activists and officials ...Snow shuts schools, delays flights in Iran capital
Heavy snow covered the streets of Tehran on Sunday, causing major flight delays and forcing the closure of schools, authorities in the ...More than 80 soldiers killed in Yemen missile, drone attack
More than 80 Yemeni soldiers have been killed and scores injured in a missile and drone attack blamed on Huthi rebels in ...Khamenei plays down protests, says Iran foes exploiting plane tragedy
Iran’s supreme leader said Friday that demonstrations at home over its accidental downing of a Ukrainian airliner were unrepresentative of the Iranian ...














