Middle East and North Africa

Cairo (Reuters) – Egypt on Tuesday opened its Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip until further notice, Egyptian and

Kojo (Reuters) – Thikran Kamiran Yousif was 15 when Islamic State fighters surrounded his village in northern Iraq, rounded up

Ramallah (Reuters) – Leaders of rival Palestinian factions began Egyptian-brokered reconciliation talks in Cairo on Monday to try to heal

Beirut (Reuters) – A German firm assigned by Lebanese authorities to clear dangerous materials, some stored for more than a

Dubai (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday that Tehran’s “final and irreversible” decision was to

Dubai (Reuters) – The United Nations special envoy on Yemen is visiting Iran for the first time to discuss Yemen’s

Cairo (AP) – Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has given his support to a transitional government that would lead neighbouring

Dubai (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign ministry said on Saturday a new U.S. stand on the Yemen war can be a

Jerusalem (Reuters) – Many Palestinians see a ruling by the International Criminal Court that it has jurisdiction over the Palestinian