Tag: Middle East
Saudi oil firm Aramco’s first-quarter profits up by 30%
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Aramco's profits soared by 30% for the first-quarter of the year, compared to last year, riding on the...
Israel’s Netanyahu faces midnight deadline to form coalition
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced a midnight deadline on Tuesday to put together a new coalition government — or be looking...
Norway sentences woman for supporting IS by being homemaker
<p>COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A 30-year-old Norwegian woman who was repatriated by Norway from a refugee camp in Syria because her son was sick was...
G7 foreign ministers meet face-to-face after pandemic pause
LONDON — Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven wealthy industrialized nations are gathering Tuesday in London - their first face-to-face meeting in more...
As Lebanese cry for justice, politics paralyzes the system
BEIRUT — Even after she was taken off an investigation into alleged financial crimes by a money transfer company, the defiant Lebanese prosecutor charged...
Iraq’s health minister resigns over Baghdad hospital fire
<p>BAGHDAD — Iraq's health minister resigned Tuesday over a week after a deadly blaze killed dozens of people in a Baghdad hospital for COVID-19...
Iraq’s health minister resigns over Baghdad hospital fire
BAGHDAD — Iraq's health minister resigned Tuesday over a week after a deadly blaze killed dozens of people in a Baghdad hospital for COVID-19...
Review: ‘Human Factor’ gets personal about Mideast peace
<p>Ready for a documentary about three decades of agonizing fits and starts of the Mideast peace process, from the perspective of U.S. negotiators? You’re...
Syrian court accepts 3 candidates to run for president
BEIRUT — Syria’s Supreme Constitutional Court has accepted three applications out of 51 for candidacy for this month’s presidential elections in the war-torn country,...
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village after shooting
JERUSALEM — Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank overnight, setting brush fires and hurling stones, Palestinian officials and an...