Middle East

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s military said five security force members and a civilian were killed early Friday in a barrage…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Religious authorities moved to cancel or limit weekly prayer gatherings across the Middle East on Friday to…

The fear of terror attacks or coronavirus did little to deter thousands from packing a Kabul stadium Thursday to watch…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. launched airstrikes Thursday in Iraq, targeting the Iranian-backed Shia militia members believed responsible for the…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Thursday it had asked for an emergency $5 billion loan from the International Monetary…

Iraqi and United Nations officials scrambled Thursday to contain the fallout from an unprecedented rocket attack that killed three US-led…

BEIRUT (Reuters) — After importing medical supplies to Lebanon for 20 years, Hassan Hamdan shut his business in December. Sales…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A spike in cases in the Gulf Arab states helped push infections in the…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s senior vice president and two other Cabinet members have contracted the new coronavirus, a semiofficial…

Two American soldiers and a British soldier were killed Wednesday, a US official said, in the deadliest rocket attack in…