Middle East

Agency: 1/4 of civilian casualties in Yemen are children

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CAIRO — Children constituted a quarter of civilian casualties over the last three years in Yemen's grinding war between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and the...

Iran road accident kills at least 14, including 8 children

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TEHRAN, Iran — A road accident in southeastern Iran on Tuesday killed at least 14 people, including eight children, an Iranian semi-official news agency...

Agency: 1/4 of civilian casualties in Yemen are children

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<p>CAIRO &mdash; Children constituted a quarter of civilian casualties over the last three years in Yemen's grinding war between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and the...

US drone strike case appealed to Germany’s highest court

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BERLIN — Two Yemeni men who allege their relatives were killed in an American drone strike have appealed their case to Germany's highest court,...

Turkish lira plummets after Erdogan fires central bank chief

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<p>ANKARA, Turkey &mdash; The Turkish currency plummeted against the U.S. dollar on Monday after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fired the central bank governor over...

Turkish lira plummets after Erdogan fires central bank chief

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ANKARA, Turkey — The Turkish currency plummeted against the U.S. dollar on Monday after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fired the central bank governor over...

Pollard defends spying on US for Israel in rare interview

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<p>JERUSALEM &mdash; Jonathan Pollard, an American who served a 30-year sentence for spying for Israel, defends his actions in his first interview since arriving...

Saudi oil giant Aramco reports 30% drop in payments to state

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia’s state-backed oil giant Aramco paid the Saudi government 30% less in taxes in 2020, the company reported...

Cabinet formation talks in Lebanon collapse amid crisis

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<p>BEIRUT &mdash; Talks on the formation of a new Cabinet in Lebanon collapsed Monday, heralding more economic and financial collapse for the small Arab...

Terrorism conviction of German rapper’s wife upheld by court

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BERLIN — A top federal appeals court has upheld the terrorism conviction of the wife of a German-born rapper who joined the Islamic State...