Middle East

Egypt, Tunisia discuss Libya, Ethiopia’s disputed dam

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CAIRO — Egypt’s president met Saturday his Tunisian counterpart in Cairo, where they discussed neighboring Libya, and a massive dam Ethiopia is building over...

Ukraine, Turkey leaders meet in Istanbul

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ISTANBUL — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Istanbul on Saturday to meet with Turkey’s president. ...

Archeologists unearth an ancient pharaonic city in Egypt

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CAIRO — Egyptian archeologists have unearthed a 3000-year-old lost city, complete with mud brick houses, artifacts, and tools from pharaonic times. ...

195 arrested in vast international human trafficking sweep

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<p>PARIS &mdash; Interpol says police in Africa and Europe arrested 195 people and rescued nearly 500 victims of human trafficking in a vast crackdown...

Israeli university heads defend free speech in prize dispute

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JERUSALEM — Presidents of Israeli universities released a joint letter Friday criticizing the government's decision to withhold the country's most prestigious prize from a...

Video shows Israeli police beating lawmaker at protest

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<p>JERUSALEM &mdash; A video circulating online shows Israeli police punching a member of parliament and wrestling him to the ground at a protest against...

195 arrested in vast international human trafficking sweep

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PARIS — Interpol says police in Africa and Europe arrested 195 people and rescued nearly 500 victims of human trafficking in a vast crackdown...

UN chief: Sudan-South Sudan dispute will keep UN in Abyei

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<p>UNITED NATIONS &mdash; U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has informed the Security Council that he couldn’t provide options to reduce and terminate the nearly 3,700-strong...

German firms put forward proposal to rebuild Beirut port

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<p>BEIRUT &mdash; Representatives of several private German companies on a visit to Lebanon outlined on Friday an elaborate, multi-billion dollar study to rebuild the...

Video shows Israeli police beating lawmaker at protest

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JERUSALEM — A video circulating online shows Israeli police punching a member of parliament and wrestling him to the ground at a protest against...