Middle East
Israel votes in pivotal elections
April 9, 2019
Israel votes in pivotal elections
Polls opened on Tuesday in Israel’s parliamentary elections with more than 6 million people eligible to vote. The election is…
Libya: UN urges immediate halt to fighting
April 9, 2019
Libya: UN urges immediate halt to fighting
The United Nations strongly condemned an escalation of violence in Libya on Monday and urged for fighting to stop following an…
Libya’s UN-backed government calls airport airstrike a ‘war crime’
April 9, 2019
Libya’s UN-backed government calls airport airstrike a ‘war crime’
(CNN)–Tripoli’s only working airport was targeted in an airstrike on Monday, as forces loyal to renegade Libyan general Khalifa Haftar…
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, explained
April 9, 2019
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, explained
(CNN)–The United States put Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on its list of terrorist groups on Monday. The unprecedented move against another…
Saudi Arabia and UAE give $200 million to Yemen for Ramadan
April 8, 2019
Saudi Arabia and UAE give $200 million to Yemen for Ramadan
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will disburse $200 million in aid to Yemen, to…
Q&A: A look at the latest fighting in Libya
April 8, 2019
Q&A: A look at the latest fighting in Libya
CAIRO (AP) — Libya has been plunged into chaos again, with forces loyal to a polarizing military commander marching on…
UAE says changing oil trading currency from dollar can’t be done overnight
April 8, 2019
UAE says changing oil trading currency from dollar can’t be done overnight
DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates’ energy minister said on Monday that the use of the U.S. dollar as…
Vaccines blocked as deadly cholera rages in Yemen
April 8, 2019
Vaccines blocked as deadly cholera rages in Yemen
ADEN, Yemen (AP) — In the summer of 2017, a plane chartered by the United Nations idled on the tarmac…
Netanyahu’s annexation pledge condemned by election challenger
April 8, 2019
Netanyahu’s annexation pledge condemned by election challenger
The main challenger to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel’s elections on Sunday condemned the premier’s deeply controversial pledge to…
Afghan chief executive supports delegation for Taliban talks
April 8, 2019
Afghan chief executive supports delegation for Taliban talks
Afghanistan’s chief executive Abdullah Abdullah welcomed Kabul’s decision Sunday to send a delegation to meet with the Taliban, saying he…