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Gunman shoots dead 2 judges in Iran’s capital tied to 1988 mass executions,…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A man fatally shot two prominent hard-line judges in Iran's capital Saturday in…
Leaders from rival Kurdish groups look to mend ties during Syria upheaval
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The leaders of two previously rival Kurdish groups met in northern Iraq on Thursday in an…
Middle East latest: Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 17, medics say, as Hamas accepts…
Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip have killed at least 18 people overnight,…
Lebanese whose homes were destroyed in the war want to rebuild. Many face a long…
It's been six weeks since a ceasefire halted the war between Israel and Hezbollah and many displaced Lebanese whose…
Lebanon’s parliament elects army commander Joseph Aoun as president, ending…
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a…
Long silenced by fear, Syrians now speak about rampant torture under Assad
The system of detention, torture and death run by Syria’s former ruler, Bashar Assad, is starting to come out into…
Israel struggles to deter escalating attacks from Yemen’s Houthi rebels as…
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The rockets from Gaza have mostly fallen silent. A ceasefire with Hezbollah militants in…
A new year dawns on a Middle East torn by conflict and change
The streets were buzzing with excitement in Damascus as Syrians welcomed in a new year that seemed to many to bring…
A suicide bomber kills a police officer and wounds another in southern Iran
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A suicide bomber killed a local police officer and wounded another in a southern Iranian port…
An uneasy calm settles over Syrian city of Homs after outbreak of sectarian…
Syria’s new security forces checked IDs and searched cars in the central city of Homs a day after protests by…
