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Arab leaders are to meet in the Algerian capital on Tuesday for their first summit since a string of normalisation deals with Israel that have divided the region.

Vloggers visit the country to create audience-boosting content, but critics say they’re being cynically used by the Assad regime

Cracks have begun to emerge between EU member states on Syria policy.

BEIRUT: Four pro-Iranian fighters were killed early Thursday during Israeli strikes on several positions near...

Syrian and Russian troops conducted joint military drills in Syria involving ground and air forces, Syrian state media reported Wednesday. Russian and Syrian troops simulated attacking enemy positions under the cover of artillery shelling and airstrikes by warplanes and helicopters, according to a video released by Syria’s Defense Ministry. The maneuvers were attended by the commander of the Russian forces in Syria, Lt. Gen. Alexander Chaiko, and Syria’s Defense Minister Gen. Ali

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) Syrian and Russian troops conducted joint military drills in Syria involving ground and air forces, Syrian state media reported...

'So disgusted': Republican Tudor Dixon faces backlash for accepting Tulsi Gabbard's endorsement

Syria is facing “acute violence,” the worst economic crisis since the war began in 2011, and a rapidly spreading cholera outbreak with more that 24,000 suspected cases reported throughout the country and at least 80 deaths, U.N. officials said Tuesday. U.N. special envoy Geir Pedersen told the U.N. Security Council that the conflict remains “very active” across the country despite the “strategic stalemate” that has blocked efforts to launch a political

UN officials say Syria is facing acute violence, the worst economic crisis since the war began in 2011, and a rapidly spreading cholera outbreak with more that 24,000 suspected cases...

The United Nations has procured tens of millions of dollars in contracts with companies linked to Syrian government-backed individuals sanctioned for human rights abuses, a report published Tuesday revealed. Syria's uprising-turned civil war that started in 2011 has killed hundreds of thousands and displaced half the country’s pre-war population of 23 million. Syrian President Bashar Assad, with military support from Russia, Iran and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has since

BEIRUT (AP) The United Nations has procured tens of millions of dollars in contracts...

BEIRUT (AP) The United Nations has procured tens of millions of dollars in contracts with companies linked to Syrian government-backed individuals s...

Photographer Ben Brody's new book is an evocative look at a chaotic time and place.

Netflix has released the first trailer for "In Her Hands," a Hillary Clinton-backed film about one of Afghanistan's first female mayors.

<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Russia is recruiting former Afghan commandos left behind in the chaotic US withdrawal from Kabul last year to join its war on Ukraine, according to a new report.</span></p>

The agency conducting oversight of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan has notified lawmakers that it is again facing obstruction into its watchdog efforts, writing that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has ceased all cooperation with its investigation. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) in June notified lawmakers across numerous congressional…

Abandoned special forces veterans are getting job offers for a very different kind of battlefield.

The National Resistance Front controls large swaths of territory in the north-east of Afghanistan.

A faction of around 200 people in the Taliban might be interested in developing ties with Israel, according to a report in Israel's i24NEWS.

For Afghan refugee cyclist Masomah Ali Zada, it will be a bittersweet moment. For the first time in five years, she will take part in the Afghanistan Women's Cycling Championships on Sunday, but not

Taliban security forces killed six Islamic State members in an overnight operation in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a spokesman for the ruling group's administration said on Saturday.

Told through the eyes of a young American diplomat, the novel touches upon the hubris that drives the endeavour and its fallouts on all concerned

The European Union signed an agreement with Egypt on Sunday for the first phase of an 80 million-euro border management programme, a statement from the EU delegation in Cairo said, at a time when Egyptian migration to Europe has been rising.

With a violin on his back and maps in his bag, Dan Hodd left Spain a month ago and was cycling through busy Baghdad as he heads to the COP27 climate talks in Egypt that he firmly intends to reach without flying.

Criticism of group comes as advocates warn environmentalists should not downplay concerns about Egypt’s human rights record

For years, at least four companies in the United States were authorized by the Egyptian government to verify that halal meat exported for sale to the country’s 90 million Muslims had been prepared according to Islamic law. Then, in April 2019, Egyptian officials made an abrupt pivot, U.S. Department of Agriculture documents show. All halal certifications would instead be done by a single company: IS EG Halal, a New Jersey startup that had begun operations that same month and had no known

/PRNewswire/ -- H.E. Sameh Shoukry, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs and COP27 President-Designate underlined that Egypt is "ready" to host the world...

Foreign secretary is warned the software developer may not live for much longer

MPs and peers say Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s life is seriously at risk and his sister is being ignored

Egypt's central bank said Thursday that it raised key interest rates by 2% in a bid to combat the Arab country's surging inflation.The bank's Monetary Policy Committee said in a statement that it had raised the new lending rate to 14.25% and the deposit rate to 13.25%. The...

Egypt's track record of obstructing environmental activists will be under the microscope as it hosts COP27, the 2022 U.N. climate conference.

CAIRO (AP) The International Monetary Fund reached an agreement with the Egyptian government on Thursday, paving the way for the economically troubl...

Egypt’s prime minister on Wednesday announced a 300-pound ($15.20) increase in the minimum monthly wage, as average Egyptians suffer from soaring prices in recent months. In a news conference, Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly announced the increase to 3,000 Egyptian pounds (over $152), up from 2,700 pounds ($137). It was the fourth increase of the minimum wage since President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi took office in 2014.

CAIRO (AP) Egypts prime minister on Wednesday announced a 300-pound ($15.20)...

Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday won the NA-45 Lower Kurram...

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) A female journalist was crushed to death Sunday in Pakistan...

Police say a female journalist has been crushed to death in Pakistan while covering a political march held by former Prime Minister Imran Khan

A female journalist was crushed to death by a vehicle carrying former prime minister Imran Khan in an accident in eastern Pakistan on Sunday as he led a convoy along with his supporters towards the capital, party officials and journalists said. The incident prompted Khan to halt the "long march" that he is leading towards Islamabad to pressure the federal government into calling snap elections. "Shocked & deeply saddened by the terrible accident that led to the death of Cha

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) A female journalist was crushed to death Sunday in Pakistan while covering a political march led by former Prime Minister Imra...

A female journalist was crushed to death by a vehicle carrying former prime minister Imran Khan in an accident in eastern Pakistan on Sunday as he led a convoy along with his supporters towards the capital, party officials and journalists said.

Geo News reported that Sadaf was hit by the container carrying Khan but it was not confirmed.

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ISLAMABAD: A day after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) ‘long march’ commenced in Lahore, the administration ...

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Saturday resumed the ‘Haqeeqi Azadi’ March to...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan Saturday terminated the basic party membership of...

PESHAWAR: All is set to hold by-elections on the vacant seat of National Assembly constituency NA-45 Kurram district...

Shrapnel from the tanker tore into residential buildings and into the soccer pitch. Security officials, speaking to the The Associated Press on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, said it was unclear whether the explosion was a technical failure or targeted attack. The explosion occurred two days after Iraq's parliament approved a new Cabinet in a long-awaited vote, marking a major breakthrough in easing political tensions across the country.

Iraqs parliament has voted to form a new Cabinet, ending a yearlong political stalemate

In December 2015, after three years of study and debate, Carter ordered the military to open all jobs to women. He also ended the Pentagon's ban on transgender people serving in the military.

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO - THURSDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2022, 17:31 French experts were able to identify the weapons that the Russian forces used to attack an evacuation convoy in the vicinity of the village of Kurylivka in Kharkiv Oblast.

Associate of Muslim leader Moqtada al-Sadr says new government has a clear subordination to militias.

Iraqi firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr's movement on Saturday announced its refusal to join a new government being formed by prime minister-designate Mohammad Shia al-Sudani.

U.S. special operations forces conducted a raid in northeast Syria overnight, killing an Islamic State insurgent who was involved in smuggling weapons and fighters, U.S. officials said Thursday. A U.S. official said a small number of U.S. troops were on the ground near the village of Qamishli for less than an hour to conduct the raid. In a statement, U.S. Central Command said that the helicopter raid targeted Rakkan Wahid al Shamman, who was known to facilitate the smuggling in support of IS o

Overlooking the Tigris river in Baghdad, a 100-year-old Iraqi mansion stands dilapidated and neglected. Visitors hoping to catch a glimpse of its faded glory are warned off by a sign near the door saying: "Danger of collapse".

The blast comes just days after a suicide bombing killed 53 people in a Kabul classroom​, including 46 girls and women.

A group of Afghan women has protested a suicide bombing that killed or wounded dozens of students in a Shiite education center in the capital Kabul, demanding better security from...

Hundreds of Iraqis gathered in Baghdad's central Tahrir square on Saturday to mark the anniversary of anti-government unrest that erupted in 2019, amid tight security and prolonged political deadlock in the country.

Four rockets landed around Iraqi government buildings, a day after an attempted storming of Iraqs parliament.

Netflix’s ‘Dubai Bling‘ provides viewers an inside look into how the wealthy residents of Dubai, UAE, live. The reality show‘s cast members are part of the same social group and have a luxurious lifestyle that the general viewers cannot help but be captivated by. As expected, with so many people present, heated moments are bound […]

'Downton Abbey' star Jessica Brown Findlay has boarded a podcast reimagining of Joseph Conrad novel 'Under Western Eyes'.

CIA Deputy Director David Cohen and State Department negotiator Tom West met in Doha, Qatar with the Taliban's head of intelligence, Abdul Haq Wasiq, CNN reported.

When the White House spokesman speaks about both India and Pakistan as US partners with different points of emphasis, he confirms for India the logic of its non-alignment

Now in its 22nd yearth, the annual &quot;Walk N&#039; Roll for ALS&quot; took place with hundreds of walkers coming out to Kensington Metropark to support the cause.

Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman called America's response to September 11, 2001, a "really tragic and tremendous overreaction."

Not long after the United States killed one of the top 9/11 architects in Kabul earlier this year, CIA Director Bill Burns had a suggestion for the man in charge of the agency's private museum of intelligence artifacts.

The CIA museum in Virginia has its doors firmly closed to the public - making it one of the most top secret collections in the world. What is in their private museum?

The al-Zawahiri model home is the rare artifact that had been used by intelligence officers just weeks beforehand.

The CIA has revealed the scale model of the safe house where it found and killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri in Afghanistan

MCLEAN, Virginia (AP) The CIA revealed on Saturday the model of a safe house used to...

The CIA has revealed the scale model of the safe house where it found and killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri in Afghanistan