Middle East Archive

The leadership of Afghanistan's Kandahar has been assassinated in a brazen gun attack claimed by the Taliban, leaving a power vacuum in the crucial province ahead of Saturday's

Click here for the latest updates in the Khashoggi case Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to obtain a document certifying he

The Washington Post has published an opinion piece authored by disappeared Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi in which he decried a lack of press freedom throughout the Arab world. Khashoggi, who

Protests in Haiti have turned violent as anger grows over billions of dollars of missing funds that were meant to provide social care and improve public services. Haitians

KHARTOUM: Sudan’s President Omar Al-Bashir on Wednesday appointed a peace envoy to South Sudan, mired in conflict since it won independence from its northern neighbor in 2011.Former ambassador

The Maldives' opposition asked police to bar President Abdulla Yameen from leaving the country hours after he announced plans to step down in the face of a likely

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s prime minister-designate Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Wednesday he would present a new cabinet to parliament for approval next week.Abdul Mahdi was named by Iraq’s new

WASHINGTON: The US Treasury imposed sanctions on Wednesday on an Iraq-based money services business, Afaq Dubai, believed to be moving funds for the Daesh militant group.The Treasury’s Office

It has one of the youngest democracies in the world and now Bhutan is about to choose a new government, which would be only its third since voters

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations envoy for Syria announced on Wednesday he will step down at the end of November after more than four years in the key

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations envoy for Syria announced on Wednesday he will step down at the end of November after more than four years in the key

A student has attacked a vocational college in the Russian-annexed peninsula, Crimea, killing at least 19 people before killing himself, according to authorities. Russia's Investigative Committee said CCTV footage showed 18-year-old

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations envoy for Syria announced on Wednesday he will step down at the end of November after more than four years in the key

TEHRAN: Iran called new US sanctions against its paramilitary Basij group an act of “blind vindictiveness” on Wednesday.“America’s new sanctions are a clear insult to international and legal