At least five protestors have been killed and 16 injured on a second day of clashes with security forces in Iraq’s city of Basra, officials say....
Israeli warplanes fired rockets in Syria’s Hama countryside, security sources told The Daily Star Tuesday. The sources said that the rockets had flown over Lebanese airspace....
Saudi Arabia will punish online satire that “disrupts public order” with up to five years in prison, the public prosecutor said Tuesday, as the kingdom cracks...
Iraqi lawmakers who met this week for the first time since a May election and are still struggling to form a new government, decided Tuesday to...
Talks between major powers this month on setting up a committee to lead constitutional reform in Syria will be a “moment of truth” for a credible...
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin gave a brief lecture on Hitler to Rodrigo Duterte Tuesday after the Philippine leader’s 2016 remarks comparing himself to the Nazi dictator...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday his country will continue exporting crude oil despite U.S. efforts to stop it through sanctions. Speaking to a group of...
The Kremlin said Tuesday the Syrian army is getting ready to solve the problem of “terrorism” in the rebel stronghold of Idlib, apparently referring to a...
Around 1.8 million Lebanese citizens are not covered with health insurance, the head of Parliament’s Finance and Budget Committee said Monday. MP Ibrahim Kanaan led a...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has extended a warm welcome to controversial Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. The two leaders oversaw the signing of three agreements Monday...
